Low Tide - Mother Nature's Etch-a-Sketch
Mar 14, 2017 09:21:51 #
Some of you may be old enough to remember the Etch-a-Sketch tablet that drew graphite lines on an enclosed tablet surface as you manipulated a drawing stylus by rotating two dials. I was at Skagsanden beach in Norway on a cloudy day when I took this photo of the tide coming ashore. The undertow lifted black sand off the beach and it was churned up on the leading edge of the low tide coming ashore; it reminded me of the Etch-a-Sketch.
Mar 14, 2017 09:37:18 #
Beautiful shot. I've noticed tides can make interesting patterns. I should start being more attentive to them.
Mar 14, 2017 09:42:06 #
dennisallard wrote:
Beautiful shot. I've noticed tides can make interesting patterns. I should start being more attentive to them.
Thanks, it was a very flat sky at the beach, not good for traditional landscapes; I needed something interesting to point my camera at and wound up taking a series of tide coming ashore shots, i.e, when you're handed lemons, make lemonade.
Mar 14, 2017 09:52:06 #
Beautifully seen and photographed!
Cropping a little from bottom and right, rotating 90%, you could have a gorgeous natural abstract.
Cropping a little from bottom and right, rotating 90%, you could have a gorgeous natural abstract.
Mar 14, 2017 09:54:57 #
joehel2 wrote:
Some of you may be old enough to remember the Etch-a-Sketch tablet that drew graphite lines on an enclosed tablet surface as you manipulated a drawing stylus by rotating two dials. I was at Skagsanden beach in Norway on a cloudy day when I took this photo of the tide coming ashore. The undertow lifted black sand off the beach and it was churned up on the leading edge of the low tide coming ashore; it reminded me of the Etch-a-Sketch.
That is very different. I don't think I've ever seen beach light like that in California where I live! So cool and soft!
Mar 14, 2017 09:56:56 #
Mar 14, 2017 10:23:42 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Beautifully seen and photographed!
Cropping a little from bottom and right, rotating 90%, you could have a gorgeous natural abstract.
Cropping a little from bottom and right, rotating 90%, you could have a gorgeous natural abstract.
Linda, thank you for the cropping/rotation advise, in the next day or so I'll post another from that set with your suggestions.
Mar 14, 2017 10:27:26 #
lamiaceae wrote:
That is very different. I don't think I've ever seen beach light like that in California where I live! So cool and soft!
It was taken about 3 hours before sunset on an overcast day, the only processing I did was a slight crop off the top edge and conversion from RAW to Jpeg. There was no filter on the lens.
Mar 14, 2017 10:29:59 #
Jakebrake wrote:
A very unique image. Well done.
It was rather unique low tide surf; I will try to post one or two of the better ones using Linda's suggested crop/rotation advise.
Mar 15, 2017 07:34:52 #
Mar 15, 2017 08:26:39 #
Mar 15, 2017 08:32:11 #
wow! very interesting! and a matter of fact, I've been to that exact beach and got similar shots but I did mostly close ups. :-)
Mar 15, 2017 11:06:43 #
Mar 15, 2017 12:56:50 #
joehel2 wrote:
Some of you may be old enough to remember the Etch-a-Sketch tablet that drew graphite lines on an enclosed tablet surface as you manipulated a drawing stylus by rotating two dials. I was at Skagsanden beach in Norway on a cloudy day when I took this photo of the tide coming ashore. The undertow lifted black sand off the beach and it was churned up on the leading edge of the low tide coming ashore; it reminded me of the Etch-a-Sketch.
Nice
Mar 15, 2017 14:30:45 #
Yes it does, and unfortunately, I remember.
Nice patterns, leading lines, interesting, etc.
Nice patterns, leading lines, interesting, etc.
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