Animal, vegetable, mineral

I've borrowed the title of this post from a 1950s British TV panel show, as it's not immediately obvious as to what the subject of the photograph is. This, or course, this was my intention when I fired the shutter. What initially caught my eye were the patterns caused by the ripples of light, but having uploaded the file for processing, I noticed aspects of the image that suggest that it's a living organism.

It isn't. It's just water draining onto a local beach from a pipe in the sea wall, viewed directly from above in the early morning light..
 

 2024

Red

                                                                                                Bus stop wall.

© 2022

Fresh

 

Newly painted sign detail, Bournemouth beach.

© 2022

Rambling on my mind

I like nothing more than rambling on local beaches as the sun drops low in the sky. Making photographs without really trying; either abstract - as in the top image - or the scenic, is the best way I can think of spending a fine afternoon during the winter months.



Top: 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/100 second at f/5.6. + 0.3 EV compensation. ISO 250
Below: 12-24mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor. 1/100 second at f/8. + 0.3 EV compensation. ISO 160



© 2017

Still at it

Although I always used to enjoy art classes at school I liked them all the more when the brief for the day's lesson was Abstract. Gleefully let loose to use any medium we saw fit, the results were often bizarre and disappointing, but I did have fun doing it.

It's something I still have an interest in, but these days I use a camera. Taken on a local beach during late afternoon, the image is a juxtaposition of buildings reflected in water, and ripples in the sand.



24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/50 second at f/8. Matrix metering. -0.33 EV compensation. ISO 160. Monopod



© 2015