New year, new blog, new beginning

January 1st, 2009

Hello and welcome to the first post to “In pursuit of beauty”.  In the spirit of new year’s resolutions I’ve decided to journal my photography in this blog.  (From time to time I will also post on other topics also.)

A few days ago I was down on Ardanary beach in Brittas Bay for sunrise.  There were the most incredible deep reds and purples in the sky before the sun came up.  This colour softened as the sun light increased.   (Note to self: must be there 20 mins earlier next time!)  The weather was frosty with a small amount of cloud adding interest in the sky. Here’re a couple of the keepers:

Ardanary Beach

Ardanary beach.

This was taken on the way back to the car when all the carefully considered shots were in the can. The light had gotten lovely and warm giving nice highlights on the foamy surf. I like the implied diagonals of the cloud and the water.

Time and tide. I played with the saturation of this shot a little to enhance the greens, blues and yellows. The concept for this was a “mini landscape”. I enjoy the contrasts: darks and lights, the hard rock versus the water, and the solidity of the rock versus rhythm of the water.

Looking forward to an exciting year,

Paula

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2 Responses to “New year, new blog, new beginning”

  1. Peter Says:
    January 26th, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    I see (?) a kind of ‘echo’ of the rock formation shape in the the bubbling foam, love the lighting quality on the rocks, a gorgeous photo, great vision….

  2. admin Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    The echo is interesting, isn’t it. I was so lucky with the light that morning. Thanks for the compliment Peter.

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