Crimson tide

Crimson tide

After spotting a post from DannyBeConnor about high tides and very large swells approaching from the north this was one of those busy hours where I ran around with tripod and camera, trying to capture the essence of the weather - the stillness of the wind - the sweeping and crashing waves and failing light.

It really was a beautiful afternoon for photography and nowhere near as windswept as the images suggest.

Sometimes, the uniqueness of the light, the landscape and the elements, seems to compel me to spend time looking, thinking, bending this way and that, standing up, lying down, trying to feel the essence of the environment, and trying to capture a sense of what it feels like. Being a photographer pushes you to explore the world around you in different ways and compels you to look at things in different ways. Perhaps that is part of the attraction for me!