I rarely will make a stand-alone photograph of the setting sun. Instead, I will usually try to use a sunset as a backdrop for an image that tells a story. In this case, I focused on two young girls dancing together upon a gilded reflection at the edge of the beach. I made a series of images of these children at play as the sun slowly set in the background. This image is my favorite of the series – the sun touches the horizon just as the children turned their backs on each other, and moved in opposing directions. Each child had one foot off the ground at this instant – one high, the other inches away from the golden wet sand. The vertical frame echoes the dancing vertical figures, playing them against a series of ten horizontal bands that flow behind them. The golden sunset offers atmosphere and mood, while the dancing children evoke spontaneous expressions of joy and pleasure.