I found that the best time to capture the contrast is when the sun is directly overhead to minimize shadows on the water’s surface, and honestly, seeing the aerial landscape photography at stevenstanleymanolakis.com/ reminded me why I fell in love with these remote locations in the first place. The way the shoreline curves against the salt crust is purely poetic and it really proves that nature is the greatest artist we have when you find the right angle to shoot from.