What i saw at the beach..

gus

No-one about for the lifesavers to save.




Kite Surfing is really getting popular here now. Im getting very tempted to look into it myself.







I dont know where these guys went but the just disappeared into the distance after about 30 mins.







Gutsy stuff here..this beach has the highest shark strike rate on the drumlines in australia im told & sharks just love deep gutters at high tide. You wouldnt get me in there !!!




A wild seadog did attempt an attack but i managed to get out of its way in time.










Blue bottle (also called portugese man-o-war) the water was full of them.






friendly old pelican




Lifes tough

saurora

Great stuff, Gus! I was thinking while scrolling down how your shots are of the same stuff I was shooting last week at my local beach (except that your shots are much, much better!) until I got to the shots of the shells and bits of corral. We don't hardly have any shells anymore and no corral whatsoever. That is the most beautiful pelican! I also like your footprints in the sand.

Captn14

What a great series of shots Gus....Love the colors. And ahhhh warm weather !

Thanks for sharing these.

DoctorIt

I'm with you gus, kite surfing looks fun, but if you're not an expert, could be more like "trawling for sharks"!

Looks like you're having a tough weekend, hope you make it through.

PhotoPsych

Kite surfing in the Atlantic Ocean
Those guys who disappeared must have been pretty good...I caught this shot of one at sunset, here on the other side of the world. Just went to the beach for some dune shots and there they were! Sorry about poor quality, but originals much less grainy. Shot with Canon 5D and 70-200 f4, IS L lens.

wxwax

Very nice, Gus.

Thanks for the reminder that Australia is a giant trap set to kill every human who dares set foot there.

I like these very much.

gus

wxwax wrote:

Very nice, Gus.

Thanks for the reminder that Australia is a giant trap set to kill every human who dares set foot there.

Tks for looking guys. Sid ..blue bottles do sting sometimes pretty hard but its when they get across your face in the surf that things get personal. As for the sharks ..well you just have to know where they hang out.

Dee

Neat photos
I can almost feel the heat! I'm bundled up in my smugmug fleece pullover from the Yosemite shoot out! It's damp and showery...

Kite sailing does look like fun, but it's more fun for me to photograph them being pulled out of the water and flipping around upside down, etc.

We get similar things to your "blue bottles" but I don't think they sting. They are called By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella). We should be seeing them next month or April I think. They cover the beach sometimes. I've never seen them in the water, although I've seen photos of them in the water.

I used to see sea shells all the time on the Atlantic coast, but rarely see sea shells out here on the Pacific coast. I don't miss stepping on the sharp edges of the shells, but I do miss finding pretty ones to pick up and bring home.

gus

Dee wrote:

I can almost feel the heat! I'm bundled up in my smugmug fleece pullover from the Yosemite shoot out! It's damp and showery...

Kite sailing does look like fun, but it's more fun for me to photograph them being pulled out of the water and flipping around upside down, etc.

We get similar things to your "blue bottles" but I don't think they sting. They are called By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella). We should be seeing them next month or April I think. They cover the beach sometimes. I've never seen them in the water, although I've seen photos of them in the water.

I used to see sea shells all the time on the Atlantic coast, but rarely see sea shells out here on the Pacific coast. I don't miss stepping on the sharp edges of the shells, but I do miss finding pretty ones to pick up and bring home.

Tks Dee

No-one really worries about the shells here dee as there are so many here. Every conceivable size & shape....that & coral washed up from the Great Barrier Reef. Everything washes up on these beaches from coconuts to tourists that dont read the warning signs that are in 10 diff languages.