Using my spot-metering mode to expose this image for the sunset, I abstract the rest of it, turning the six people into silhouettes. In doing so, I bring them together in what appears to be a symbolic “family gathering” at water’s edge as the day ends. It is an expressive image that shows less and says more. Actually, the three tallest people in this shot are young men walking towards us, while the two figures at right are walking behind a child in the background. If I had metered on the people, instead on of the sunset, the sky would have been washed out, and the “family” would fragment into two unrelated threesomes that happened to accidentally merge into a single group. This image underscores both the importance of selective exposure and the power of abstraction to express ideas.