I used a long lens to backlight the three figures on the fringes of the skeletal remains of the Peter Iredale, which ran aground on Columbia beach in 1906. By silhouetting the people and the wreck, I also turn the sky dark, stressing only the highlights on the ocean just below the horizon. The deliberate underexposure creates a somber mood, one that encourages reflection on the dangers that lurk here at the mouth of the Columbia River, an area known as the Graveyard of Ships.