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Shell Beach near Denham in Western Australia is one of only two beaches in the world entirely made up of shells.
A sea urchin shell found on the California shore.
For strobist readers:
An SB-24 camera left, a 580ex camera right. Each is set to ~1/8 power (which means that the 580ex is throwing more light), and diffused through a piece of paper that I folded to make it stand upright. The backdrop is an article of clothing I wasn't wearing, and the minor reflections you see beneath the shell are from a stand made from two paperclips.
A murex shell on a reflective surface.
Using a surface of gold card with cellophane on top gives the impression of the wet sand of a beach.
With the mist and fog rapidly descending Army Rail diesel 0-6-0DH no.422 (RH 459517/1961) stands in the Ordnance Gate Platform at MOD Bramley, Hampshire. This location was at the northern end of the Bramley West depot site. In the back ground stand the two DEMU's forming the NSE/Salisbury AMO "Bramley Bunker" railtour organised by Salisbury Area Manager Gerald Daniels. This series of three charters operating on an out and back basis on the same date covered a large part of the soon to close Bramley Central Ammunition Depot in 1987. The facility was built during World War I as Britain's war effort was being hampered by a lack of shells and ammunition. Work started in 1916 and the site with 33 miles of running lines and sidings was opened fully in 1918. Before its closure the site was operated by a fleet of three Ruston diesels manned by the Bramley Detachment of the No.1 Railway Group, Royal Corps of Transport.
...the shells she sells,
are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells
on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells
Seashore shells!.
Commentary.
This beach, popular with me since the 1970’s,
shot to fame as the archetypal West Coast gem in the 1983 film, “Local Hero.”
Like so many others its shell-sand glistens white against a turquoise and azure sea.
The dune path to it from the old main road is like a mini-gorge through the marram grass-clad sand hills.
Then this view is revealed as we tip-toe across the stream to the main beach, fascinating vistas to Skye and Rum.
The highest peak, Sgurr Alasdair, one of my favourite viewing platforms, that I have happily climbed three times.
Amazingly in this telephoto image, it is nearly 25 miles away, across the Sound of Sleat, the Sleat Peninsula, Loch Slapin, the Strathaird Peninsula, Loch Scavaig and the ten-mile horseshoe of delectable peaks that make up this glorious mountain range.
The rocky headlands smothered in rock-pools thronging with life and the pure unspoilt nature of this Morar Bay.
There is a fantasy magic in these views of beach, ocean, cliff, hill, mountain and island that simply mesmerises.
A total delight to those souls who venture this far,
a Shangri-La……………….reward indeed!
Haven't been shell hunting in weeks, I never find a good shell through the summer, they are either picked up by children or mashed under foot and damaged. Today was a good shell day and a beautiful sunset at Calshot
double stacked
shells
how intimate is that? :-)
looking like stars
sunshiney bokeh
a little walk out to the deck.
:-)
Shell and lichen. Cape Liptrap Coastal Park, Victoria, Australia
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having fun on the beach
looks like I am getting enough "S-word" and we haven't moved on yet.......
Scavenger Challenge - June 2018 Assignment - “S nouns”
Our Daily Challenge ... in a row.
"7 Days of Shooting" "Week #20 - Blue" "Technique Tuesday" Technique used :- a filter with a heart shaped hole and shallow depth of field to produce heart shaped bokeh where the light is catching the shine on the beads.