Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Dark beauty

I don't often get very dark for which I am thankful.

And I don't often stop to think about the beauty that lies within the shadows, the darker tones of the world that I pass through daily. I think I'm an optimist - not Pollyannish - I tend to see more the sun than the shadow kind thing.

When I mostly think of beaches I think of brightness, blue, searing gold and yellow... and yet on our recent trip the beach we visited most was closely connected to dark rocks and dark sands.

I found it beautiful to behold so much black in nature; and quite the contradiction to find so much dark at the beach. I wandered around merrily looking at the dark, where it joined the light, marvelling at the blackness of the black.

Here are some images of the dark beach beauty...


Sand on a black rock...

Black rocks at the base of the cliff...

Black pebble on the beach...

Early morning beach...




11 comments:

  1. These are so beautiful Fiona. What a wonderful beach. All that contrast. All those patterns in nature. What amazing photos.

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  2. Darkness does have its own beauty, so true. These are wonderful images, Fiona, how amazing it must have been to behold them in person! Many thanks for sharing.

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  3. Stunning. The first image is like a painting!

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  4. How breathtakingly beautiful is nature!! . . and with an "eye" to capture it!

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  5. You don't miss much Fiona. Love to see the results of your creative 'eye'.

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  6. what incredible patterns that black sand makes... gorgeous!

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  7. Thanks Lesley - I was utterly intrigued by its difference and so many lovely swirls...

    G/TT - There is a lot of beauty to be found in the darkness I think; and the gentle movement of the sands and the contrasts just worked. Glad you like them!

    Leslie - thanks! It's a beautiful thing.

    Jann - thank you; its funny the things we see isn't it? Not always the obvious.

    Thanks Jo - I sometimes wonder how much I miss; but its magic when you suddenly see the different bits...

    Hi Ronnie - the sort of effortless marks that we sometimes struggle to create; just presented for us...they are such lovely forms, drifting thru...

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  8. just beautiful...another edge, with black.

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  9. Velma - so true - it's the edges isn't it?

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  10. Great photos and in that first one the water looks like cellophane paper....

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  11. Alison - thanks; so true; it takes on such a different nature.

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