shapes and shadows 1

of course i had to focus in on a detailed look :))

winter marshgrass: shapes and shadows

how different is marshgrass throughout the year???

i took this yesterday and saw how it contrasted with the previous fall shot...:)

fall marsh colors

glasswort blends into the marshscape so easily in the summer we hardly notice it...and then comes fall!!  how can you miss it??!!

 

sea serpent in the sand

this was my favorite from that outing...the rock makes me think of a tired sea serpent resting its head on the roll of sand as the tide comes in...

tidal river

low tide at sunset always attracts me and my camera :) and even though as sunsets go there was not much color, there was still a little glow on the horizon...the tide was coming in quickly though and the opportunity for this shot did not last long!

broken ice sunset

this is a closeup of a section of the previous post, taken with a longer lens. i enjoy the different shapes and textures of the sections of the ice and water.  both this and the previous shot were taken just after the sun went below the horizon...

kath adds:

Ariel view of flooded and fallow fields

Leviathan surfaces, sounds
break the ice. Close up
familiar grounds take far
from far away. Restore perspective:
under cloud cover
rocks creep ashore.

late winter sunset

i thought this might be a good followup to the previous post, as well as a way to get back into the habit of posting more regularly...:)

clouds at sunset seem to either be scarce or total occlusion on the horizon to block the sun...very frustrating!  i did manage to capture this a couple of weeks ago...the clouds in the image were the only clouds in the sky!!

glowing marshgrass sunset

at last, at last!!  monday's clouds led to quite a colorful sunset :))))  the clouds has been busy all day but i have long since given up on being able to predict what sunset will be like...that day the gloomy afternoon low cloud cover had a break at the horizon line at a good time for that sunlight to bounce off the bottom of the clouds :)))))  i went out, set up, and waited for the moment...

fall sunset

bright electric black
on black. luminescence inked
into a skyscape, muted
pranced clouds cover
still the water
colored shadows run
darker than the deep
backlit by the sun.

- kath howell

fall color

sometimes an image for me is all about the colors :)

my imagination feasted on the all the visions i saw in the yellow...!

glasswort in green

i don't often handhold the camera (i am a confirmed tripod user!).  however, the glasswort is at its most appealing to me when i am down on my stomach crawling amongst them, shooting macros, and a tripod is just not handy for this :) so this is the time of year i get to some camera-in-hand work...

this is another one shot in the last few weeks, before the rains came...

glasswort in context

and finally, a view of the glasswort which might make it more familiar and recognizeable...

glasswort group

a slightly more traditional view of the glasswort, this time sitting in front of it...

down in the glasswort

as i said, i do enjoy crawling at ground level among the glasswort...

glasswort in stride

yesterday afternoon was perfect for a glasswort prowl :)  i say "prowl" becuase i spend a lot of time lying on the ground crawling around with my macro lens buried in the glasswort!  what a wonderful world of light and color can be found there on a gently lit fall afternoon...

this grouping drew my eye, and put me in mind of someone "steppin' out" :))))))

 

glasswort pano

i continue to be fascinated by the fall glasswort!  yesterday there were high thin clouds to diffuse the light a bit so off i went :)

i am often asked about this plant...and now is the perfect time of the year to go explore the tide line for it -- in the right light the colors really jump out!

a sign of fall

this leaf wallowing in the bubbles created by the windy surf yesterday caught my eye...i guess fall is really on the way!!

 

whelk at rest

it seems that everywhere i look at low tide there are whelks!!

i turned this one over briefly to see the inside...don't worry -- i turned it back over to settle into the mud happily :)

last of the sea lavender

i've been thwarted so often lately by overcast sunsets that in desperation i went out this afternoon.  the light was a little harsh for my taste, but light is always helpful when trying to get in close with the sea lavenders!

september bouquet

later that same afternoon, strolling home along the shore, the late afternoon sunlight filtered through clouds and highlighted this section of various marshgrasses, glassworts, and sea lavenders :)))) fall has definitely started!!