It’s like playing dare with the ocean. I watch for a while. Some surges rush by, water pushing and swirling past ankles and splashing my knees. Other incoming waves stack up full of pent-up fury before consuming themselves in the retreating backwash and leaving the sand wet and bare. I place my bet, position my […]
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Fifteen minutes after sunset the colour in the west reddened and deepened becoming more and more intense. Despite the richness of colour on the horizon there was not enough light to remove the stormy gloom making he sky all the more surreal. … and then she ran out into the surf chasing the last of […]
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What colour is water anyway when it is supposed to be colourless. Yet we talk about the deep blue ocean, or sea green, or a golden pond at sunset or dawn. Water reflects and refracts and absorbs and distorts and yet colours our world without any colour at all. Actually this image really isn’t about […]
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The Sun does, the clouds do, the shore does, the signs do, the river does, the people do, … all lead to the horizon. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘They All Lead To The Horizon’, 1/500s f/8 ISO160 15mm
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The days are getting longer now and the sun setting a little later which means more time in the evening to get down to the beach. There are more people out walking, more people out running and more people just hanging around on the jetty enjoying the evening. Even though winter is not quite over […]
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