The angles here are compelling, inviting the viewer to look again and again.
Tag Archives: crab
Questioning Chronology
How did this pattern sequence? The tide line is in the bottom left, yet the end of the crab’s (?) trail seems to be washed out with its trail still pronounced. The creature is missing, with no other footsteps around … Continue reading
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[Hidden] Triangle
The geometry in this still life is gentle and lovely, especially when the air holes throughout the sand are factored in. A note . . . It is unlikely I will be walking the beach to take new photos in … Continue reading
Homage to Old Dutch Masters
Flower, shell, dead creatures . . . this assemblage of objects hardens back to the masters of late Renaissance still life in Northern Europe.
Pinwheel
Spinning in the tide, rather than the wind.
Reflection of my Beloved
This is not my favorite photo, per se. However, when I was looking at it on the larger screen, I noticed something in the bubbles. I decided to play with Snapseed’s new HDR feature to sharpen it. What I found … Continue reading
Comparatives and Superlative
Big, bigger, biggest. Small, smaller, smallest. Three remnants of crabs, with the carcass of the mid-sized crab beautifully dotted with dew. The littlest slips into the blur, as the large carcass and even larger claw take over the tableau.
“Pied Beauty”: For My Brothers
Pied Beauty By Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced – … Continue reading
Peering Out to Sea
This carapace, brilliant fall colors on the monochromatic tideline, was situated as if the creature had died looking out to sea.
So Very Green
A beach full of sea lettuce. Brilliant green against the generally monochrome tide line. The simplicity of this arrangement with the lost gull feathers and crab carapace is gentle, yet strikingly strong.
Tide Line Still Life 