I recently walked around some of Sydney's beaches and took a few photos of the action. The beaches are Tamarama and Bronte in the Eastern suburbs.
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Watching The Surf Roll In

Wet Sand

Once again I found myself at the beach for the weekend.  This time I decided to try black and white photos.  Be honest and tell me what you think.  Theocean's surf started to splash the rocks and then return to its home.  The rockshelp protect the point from the ocean's fiery.   As we walked down the beach we came across a  sand castle or in terms of my three year old thinking, Cinderella's castle.  As I walked around the sand castle I notice that the inhabitants of the castle were Mrs. and Mr. Octopus.  Must give credit to where credit is deserved.  The artists were from good ole NOLA.  Later that night I notice that the surf was really started to come in.  

A few bonus pics in color.
Sailing

 Sea Tow to the Rescue

Soaring High

Strange cloud formations over the Gulf

Storms to the West of Orange Beach

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You know that first trip you go on with your new camera? The one where you take all kinds of shots to show off all that it can do? I went to Assateague Island.

Indulge in these oh-so-random pictures of the Island……

I hope all of these links work-Tell me what you think!

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Shell

Stump  

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Love

This last one wasn't from the island. It was taken, I THINK, two years ago.

Oops I forgot to include these pictures...

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Maddie

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Yesterday was hot at the beach, but it was also very windy as storms were moving in.  There had been two drownings the day before so they closed the Grand Haven pier around supper time due to the undercurrents caused by the waves - one of the drownings had been due to them the day before - kids (a 25 year old) jumping off the pier to cool off. The pier he jumped off is much like the one in the picture that has the lighthouse on it.  There are several piers like this along our area of Lake Michigan.  When we were in South Haven there were plenty of people in the water, and there were kites flying.  There were also signs and umbrellas blowing away from people.
Kites Flying
Sail boats 3
Sail boats 4
Wind blowing flowers
Windy Day at the Beach
Waves against the Beach

It all started on Sunday when we went down to Orange Beach.  My oldest daughter Laura wanted to go play on the sand.  While walking down to the beach we came across a
sand dune.  Our next stop would be the rocks.  Laura thought it would be really funny to  climb on the rocks.  As we sat on the rocks the fishing boats started to come in from the Gulf of Mexico into the pass after a hard day of fishing.  Not on one of those boat but on our own darling husband and two of our girls caught this big red snapper.  The end of a perfect couple of days at the beach we decided to go to the Ferris Wheel.  Have you ever wonder what the person in the gondola sees when they are waiting for the ferris wheel to take off and start?  This is what I saw.  And right next to me is my darling  three year old who made me get on this ferris wheel despite my fear of heights.  As we left the view of the ferris wheel came in many inviting colors of lights

Washington State beaches:

Moclips
Ocean Shores
Ocean Shores
Ruby Beach
Ruby Beach

More from the coast trip last week. These are from the Bandon area south of the Coquille Lighthouse in my last post.

Rocks and Waves
Couple Walking
Beach Overlook

For Kerry..
Surfer Guy's Summer Home In Oregon
Northwest Surfers

Enjoy,
Mike

This set is from the coast trip. One evening as I was walking back up to the parking area from the beach I meet a man walking down to go fishing. The idea hit me for late evening shots of someone fishing down there. The following evening when I went down he and his family were already down there fishing. I asked permission to take some shots of him, his dad and his daughter fishing. He said no problem. They were from Idaho and I gave him one of my cards and told him if he would email me when he got home I'd send him a CD with copies of the photos.

These are four of the shots.
Man Fishing On Beach
Man and Girl Fishing
Man and Girl Fishing (different lighting)
To Men and Girl Fishing.

I know.. kind of different for me. I don't take many people shots.

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Very nice weekend Iam having. There are the dragon Boat racing taking place at Mooney's bay. So I went and took pics. Enjoy
dragon boats , many teams , very fast , row, row, row your boat , team work , looks like fun  and then there's the beach,  food and drink tents , local radio stations coverage , there they go again and looking downhill and the last one That's it until next year's race weekend.

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This was taking one morning while catching some rays on the beach.  This man walked by and i was lucky to have my camera ready.  rasta walk

Just got back from a business trip to the Chicago area.  While there, I visited the community of Lake Forest which is right on the shores of Lake Michigan.  A very pretty place. These are my faves from the 50+ frames I shot.

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Market Square Court
Market Square
Plants For Sale

Always - give as much feedback as you have. No holds barred. I am here to learn.

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In my last post for Traces, Mike H mentioned about b/w, sepia, I attempted to try it and here is what I came up with..I know it is not right so please give me input on how to do it better.
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            Thanks!!

I adore this site and am deciding to jump in and give it a whirl!  I am just now getting a chance to go through my pictures from my adventures on Memorial Day.  

I woke up early and was swept away to a beautiful, virtually untouched, beach.  Seagrass Tucked away in Milford, Connecticut I found Silver Sands State Park.  I spent the better part of the day walking the beach, gathering shells, pretty rocks and sun rays.  And trying not to step on the dozens of horseshoe crabs Horseshoe Crab that were dealing with a heavy dose of spring fever.  If you get my drift.  Pun intended.  

From there the next stop was Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center where I was treated to flowers, great egrets, Egret osprey, cardinals, even more rustic shoreline and swans! Swans Yes, while I was walking the shore I turned around to head back and 22 (I counted them) swans had flown in and landed in the ocean that I had just strolled by.  Nature at it's best!
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Happy June!

Teresa

Waiting.
Intimidating..
Exelerating...
Breathtaking....

I took a trip to Wilmington, NC for Memorial weekend.  It was a time to gather with family and enjoy the sights.  I was able to visit the beach and the historic downtown areas.  Take a look and let me know what you think.

doorways of color
garage bits and pieces
gathering of bowls
notes of time
 love these signs!
peeking over a garden wall....
pelican parking
jumping in!