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Whilst I can say being in the forces gave me such great memories. What isn't so good is when I sleep under a basha and expect to be 'bugged out' at any minute through the night 😁
Waiting patiently for the high tide.
After all the recent heathland fires it was good to see nature making a comeback no matter how hard we humans try and kill it off.
I might have to start a new photo project called 'Strange things I come across whilst out with my camera'. This little piece was on the beach amongst all the seaweed. I did look for the other 500 pieces which made up the set. No joy.
Whilst walking along the beach I kept finding my eyes drawn to the pebbles scattered amongst the other pebbles. I then go through the process of working out why they catch my eye. Honestly, most of my scenes are found subconsciously and it's only afterwards I work out what drew me to them 🧐. In this case it was two levels of contrast. The colour contrast ( the majority of the pebbles being grey and the subject being white), and the texture contrast ( pitted surface as opposed to smooth surfaces). What was an initial grey stoney beach turned into a photographers play area for an hour. I could have stayed longer!
Catching the light. This reed stood out from the bed of reeds due to it only catching some fleeting sunlight which had escaped through a gap in the clouds. That alignment at that spot will never happen again. This is why I take photos.
During a short walk today I saw this chap waiting at a bus stop looking towards the postbox. I wonder if he realised he was looking at a Victorian fluted postbox which was experimental in design during 1856. You can't see it from this angle, but the slit was initially vertical before swapping to horizontal in later designs to reduce the inlet of rain water. Did he just see a postbox or a Grade 2 listed monument? Simple wonders are all around us. We just need to look closer.
During a recent trip to a waterfall I found a very dark niche with this single fern growing in it. This fern, like me, was looking for good light. For me, good light makes for good photos. For the fern, it's survival.
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