Interesting Photo of the Day: A Real-Life Garden of Eden

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On a quiet patch of Californian coast sits El Capitán State Beach, home to soft yellow sand, unpredictable tidepools, and dense sycamore and oak forests. It’s heralded as a paragon of surfing, camping, and fishing. But it’s less appreciated for how photogenic it is—and how much it can spring to mind a real-world Garden of Eden:

We won’t guess how long the photographer waited for the sun to hit that perfect spot. (Via 500px. Click for larger image.)

The photographer is Marc Adamus, who strives for sharp colors and wide, natural landscapes. Aside from expert composition and shallow compression, what really brings out the beauty in this image is the way the sun highlights the foreground flowers, giving them a unique texture that only “magic hour” lighting can provide.