Felt like a walk by the water this morning, have been there lots of times and have thousands of photos of that particular spot but, something made me grab the glovebox point-and-shoot just in case and, boy, was I rewarded!
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| You've got to look extra hard in this pic to see what I'm on about ..... to the left of my watermark and you'll see |
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This is how close I was able to get to them.
There were a few happily floating in the water alongside the walkway, they'd hide down around and behind the pylons then float back out again. I was good and ready for them. |
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| This is a crop from the photo above, to show its cross marking on top |
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I had earlier this morning made a comment on Deb's Ramblings of a Square Peg in a Round Hole post on the beauty of her water shots - the beautiful patterns and reflections.
Her work inspired me to take this particular photo as well as some others ... Thanks Deb :D) |
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I took these from looking down at them from the walkway.
To me they look like real underwater shots. |
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Walking further on, I found this one had beached itself.
My first instinct was to try and get it back into the water but, the tide was coming in so best to leave things alone I felt. |
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| Another one a bit further along, the water had reached it. |
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| Looking back to the walkway. I took my first few photos on the other side of that boat cruise ticket office. |
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Last one ... again with the irresistible reflections - a smaller jellyfish, a bit hard to see,
but, once again, to the left of my watermark. |
It was such a great morning for that walk... came across more interesting things too - they involve George of Mykanos, and Bob and Maria. Will save that for my next post, have overdone the photo count, I'm sure, in this one!!
Cheers and, as always, thanks for your visit :D) xx
Love your jellyfish pics and the reflections are enticing. Lately here in Tasmania, we have had loads of lion's mane jellyfish in our waters. They are enormous and pink. One was found washed up that was 1.5 metres across. Thanks for the kind words.
ReplyDeleteThanks Deb and you're welcome :D)
DeleteI googled the jellyfish you saw - wow... they're quite something, and to see one that big!
Oh I wish I was there I would have loved to see them. We would have so much fun with a camera you and I. Hug B
ReplyDeleteIndeed we would have B !! I couldn't get enough of them - but then began the hard work of deciding which pic to use :D)
Deletehow neat!!! and i love the squiggles in the water and reflections, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks T, it's quite addictive taking those water reflections shots. Fun to enlarge them as well!
DeleteAmazing! I've just seen a few of these in my lifetime! These are phenomenal-you're right, they do look like they were taken underwater. Well, you've got enough nerve to dive under for such great photos! I know I would, haha! And, what a great pattern. You caught them at their liveliest Susan! Great photography!
ReplyDeleteI dropped my best camera and the cover won't stay closed now, so I have a rubberband around it to keep it closed, and it still takes photos. But, I am looking around for a new one. Soooo...not too many good photos lately.
Thank you for this exciting post...I love your water shots. These are lovely creatures, and, you nailed it! See you soon Susan, hugs!
Hi Suzanne, funny you should mention about diving for photos... when I was on the walkway, kind of leaning over the water, using one of those bollards as support, another person walked past me and just as he did, he yelled out to his friends (to come and look I guess he was meaning)... but I got such a fright I jumped and, if I hadn't had the camera strap around my wrist I'd have lost it to the water. In fact, if I'd been leaning any further over, I'd have been in the drink too!! Not a good look for this grandma ;D)
DeleteSorry you actually dropped your camera - they're our arm extensions aren't they - glad it at least still works. Hope you find a replacement for it real soon.
Thanks for your visit and am glad you enjoyed this post. Cheerio for now :D)
How lucky for you to have your camera on hand? You must have a sixth sense. :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos. If you hadn’t said anything, I would have just assumed those middle images were underwater shots.
Hi Vicki, yes it was - my usual camera can be a bit heavy at times, so I don't always take it on walks, but a little voice (yoiks... voices!!) told me to grab the little glovebox one ;D)
DeleteYes, they were floating just under the surface of the water, and as they came near to the walkway and with me doing my leaning out over the water act, I could take directly overhead pics. Got a nice surprise when looking at the on the computer :D)
Super photos Susan, great catch!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Denise :D)
Deleteproof positive....never go anywhere without the camera!!
ReplyDeletechuck always yells at me whenever i go near the water/edge "don't fall in the drink"!! hehehe always makes me laugh!!
these are marvelous susan....in the first image i thought it was a hand ;)
You're so right Debbie. Walk & Camera - must never forget!
DeleteI must add that the fellow who scared the daylights out of me was most apologetic... I was just relieved at not having joined the jellyfish.
I can see from a couple of comments below, they too thought it was a hand - oh dear, it never occurred to me :O)
Magical creatures! Glad that they are able to get back into the water via the tide without any help. :)
ReplyDeleteThey were quite intriguing to look at and, yes, I hope they survived.
DeleteRight at first I thought it was a hand. But now I know it was a cool 'fish'!!
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oh gosh Linda, if it had been a hand I definitely wouldn't have photographed it - eek!
DeleteSuch lovely pictures and great to get so close. When I loooked at the first one, I almost thought it was a hand underwater, and that gave me quite a turn! whew, glad it wasn't :)
ReplyDeleteIt was great Jenny, and sorry you too thought it was an uncomfortable type of photo at first :D)
DeleteI hear these beautiful creatures can sting when touched … even when they do not seem alive. With any luck the first jellyfish was washed back into the sea by the tide.
ReplyDeleteHi Penelope and welcome to my blog. Yes, quite possibly these are stingy jellyfish, I'm not sure but will always give them the benefit of the doubt :D)
DeleteI think I was busy the other night when I first saw these ... they are wonderful shots. I especially like the ones of him swimming.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Joan, yes, I was quite amazed at how well they turned out when I saw them on the computer! :D)
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