Gathering clouds

Seaweed abstract ‘Yesterday’s Pop Star’

This is a natural seaweed pattern.  The sand has been bleached out and a little colour saturation has been applied.  The result is an image reminiscent of the appearance and hair style once favoured by pop stars!!

Where have all the green ones gone?

With apologies to Pete Seeger, the title seems appropriate!  The chocolates have been passed around several times  –  children and grandchildren have made their choice.  Now it’s grandad’s turn.  But, surprise surprise, all the green oneas have been taken!

 

Aladdin on the shore

The statistics tell me this is post No. 600!  Doesn’t time fly when you’re enjoying yourself?!

Perhaps it was a combination of the odd glass of wine and the onset of the pantomime season that encouraged me to see an Aladdin-like character in this seaweed ‘abstract’!

SEASON’S GREETINGS EVERYONE

Thank you for your support.  I hope you continue to enjoy your visits to my site.

Just think about it! (18)

‘Seeing is a creative process’.

‘Meaningful art  –  in any medium  –  is mind changing, challenging the prejudices of conventional thought.  In this role, art lives between the known and the unknown, communicating what it discovers in this ambiguous territory.’

Both quotations are from Duane Preble in his foreword to The Tao of Photography.

Dune Grasses 4

See the earlier Dune Grass images.

 

 

 

A quiet moment

I savour being ‘far from the madding crowd’, and I enjoy beauty in all its forms but especially, perhaps, natural beauty.  It is not surprising, therefore, that I find something idyllic about the seashore on a still day.

 

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The Beach in November (2)

The pictures below were originally presented in full colour in the post of 2 December  (see The Beach in November) but I became increasingly aware of the timelessness of the scene, and have attempted to capture this aspect in the images below.

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Abstract 191 ‘The Protest’

This abstract picture is derived from reflections on a swimming pool.  I feel it conveys a sense of tremendous energy, almost communal defiance  –  hence the possible title.

November in Norfolk

This photo  was taken at Walcott in Norfolk, UK.  It was late in the afternoon on a dull, showery day.  Nevertheless, the unpromising conditions combined to produce an atmospheric picture.  [Walcott suffered serious damage during the recent sea surge and residents were evacuated temporarily.]

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Dune Grasses 3 ‘Windsurfer’

This abstract image is derived from a photograph of dune grass.

 

At the water’s edge

Throughout our few days on the Norfolk coast the strong breeze constantly injected energy into the waves breaking on the shore.

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Just think about it! (17)

‘A picture is about something, not of something.  You need to interpret your subject, not imitate it.’   Kees van Aalst

 ‘Express what you feel, not what you see.’

Dune Grasses 2

This is the second of a series of abstract images derived from photographs of dune grasses’  See also Dune Grasses ‘Close Encounter’

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The Beach in November

The seagulls, geese and lighthouse pictures shown in recent posts were taken during a few days break at the beginning of November.  The weather was mixed  –  sunshine and showers (often heavy!) and at all times there was a strong, cold, bleak north easterly breeze.  The beaches, not surprisingly, were generally deserted, but a few hardy souls braved the conditions.

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