After the tide went out

[Rob MacKillop]

50 yards from our front door, an alien world...




















Q2M+yellow filter on lens.

 

[Wes Hall]

Love these Rob- barnacles in crisp detail! I was saying to Chris the other night how coastal areas are my favourite landscapes of all- what a nice find to see this afternoon.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Wes. Where we live is quite a tourist hot spot when the sun comes out, so it’s often hard to avoid people in shots. But when I took these it was early in the day, a very sunny morning, and I had the area to myself. I’d hesitate to call it a beach. Although with close-ups it’s easy to block out people, I find it hard to concentrate with people around. I used to walk for miles, but these days I have a post viral exhaustion that kicks in after half an hour, so I rarely get to the off-the-well-beaten track places I would love to get to. But I recognise I am lucky to have this area on my doorstep.

I love the lens on this camera. Although it’s a fixed lens, you can turn it into a macro lens very easily. They call it macro, but it is more “close up”, which I prefer.

I hope you get out to the coast again soon.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Rob, these are really great. The first and third make me think of Fly agaric mushrooms..

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I had to look them up, Chris. Apparently what I might have referred to as spotted toadstools. I can see exactly what you mean. A more crusty variety…

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a fine set. So many interesting things to find on the coast.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Including strange-looking photographers, bent double over seaweed, rocks and shells...strange breed!

 

[Dave Farnes]

That sounds like me on the beach!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Haha. All of us!