Sydney June 2013
Most beaches in Sydney have an associated rockpool or two; pools carved into rock that receive their water direct from the sea at high tide. They become separated from the sea at low tide. They offer a safe place to swim for those who like to swim in the ocean but may have trouble with rips and waves. For the daring, swimming in them at high tide is also possible. There’s also something to be said about the security of knowing there’s a wall you may grab a hold of if needed.
In case the cloud pattern is looking a little familiar to you, this particular photo was taken about 10 minutes before one of my earlier photos, The Swimmer . I was crouched wanting to get a photo of a nice reflection when a couple of groups of seagulls swooped by. This made the photo more interesting. Timing is everything.
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Timing is everything indeed! Amazing photo!
Thank you.
This is awesome!
Thank you very much.
This is just stunning! The blue is vivid and I love the reflection of the birds! 🙂
Thanks. Fortunately those gulls flew right where I was hoping they would go.
This is lovely.
Thank you very much.
This photo invites to research, to understand what is up and down. Very ineresting and beautiful.
And i like your logo too:)
Thank you very much for the comments. I’m always interested to know how others react towards my photos.
The logo is new. I only learnt how to do it a couple of weeks ago. 🙂
I noticed it before and always than i was looking at it thought for myself, its a good logo. And only today i desided to say that to you:)
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Yes, timing is everything. Very beautiful shot – kind of goes along with my post regarding how natural nature can look fake even when it isn’t.
True. I took a look at your friend Alexandra’s blog. She has an interesting way with light.
Yes indeed.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you. 🙂
So nice, Dragon. The viewer has to stop and consider all the aspects of your picture and they all work together so well. I particularly like the scalloped effect from the chain/rope reflection–I think it sets the tone for the whole piece.
Thank you. I know for a fact there is rust on that chain fence which is a little detail you might appreciate. 🙂
Nice… 🙂
A very beautiful photo. And the seagulls add such great life to it. Wonderfully captured!
Thank you. I agree the gulls (and the swimmer in my earlier image) add energy or dramatic focus to an otherwise still and serene scene.
Marvelous picture!
Thank you very much.
Amazing shot! Before I read your text, at first I thought this would be a photo composition.
Thank you.
Blue (sky) on blue (water) seemed like a poetic title for this image. And it would be a good title for a theme or photo composition as well. 🙂
Love the colors and the reflection! Another great shot 🙂
Thank you very much Vincent.
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Many thanks Lisa. Have a great weekend.
I love your photos very much. This looks like a scene in an Oscar winning movie. I love the colours, the reflection, everything about it. Thanks for sharing! Have a lovely Friday!
Thank you very much. Have a great weekend.
This looks almost surreal! Very well captured!!! 🙂
Thank you very much. I’m very happy with how this turned out.
beautiful blue, beautiful sight. you are lucky to live in a place like that.
Many thanks. I’m sure there’s plenty of beautiful sights in your part of the world too.
Yes, but not too close around me.
There’s many forms of beauty. The historical beauty of your region far outweighs my area.
That is true though..
The others above have described everything I thought, better than I could expressed. I love the serenity where the gulls were and yet the crashing of the waves in the background warned me of danger. I’m a poor swimmer and this rockpool does provide security. You’ve captured it so well I’m feeling both the calm and danger even though I am only looking at a photo.
Many thanks for that. There do seem to be several layers to this image which I probably didn’t appreciate at the time.
Oh, I forgot to mention another benefit of these rockpools… No sharks! 🙂
If there were, they’d end up in my soup, lol…
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Blue skies are smiling! What a stunning view (and image)!
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Many thanks. 🙂
Suuuuuperb. A treat to sore eyes. Like mines now after a week of nightshift. Thanks for this good remedy. 😉
Thank you. Sounds like you need some sleep. Night shift can be horrible that way.
A very good picture, unusual and beautiful.
Thank you.
Wonderful image!
Thank you.
What a lovely reflection 🙂 well captured!
Thank you Trish.
Love this image. Great colors and reflections. Love Sydney, too.
Thanks Jane.
I did not read all of the comments above, so may be redundant here (but redundant praise is good, right?). The color and the symmetry are very pleasing, and while it is really quite a simple, uncluttered shot, there’s plenty to look at here. Nice!
Yes, it really is just a simple shot on the surface but there are a lot of layers to it. I’ve printed this one, and there’s a lot of detail that you can’t see on the screen.
Many thanks for the comment.