Driftwood by auntietk
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Description
More from the beach at Edmonds.
This particular beach collects a lot of driftwood. There's a beach about a mile away that doesn't get any. It has to do with natural and man-made barriers, currents, the curve of the land in relationship to the angle of the waves, stuff like that.
Some of the driftwood around here is pretty big!
Top left: Do you see some sort of sea creature leaping up out of the sand? There's an eye to the left ... I didn't do anything to bring that out. Hmmm ... maybe it looks like an art deco hood ornament, come to think of it. What do you see?
Top right: This must have piled up during a storm. Normal wave action just deposits the logs on the beach parallel to the shore, it doesn't hurl them sideways.
Bottom left: Someone obviously had a fun day at the beach, making this teepee out of driftwood logs! It's easily tall enough to walk into. That gnarly looking thing off to the right is the rootball end of a tree.
Bottom right: A view down the beach. See the sea creature / hood ornament off to the right? And of course that's the teepee down the beach in the distance. The log pile is behind me.
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I made this big enough that in full view you'll be able to see each picture at a pretty good size.
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Edit notes:
- I believe it's illegal to take driftwood from the beaches here.
- It's very gray here at this time of year. All these shots are in color.
Comments (51)
Aioros
Fantastic capture my friend!!
Doriutz
Beautiful collage :)
OldHippieKeyboard
Driftwood has always fascinated me ... so many shapes and textures. Excellent collage, Tara.
thecytron
Very good presentation!
MrsRatbag
I love driftwood, it has such gorgeous textures and colors. Isn't it amazing how much of it there is around here? You've done an excellent job giving us a glimpse of some of its beauties. Well done!
awjay
superb colllage my friend
amlondono
Love this collage , interesting shapes and textures , Ana
MrsLubner
OK, I'm just not with it. What I see in each one is a treasure trove of fabulous artistic materials for scuptures and other creative projects. :-) Great collage of Driftwood.
Alex_Antonov
A beautiful image! 5+!
cmolsen2002
What a lovely grouping, Tara! I see so much here, including (apparently) the cold temperature. Even the sand looks cold! lol
tennesseecowgirl
very nice!
helanker
OH Yes! This is a really fantastic collage. Wonderful shots every one of them. There is something special about driftwood, I think, but I have never seen so much in one place. I wonder if people dont collect them for burning in the fireplac? Or do they just buy wood. I mean do they think about the environment and try to use what is in front of them ot do they just pay for new?
beachzz
There used to be all kinds of driftwood sculptures on Humboldt Bay. But then someone made one of a crashed plane, and since it was right at the end of a small airport, some people didn't see the humor in that. So "They" banned further works, tore everything down, all in the name of ecology, which I guess is really true. In fact, now that I'm on this roll, there was also a huge display on SF Bay, along the freeway In Berkeley/Oakland. That finally was also torn down for the same reasons. Anyway, obviously, this touched a chord in me ~~ great fotos, Tara!!
durleybeachbum
Terrific set of pics, Tara, a lesson from the master!! So ridiculous what Marilyn has to tell us, THEY are probably unimaginative and literal beings who are in charge and have no appreciation of creativity.
drag
Great capture of all that beautiful driftwood. Looks like I'm not the only one that loves driftwood. Now a days most places won't let you take driftwood from the beaches.
meico
I love driftwood and the hours you can spend seeing visions in the shapes. Thanks for sharing this lovely collage. Mike
barbdennist
I, too, love going to the beach and looking at the driftwood and seeing what great images Mother Nature has created. I especially like looking at tiny little pieces of it that I can hold in my hand. I have a couple of tiny ones on my kitchen window sill. This is a great collage, Tara.
sintoock
Excellent.
JeffG7BRJ
Wow! A beachcombers paradise, some people out there would think they'd died and gone to heaven if they saw this. I see to sea creatures in the top left one, looking at them they could be the same species.Lol. The one in the front has a baleful eye with scales, the one behind has a smaller eye and two nostrils. Top right I see a rams head a squirrel and a cross between a frog and an aligator. Bottom left, I see a womans bust and a poor imitation of Pinnocio, The light wooden upright furthest to the right of the picture, two eyes and a sticky out nose. Bottom right, I see piles of things crying out to be made. A sculpters heaven on earth, a whittlers paradise. Superb capture and presentation. Bravo!!!!!
jeroni
fantastic capture my friend, excellent image
dhanco
Wonderful captures. Driftwood is so intriquing with each one being unique.
Hedepo
A beautiful collection of drift-wood B&W captures!! They are really big,something we don't see at all at our North-sea coast!! only a few very small pieces now and then!! The structures on the wood are fantastic!! Excellent, Have a very nice weekend!! Henk
PD154
Fine collection of great captures and a great post process, has bought all this together into a nice presentation...well done Tara!
fredster66
Really nice work on this... very interesting!
hipps13
Hi Tara May :-) full-size view a must each one unique and lots to see beautiful work sweet weekend to you warm hug and love, Linda Kaye :-)
V8Bluebottle
Great job!
vlaaitje
what an impressive images,lovely textures
mickuk50
i think i
ll have some of jeffs medication cos i can`nt see anything he saw :o)..excellent presentation tara mickjocko500
wow you can build a house with this stuff here. If you make funiture you be rich. Or just getting it and bring it to the funiture people and sell them the raw wood you be rich. cool loooking stuff here
goodoleboy
A fine presentation of photos depicting the various and sundry driftwood lying about the beach, my dear Tara, but I can conjure up no suggestion of sea creatures and/or hood ornaments among this mass of randomly strewn timber, fantasize as I may. Actually, it looks more like blasted ramparts in the aftermath of one of the battles of the Civil War.