Sunday
Jul042010
happy 4th of july!!
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM this is from last night's splendid town fireworks display :))))
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM Saturday
Jul032010
backlit horseshoe crab shell
Saturday, July 3, 2010 at 11:15 AM a couple of evenings ago i found 2 of these shells close together up in the marshgrass at low tide. i couldn't resist a close up look inside it :)
Wednesday
Jun302010
2 buds in the sunset...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 12:11 PM from that same day, soon after the previous post, i found some buds that had not yet blossomed, tightly wrapped but ready to pop :)
Friday
Jun252010
rosa rugosa sunset
Friday, June 25, 2010 at 12:45 PM the day before yesterday i went out for a late day shoot...but what caught my eye were the searoses along the shore which were being lit by the long flat sideways last shafts of daylight. this is a view of the sunset light from inside the flower :)))
Tuesday
Jun222010
the tide comes in...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 3:25 PM i had been searching (and waiting) for a shot with periwinkles and marshgrass. sounds easy except that most of the little guys are on rocks exposed at the lower tides which are well below the marshgrass line. as a bonus this one was reflecting a bit of the sunset off its shell when the tide was perfect for this shot :)
Monday
Jun212010
loads of color!
Monday, June 21, 2010 at 11:28 AM saturday, in advance of sunday's storms, the sunset was diffuse and had some color...and it was low tide! that is a combination i love :) i didn't find any appealing shells, and the tide was below the marshmussels, but the rocks and stones and pebbles were covered in periwinkles!! my eye was attracted to this section by all the colors there were in such a small area!
Wednesday
Jun162010
spring marshbank
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 1:57 PM i shot this almost a year ago to the day...the marshgrass at this time of year is overwhelming to me! i keep coming back to this one, even though i ended up not printing it for my upcoming show. this definitely says "mid-june" to me :)
Friday
Jun112010
backlight at sunset
Friday, June 11, 2010 at 11:44 AM this shell remnant, about 3" long, caught my eye the other day. i had gone out with the hope for some good color at sunset, and thus to shoot some wide angle clouds and color shots...so much for plans :( but the translucent glow through the hole in this shell caught my eye and i quickly changed lenses to capture it!
Tuesday
Jun082010
whelk in the water
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 10:51 AM later the light was a bit softer but more direct as the sun sunk behind the trees on the western edge of the marsh...the tide was higher too so the scenery was better :) and it's amazing what a dash of green adds to the image!
Thursday
Jun032010
incoming tide mist
Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11:56 AM memorial day i decided to try a similar misty water effect but during the day when there was actually some light instead of after sunset...and the whelk was not quite as far into the tide as the previous post.
Tuesday
Jun012010
lying in the mist
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 6:55 PM this was the last shot of that day...about 10:00 after the sun set. the tide was going down around this one also, and the light was going fast!
Friday
May282010
another live one
Friday, May 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM this is one of the other ones in that lovely triple find...
Sunday
May232010
the speckled one
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM the day before last i went out for my sunset photo hunt, and to my astonishment, found 3 (!!) live whelks within about a yard of each other, all scenically located! i was overwhelmed!! i saved this guy for last - he was deepest in the water and the outgoing tide would reveal more of him over time as the sun got lower :) he was a big ol' guy, probably about 8" long, and just lying there in the rocks for me and the last shaft of setting sun...
Thursday
May202010
moon and venus over the harbor
Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11:47 AM of course i had to try a view that included the moon, venus, and the harbor :) the challenge of this is getting clarity in the small (relatively speaking!) astromonical objects as well as good exposure details given the extreme contrast between the bright moon and the darkness below...this image is more special than can be seen at this size because included in this is the international space station - with the shuttle attached! - crossing at the same time! the iss though is only as bright as a star, and since it was low to the horizon, in the brighter part of the sky, it is more difficult to see than venus. i'm not sure one can see it all at this size on the web :( draw a line in from the middle of the left edge and intersect a line up from the single light on the shore and that tiny speck is it :))))
Monday
May172010
earthshine and venus
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 11:29 AM last evening we were treated to a sunset conjuction of the moon and venus. to make it even more special, it was a crescent moon, and between the horns of the crescent an image of the full moon appears...called "earthshine" because it is our own light reflected back by the dark side of the moon!! add the proximity of venus and the sight was indeed glorious!
Saturday
May152010
tidal pool with pier reflections
Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 10:31 AM this is from one of my sunset rambles last week. i had been hoping for lovely colors to reflect in the tidal pool but the sunset did not provide that :( still...i loved the different grasses surrounding the pool and the still waters lead to some colorful reflections from the pier :)
Wednesday
May122010
twilight mussel
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 12:09 PM this one really should have followed "sunset mussel glow" because it was taken about 20 minutes after that one. "barnacle eyes" was taken 4 days later. the most challenging aspect of shooting these - aside from getting wet! - is finding a clear shot in to the mussel...it's very crowded down there!!
Monday
May102010
barnacle eyes
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 11:08 AM "golden eyes" are what came to my mind when i spotted these two big ones glowing in the low sun yesterday...
Saturday
May082010
sunset mussel glow
Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 9:13 AM the way the last shafts of warm sunset lit only the top of this shell caught my eye...
Friday
May072010
spring mussels in the surf
Friday, May 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM i was lucky that same evening to find a lovely section of the shore filled with mussels, spraying surf, and sweet sunset light...heaven to me :)))
