one shot

14th October 2018, Dunstanburgh, 7:30am

The grey sky held no prospect of a bright sunrise but then colours spread quickly across the sky.

Soon the brightness faded as quickly as it had come and the sun rose from the horizon quietly into the clouds.

I took one photograph.  There is something quite satisfying about that.

waves

12th October 2018, Football Hole, 4pm

Stormy winds and scudding clouds.  briefly the sun broke through the crowds and lit up the waves as the raged into the beach.

13th October 2018, Embleton Bay, 5pm

A long day of non-stop rain with a stiff breeze on its tail.  Eventually it cleared away and we headed out.  It was high tide and spring tide and so there was little or no beach.

the hole story

10th October 2018, Embleton Bay, 7:30am

There was no-one else here.

We walked up and down the beach and no-one appeared.

We sat down and Daisy dug a hole and still no-one came.

Eventually we had to go so we left the empty beach for whoever came by...


This cygnet is still hanging about.  I've watched two young swans grow up and seen them trying to learn to fly off the water.  The sibling has now flown but this one remains.

Trails of fresh water percolating through the sand from under the dunes.

Birds crossing (Oyster Catcher prints)

Daisy's excavation.

shifting sands

7th October 2018, Long Nanny and Beadnell Bay, 7am

We walked up to Long Nanny as the high clouds were painted with the colours of a new day.

Then back down the beach as the sun appeared over the horizon.  With every step there was a different foreground to the sunrise backdrop.  (Although I couldn't resist posting these first two which are two different compositions from the same location)

windblown

6th October 2018, Embleton Bay, 4pm

Daisy was trying for "windblown and interesting"...

on reflection

5th October 2018, Howick, 4pm

Lots of wintery shapes this afternoon. I liked the trees but I liked their reflection in a rockpool better...

finding photos

4th October 2018, Embleton Bay, 7:30am

The Big View can make a lovely photograph - but often what you end up with is really just a "photograph of a nice view". That might be exactly what you want so that's all good.

Sometimes I like to FIND photographs that are hiding in the big view and MAKE photographs FROM the view.   If you look closely you can find find all 3 of these photos in the above shot.

In this shot it's simply achieved with a zoom lens to pull in the detail composition...

...but in these others it's a different view and a different foreground of the same sky. Look. See. Photograph.

Daisy doesn't care about such things.

4th October 2018, Embleton Bay, 10am

Three from this morning's PhotoTrail.  

We had a lovely old pal with us too...

A few flowers have come out on this Burnet Rose while other Burnett's are well into their rose hip stage.