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One of my last shots from Death Valley in January.
I was headed home after shooting with Brant and was several miles out of Furnace Creek when I saw a shimmering in the distance that looked like water. There were also huge clouds overhead and the distant mountain range was slowly turning golden. It looked like an ideal shooting situation about to happen and I started wondering if there were any potential shots that could be made.
I couldn't tell how far it was or even how big an area it covered, but I pulled over anyway and ran to check it out. It ended up being probably half a mile away! When I got there, I found what looked like a mudflat that had flooded out with no more than three inches of water. And there were footprints everywhere! By the time I spotted an area that wasn't spoiled, the clouds were already gone, and the light on the distant range was too bright. I'd missed the ideal light by about three minutes and not even GND filters could bring the highlights down. Rather than feel bad about it though, I was actually kind of happy with what I got, considering it was totally unplanned for.
Bumped up for Flashback Friday...a couple days after Friday, as I forgot. I miss Alaska.
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I was not in a good mood this day - my car was leaking and I had to stay an extra day on the side of the road to wait for a mechanic to open the next morning. This on top of having to deal with a whole new set of cruise patrons - a very irritating crowd.
But this beach made things better.
It's a giant mudflat and it feels like you're walking on a trampoline over water. Very strange sensation. Just don't stand in one place for too long...you'll sink. At one point, I thought I was in trouble. But, as you can see, I jumped free.
Jump, mutha effa!
I wanted to post this with the last shot because they kind of relate to each other - only its not a good idea to bring the car out here :-)find me on facebook
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This beautiful landscape is in the backyard where I live. I walked in the garden this morning and I took this picture.
"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?"
E. M. Forster
Jeeeweee is a professional landscape photographer and make photos from The Highlands, mudflats, first and last hour scenery where the sun is striking the ground ...
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Grubby, down at them there mudflats...
and the mud was oh so slippery.
I nearly lost my footing a few times!
Posted for Window Wednesdays. HWW!
Taken at the Maplewood Conservatory in North Vancouver.
In the '40's and '50's, squatters lived in rustic cabins built on stilts on North Vancouver's Maplewood mudflats. They stood there until 1971 when they burned to the ground. Artist Ken Lum was commissioned to recreate the cabins, calling the piece From shangri-la to shangri-la, because they were displayed beside the Shangri La Hotel in downtown Vancouver. They have now been moved back to their original place in Maplewood Flats. They are one third of their original size.
"Goodbye, goodbye!
There was so much to love, I could not love it all;
I could not love it enough."
— Louise Bogan (The Blue Estuaries: Poems, 1923-1968)
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Xiapu, Fujian
Tiger-striped beach of Xiapu Mudflat during the low tide period.
In addition to its tiger-striped beaches, the bamboo structures and poles, buoys and fishing vessels all adds up to create the beauty and uniqueness of Xiapu in Fujian province, China.
The tide was out, the day was warm, and the sky a joy of flowing white clouds.
Gulls were feeding on the mudflats, and I could hear both curlew and oyster catchers. On the left can be seen the dark outline of the old jetty, built following the construction of the nearby canal system.
The continuing erosion of this section of the bay can clearly be seen; a constant wearing down of the soft banking by relentless tides and winds.
Taken at Hest Bank on Wednesday
View from Sahlenburg Beach towards Northwest to the Island Neuwerk, 3 km² and just under 40 Inhabitants. The Distance is around 10 km. During Low Tide a Mudflat Hiking Tour to the Island takes around 2 hours.
Though a fairly large bird the Grey Heron is not adverse to taking fish from garden ponds. Their diet consists mainly of fish and forgs but they will also take young birds when the opportunity arises.
This heron was busy preening in the evening sunshine with the wind ruffling his feathers.
Oyster Catchers feeding on the mudflats, one small boat awaiting the return of the tide, sunset's glow bathing the channel and Whitbarrow....... just one scene from the Bay one lovely evening recently.
Towards the west, the sunset was a blaze of colour. It is so lovely being there and witnessing this contrast.
Taken on the Bay recently.
**My sincere apologies for being late with comments; workmen have been in & my internet connection disrupted for a few days.
***Yes, Debbie - real birdies this time!
It was 3 years ago in Noordpolderzijl NL. They return after a long day walking from the mainland to one of the islands at low tide.
It's my third upload of this image and 2,5 years ago part of my exhibition in the cafe (Zielhoes) at Noordpolderzijl.
Noordpolderzijl: Pearl in the Wadden Sea
Sunset behind the 'new' M4 Severn crossing as seen from the 'old' M48 bridge. The incoming tide was covering the mudflats and these posts fairly quickly (I think these used to be used with nets strung across them to trap fish on either the incoming or outgoing tides).
They don't look that far below but I can definitely say the M48 bridge is high enough to make you feel a little strange if you lean over the railing to take pictures! That aside it makes for an excellent and unusual walk between England and Wales.
Abendstimmung am Wattenmeer an der Nordsee bei Westerhever.
Im Hintergrund der Rettungsturm am Westerheversand
Cairns mudflats. I took a series of images of this intriguing place and keep dipping back into them. An ugly wasteland of a beach to some - fascinating and quite beautiful to others.
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Along the new Jetty there are two sloping walkways leading off from the main part. This is one of them. At sunset, when the tide is out, I am often taken with the weirdness of the horizontal and non-horizontal, how the horizon seems at times in conflict with the other intruding lines of mudflats, sea defences etc. When this sloping walkway is included, it seems as if the image is tilted in some way.
Taken from the new Jetty one lovely evening recently
The tide was flowing in quite quickly, bringing with it a strong breeze. This is the view towards Bolton-le-Sands and beyond.
Quite why a plastic tub should be there, stranded on the mudflats, is anyone's guess. Brought in by previous tides? thrown away by someone on the shore on an ebb tide?
In the distance can just be discerned the line of the old Jetty.
Taken at Hest Bank yesterday just before 5pm
Explore 2 June 2103 #171
The sun sets over a mudflat in Emmapolder, Groningen, The Netherlands. Lee .9ND hard grad filter applied.
Jeeeweee is a professional landscape photographer and make photos from The Highlands, mudflats, first and last hour scenery where the sun is striking the ground ...
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My old friend Harold Ross puts together an annual flower walk on the Point Reyes Peninsula every spring -- a hike of extraordinary beauty: One minute your are walking through green pastures, the next through a forest then mud flats, then standing of 1,000 foot cliffs staring at mating skates and sharks. There are birds everywhere including this Egret at low tide. Prehistoric just 20 miles as the crow flies from San Francisco.