/ 2026 / Nature / Landscape

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Hsuan Wang, Taiwan
• Date of Photograph
  15/11/2025
• Website
  https://starbrand.photography/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/starbrandphoto?igsh=OHlvZHJtcjM0NDFj

On my first visit the wind was so fierce, we waited nearly three hours for a sunset that never came, then hid behind a dune to escape the gale. A year later, every story I heard spoke of grey skies and roaring wind, yet I still wanted to see this rock's face in the evening glow. Once, on a rare clear evening, I drove straight to the coast. This time the wind had softened. Sitting on the dune that once sheltered us, I opened a long exposure and watched the arch slowly turn pink and orange.Some beauty must be waited for, like this rock, standing in the sea for the few evenings the sky glows.