Day 254: Solitary Seagull

This week me and my best friend ran away to St Andrews.  It probably wasn't quite the best time to go because the place was full of students, but we had a nice time wandering around and having lunch.  We had a walk along the beach too but this was unfortunately cut short by rain.  This seagull was fishing in the shallow water and I saw him with a wee fish :-D  The photo is a bit dark and grey and gloomy but that reflects the weather!

Day 235: Crashing Waves

My best friend and I ran away again today and, although we ran away to the countryside, we still ended up at the beach on the rocks watching the tide come in and splash on the rocks!  There is something really calming about it - I suppose it might be the rhythm and the fact that you can get so sucked into seeing whether the next wave is bigger or smaller than the last :-)

Day 231: Sploosh!

Me and my best friend ran away to North Berwick today!  We had the most enormous burgers for lunch, stood on the rocks and watched the waves splash, sat on the wall overlooking the beach, ate ice cream and had a wander round the shops.  It was a beautiful day and it was really good fun and I even took a photo of me and my ice cream!
I didn't think of that until after I had licked it though.  We had quite good fun taking photos of each other and the ice cream.  It was a bit of a revelation since I don't try taking photos of myself very often as I don't often like what I see.  I have, however, discovered that if you crop a photo enough you can sometimes see something you don't mind!  I also really like that you can see the beach and the sea in my sunglasses.  The wave photo is a little too dark I think but I absolutely love frozen water shots like that.  We spent so long stood on the rocks watching the waves and commenting on how big/small/medium/disappointing/excellent the waves were and even urged them on sometimes.  Imagine one of those pop star competitions with waves - that's what we were like!  It was a very good day :-D

Day 153: Breaking Waves

It was pretty overcast today and I'm surprised we didn't get rained on actually.  The light didn't make photos easy as everything was pretty grey and dull but I did notice that every now and then the waves got a little stronger and broke over these rocks with a nice splash.  I really liked this one as the wave is in a classic curve - if you asked someone to draw a wave breaking that's probably what they would think of - certainly it's what I think of.  And I love the way it is frozen with all the droplets in the air.  I am not really a fan of long exposure photos of water as they take on a dull, misty, calm air and what I love most about bodies of water is that they feel so immensely powerful.  I cannot understand why you would castrate a waterfall, for example, and turn it into an airy fairy strip of mist where, when you are standing there watching it you can barely hear yourself think for the water thundering over the falls and you can feel the vibration in the rocks you stand on - to me that is the most fantastic thing - an example of the pure raw power of nature.  Waves are the same - I find them so much more fantastically exciting when you can see all the droplets frozen where they have been thrown up in the air.  Looking at this picture I can still hear the noise of the waves as they break and smell the sea air.  However, I have just managed to talk myself into really wanting to go stand next to a waterfall! :-)