Wild Drake Photography

Tag: ocean

  • A Busy Weekend With Little Time For Photography

    This was a busier than expected weekend and things didn’t work out like I had planned.  The oldest of the family dogs had really been showing his age recently and suddenly took a turn for the worse on Saturday.  This necessitated an emergency trip to the vet’s.  Sadly, he didn’t make it to see his 16th birthday, the next day. 😦  That kind of put me off doing anything else for the rest of the day, other than returning home to play with our other dogs.  Sunday I decided to start a project at home that I’ve been thinking of for a while.  I will be working at it bit by bit and when things get a little further along, I will post some photos to show the progress.  That brings me to the brief break I took this evening, to get out by the water, mostly to relax a bit.  I found an old broken down dock along the water’s edge that looked interesting and the rest of the time I just soaked in a few rays of sunshine and the ocean air.  an old dock in disrepair sits along the shoreline

    I have big plans for next weekend and the weather looks good, so I expect to have a more substantial post.

  • December . . .

    Once again it has been far too long between posts and there have been fewer opportunities to get out and take some photos.  Somehow it always seems like there is less time in December than any other month.  Life gets hectic with shopping, holiday events to go to, family gatherings and there’s always something unexpected coming up.  Even the days are at their shortest… although that can sometimes be to the benefit of the photographer who likes to sleep in.  That is when the sunrise and sunset are at decent hours, making it much more convenient to get out with a camera and just enjoy the world around you.

    Sunrise Flock
    A December Sunrise.

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  • Time Changes Everything

    One thing is certain… no matter what else is happening, time goes on.  And with it, things change.  Some so slowly it’s almost imperceptible, while other things so quickly it seems if you blink you might miss them.  Somewhere between the extremes is the changes that take place in autumn.  Slowly the leaves start to change colour, at least on certain types of trees and other plants.  Then they begin to fall cover the ground like a colourful carpet.  Around here the rain starts to become more frequent and the rivers and creeks start to flow more swiftly.  In some cases they go from being almost totally dry stream beds to rushing flows of water.

    Ayum Creek is little more than a dry stream bed dotted with a few puddles in Late September
    Ayum Creek is little more than a dry stream bed dotted with a few puddles in Late September

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  • China Beach as the Fog Lifts

    Beach Birds

  • Sheringham Point Lighthouse

    Sheringham Point Lighthouse Panorama