Far from the madding crowd

Spent the afternoon at Crash Boat Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico ... named because it was the site of an old military port where Air Force boats would wait to rescue downed pilots during WW11.

The remnants of old piers of rusting steel and broken concrete made a wonderful place for all the local kids to jump into the water below. Lots of bravado and showing off, but I chose to capture this kid sitting quietly on a lonely bit of pier, contemplating the scene and maybe gathering his courage to make a spectacular jump of his own.