Last Night At the Beach

Several people out enjoying the evening.

 

Heavy surf.

 

I played with all these photos in Photoshop.

 

I think this is my favorite of the evening.

 

Drama!

 

Goodnight.

 

Photos du Jour - Model Gull

I was walking at the beach one day and saw this laughing gull.  (That's the gull's name - he wasn't actually laughing!  They do make a really loud cawing noise.)

He walked towards me as I took pictures.

Maybe he was hoping I had bread with me!

Unfortunately, I didn't have anything to feed him to pay for his modeling services.

A smallish gull with a black head, the Laughing Gull is abundant along the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Infrequently found away from the ocean, it takes advantage of human habitat modifications, foraging in parking lots and dumps, and breeding on dredge spoil islands.  (Info from the internet.)

B is for Bliss

What could be more blissful than the beach?  Besides, B is also for Beach.  :o)  This is a photo I took at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. 

My letter B, tangled.

The quote I used:  Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.  (Joseph Campbell) 

Here's the page spread.  I added a poster of the Ile de France (more bliss?), and an anchor, to help fill the empty space.

Girl With Pail

Saw this young lady at the beach the other day. She was hurrying to catch up with her mom and older sister.

Two other shots from that day.

Sponge Beach

More of my photographs that I altered using Photoshop's Sponge Filter. Yes, I did get a little carried away with this technique.

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Beach Photos

It was an ordinary day, and the sky wasn't really purple.


Four pelicans were flying overhead.

Standard wave shot.

I love the look of the foam riding up on the beach.

Did I mention that I love the look of the foam riding up on the beach?

Wow - these houses sure are on tiny lots! Okay, not really. Here's the original photo:

But I like my version better!

Misty Haze

When I went to the beach on New Year's Eve, I was too early for the sunset. I headed down the beach for a walk and in the far distance I saw what looked like fog. It wasn't the kind of day for fog, so I figured that it was some kind of haze. I hadn't seen anything that looked quite like it before. During my walk, I'd stop and take pictures, sometimes using the "zoom" on my camera. When I got home and worked on the photos in Photoshop, I got some really interesting effects.


Using "auto-levels" on the first picture, I came out with this blue version.


Using the first picture again, I clicked on the "equalize" function and got this neat picture.


Here's another of the original photos - I'm getting closer to the buildings in the distance.

Auto-levels gave me this version.

And "equalize" produced this golden image.

I didn't walk this far, so I must have zoomed in for this photo.

Auto-levels.

And "equalize." This one makes me think I'm in the Sahara rather than at the beach!

One last image. I wasn't the only one out for a walk on this beautiful day! When the sun was setting, I took the photos that I posted a couple days ago in 2009's Last Sunset. I really couldn't have asked for a nicer ending to the year.

2009's Last Sunset

I went out to the beach yesterday afternoon and was treated to a beautiful sunset.


There was a good wind so there was plenty of wave action.

The sun was reflected on the wet sand.

One of these four people had been in swimming. I asked his friends if the guy was crazy (I was wearing several layers and gloves), and they explained that he was down from Minnesota.

I had a lovely walk while the show continued.

Happy New Year, everyone!

The Letter D - Illustrated

Dusty

Dramatic

Devotional

Direction

Decorative

Dazzling

Driven