From grand vista to intimate view

[LightandShadow]

From the water lily pond. Same location as view of this pond in August. This one was last week (October).

[Robert Apple]

At first I thought this was Porters Aster which is a native plant here, but Google says it is Frost Aster, which is native there. a very similar flower. Thanks for sharing Steve.

[LightandShadow]

We couldn’t tell what sort of flower it is. Thanks for the info and comment.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

At first glance, I thought I was looking at a Tersha photo. I think she’s having an influence on us all.

With that said it’s a lovely shot!

[Dahlia Ambrose]

This is very beautiful Steve. Love the dappled light and the dark atmosphere 🙂

[LightandShadow]

Thank you. In the moment, I see potential for what I may feel only or mainly later: water and small views impart a feeling of peacefulness. I wonder if others experience our image chasing in the same way.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

There are definitely certain types of scenes that create certain emotions in me too. That’s one of the reasons I love the beach because I get that same feeling of peacefulness. I’m sure viewers feel the same about certain scenes for the simple reason that we are all visual creatures.

[Patrick]

Your right about the beach , being near the coast is like another world when nobody is about and maybe a little rougher weather , I love it and wish i could bottle that feeling 🙂

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Yup – the whole atmosphere is different. Love it.

[LightandShadow]

I think I’ve said before that my experiences of sunrise when visiting my in-laws at the beach became a source of engagement for me. Here’s a fairly early image (May, 2005) from Hunting Island, South Carolina. A group from a long defunct website-Webaperture-visited there. This is one I came away with.

The beach was well know for its boneyard. Recent efforts to “restore” the beach from erosion have led to its demise, robbing the site of a good bit of its charm and attraction.

I really miss beach sunrises. I’ve always thought the salty air enhanced the sunrise/sunset colors.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Gorgeous sunrise mate. That beach looks like it could be a spot for some VERY interesting compositions. Shame them changed it up.

[LightandShadow]

There are other beaches along the outer banks of North and South Carolina with boneyards and they do make compelling images. Sadly, I haven’t visited any of them. We keep telling ourselves to go but we never actually get in the car to get there.

This island has a boneyard but it is about a 1/2 mile hike through a wooded and sandy path to get to it. My wife hasn’t been able to make it and I’m reluctant to leave her twiddling her thumbs in the car while I go.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is a boneyard?

[LightandShadow]

Sorry. It’s A beach with fallen trees or parts of them from an adjacent forest, nearly always bare of leaves, often sun bleached. Photographically, they serve as visual interest against sunrise in an otherwise empty land/seascape.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

I’ve never heard a called that before, but we have plenty of them here too

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Love how you have composed the shot and the colours are brilliant Steve. Sad to hear about the restoration efforts that have taken away its original charm.

[LightandShadow]

Thank you. I was very proud back in those fairly early days to get the water flowing over the fallen trunk.

A long time resident of the area told us that, when he was a youngster in the 1950’s, the shore was about 1/2 mile from this spot. Erosion has moved that far inland. Not sure how taking out the boneyard is helping to preserve the remainder but that’s what they’ve done.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

That sounds scary. Would it be also due to the rise in water levels because of global warming?

[LightandShadow]

Probably though the water levels he referred to began in the 1960’s.

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