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As my readers know, I am a sucker for a solitary seagull. Now I am unsure if it is the same seagull who accompanies me on my morning seaside walks, but I like to think it is. This one certainly admires the sunrise as much as I do, basking in the wonders that a few clouds can create at this serendipitous moment.
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The sight is stupendous, even sans seagull, changing every second. The constantly renewed ruff of foam edging the mirror of the wet sand is such a neat visual touch that it is hard to consider it ‘normal’. As the sun rises higher, side-on, up close, the foam bubbles sparkle with iridescence, but I can’t capture their tiny rainbows with my camera.
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The clouds shift and suddenly a sky monster on the move glares at me from its baleful eyes.
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Not solitary, these terns are watching the unfolding sunrise too, with the reflected craggy vertical face of the headland laid out flat, neatly ruled, in front of them.
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As always, the fascinating details of how the tide has receded are written in the sand. These sturdily defined chevrons on the edge of the sand rise are new to me.
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So are these scallops; not appearing as ripples, but a series of separate pulses of patterns.
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Not keen on scalloped designs? How about herringbone?
Is there any pattern not originating in nature?
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Well, yes. I rarely see anyone else down here at this early hour, but a solitary walker with a stick leaves a distinct trail as he passes me. It would have puzzled me had I not seen it being made, and would no doubt have inspired an unlikely flight of fancy…
Glad they struck a chord with you, Graham!
Like me I love the morning skies and brilliant colours… Beautiful photos by you ..??
Hi Arwen. Such beautiful Nature for me to photograph, and only minutes walk from where I live!
Such beautiful photos Sharyn! ????
Thanks Karen. Just luck really; often go there and nothing unusual to photograph.
A coincidence re the seagulls!
Breath-taking photos, thanks, Sharyn – especially the sky monster.
This week, after many years of being forgotten, I’ve been playing my old CD of Neil Diamond’s Jonathon Livingston Seagull ( so that will give away my age!) and the music is a perfect accompaniment to your pictures.
Karen