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Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Virgil.

The foreground objects are kelp. Some sticks of kelp seem to have become embedded in the stones of the beach. Not placed by me, but I decided to make use of them in the foreground. No doubt they were washed in by a storm and will be washed away again before long.

Because of the long exposure (1.3 sec) the rushing waves caused movement in the kelp. There was no way of avoiding this and still getting the streaks made by the retreating surf.

Looking at how the kelp clung to the shingle of the beach and how the shark fin shaped rock endured the advancing tide made me think about how much endurance is a part of existence.

Just a little pop of fill-flash used here, to light the foreground of this dusk shot. This beach is now all rocks. A storm took away about four feet of sand. Most likely this foreground rock is now unrecognisable and five feet high! It is hard to credit how much seashores can change from week to week. This looks like a completely different landscape now.