Trick or treat

Photo shoot

When on holiday in Ibiza several years ago I awoke one Sunday morning to find a photo shoot taking place just beneath my balcony.

The world beneath the surface

At low tide, beneath the surface, a whole new world becomes visible.

Points of view

The first picture is a (colour exaggerated) photograph of light reflecting from the ripples produced by the wake of a swimmer in a swimming pool.

 

The second picture is the same image rotated ninety degrees anticlockwise  –  but,interestingly, it seems to take on the appearance of a grazing animal!   There is a moral here  –  something about appreciating that on many occasions there is more than one point of view!

Quiet moments in the Botanical Gardens, Jersey

 

I like the watercolour effect of the image below, although the watercolour filter was not used.

 

 

 

The Invisible Man

The ebbing tide

 

Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,’         Matthew Arnold

Abstract 132

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The reluctant follower

 

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Autumn stroll beside the sea

Two moods

How an image is processed can  significantly affect the viewer’s perception of a scene, as illustrated in the two pictures below.   Both were processed from the same original but express different moods.

 

 

 

Stranded on the beach

The chance arrangements of items left stranded on the beach at low tide can provide interesting patterns.

Dreaming

A quiet place to meet

 

 

Sunlit Canna leaves

These canna liliy leaves, caught in the sunlight, provide a colourful abstract pattern.

Foam patterns

 

As a small child on my first visit to the seaside I was puzzled by the ‘lather’ at the edge of the sea.  My mother used soap powder, so perhaps God did too!

As an adult I am still fascinated by the foam.  I become totally absorbed  when watching the magical formation of ever-changing patterns as the sea’s energy explodes on the shore and then hurriedly withdraws.