Wednesday 13 July 2016

Sunset, seagulls and oyster catchers

This evening I went for a walk down to the Stour River to watch the clouds take on sunset colours and hopefully get a photo of an oyster catcher! After exploring the little paths in the wood above the river, I headed down to the riverside. There were some guys learning how to sail - I spared them the embarrassment of being photographed as a few capsized right near the shoreline to laughter from friends and family - some black-headed gulls (I think), walking in the surf and some oyster catchers. The sun cast an orange glow across the sky and the clouds played along by creating shapes and catching the rays in a lovely photogenic way. 

A buried feather in the ooze of weed left at low tide.

Sailing School while the clouds flowed over each other like a waterfall - there was hardly a breath of wind!


The promise of a pretty sunset.


Black-headed gull wading through the surf.


Someone took some chalk and wrote on the jetty!




Oyster catcher! And a gull calling to his mate.




I think this cloud looks like Dumbo!!






And the last of the sunset before it disappeared behind the thicker clouds on the horizon. Look closely and you might see a griffin in the clouds.


Monday 11 July 2016

Sunrises in the west, and sunsets in the east!

So, I'm finally on holiday after a tough PGCE year in Cornwall. I spent six months living in Launceston in a house that had a beautiful view over the valley border of Devon and Cornwall including Dartmoor in the distance. I was treated to some beautiful mornings when the valley was covered in a beautiful fluffy duvet. The following photos show some of the different views of sunrises I had over my time in the house.


An icy winter morning looking across to Dartmoor.


Yup, those are trees peaking out of the clouds.




Today was the first time I've taken my camera out with me for a couple of months - I just didn't feel I had time to go through and edit photos if I did take my camera. Mum and I took the dog down to the Stour River with Harwich on the far shore. It was sunny-ish when we left the house with dark clouds in the distance. They were very dramatic clouds.


There were a few black-headed gulls playing in the waves.


The dark clouds were coming closer.


So we turned back...


A tiny boat with a BIG name!


Well we tried to avoid the rain but unfortunately clouds travel faster than we do.