A Walk On The Beach by beachzz

Photography • Sea/Undersea • posted on Jan 04, 2010

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i needed a beach fix, so drove out to my favorite spot here. Centerville Beach, west of Ferndale. It used to be home to a naval base, which was the worst kept secret around. It was a communications base, but closed many years ago. Now, it sits empty, on some gorgeous real estate. At any rate, I walk along the dunes for a couple of miles, sometimes on the beach, sometimes not. The waves can be sneaky, and I am very careful, don't want my camera to get wet! or worse.....

Comments (18)

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glix70

2:16AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Yea me too I love walk in the beach to relax me mind and my body and I missi it so mush!!! Great capture!! Well done!!! :)

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bazza

3:14AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Lovely shot of the beach and sand dunes.. love to wander along the beach too.. Nice capture!!

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anahata.c

3:22AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

a beach windswept, disheveled and wonderfully alive, and the waves are saturated so that they seem like apparitions as much as actual water. And you have a spontaneous angle (the water) that washes into the upper portion of the shot. Dramatic, fine work Marilyn. And I'm sure you needed this after your profound loss the last couple of days. I know how much you love the beach where you live, and it must be a place of replenishment and connecting with something vast. Do you know the Jewish Kaddish? Well it's a prayer of mourning, but it never mentions death once. At least not the Kaddish said in the synagogue or at home. It simply praises one's god and the beauty of creation. It's said that it was written to remind mourners that the life around them is the greatest affirmation of the life that was lost, and one's Source---whatever it may be for each person---never goes away, even when a loved one has left us. That there's a mysterious connection between the passed soul & that source...This feels like your Kaddish, or at least one of your Kaddishes. ('Kaddish' is similar to "kadosh," meaning holy.) I hope JoAnn is in the wind: She'll be whispering in your ear as you walk. Lovely & loving shot. Continue to be blessed, you all had a deep loss of a beautiful soul who somehow should've lived forever...this place feels like it lives forever, and it's for her. Wonderful inward moment of beauty...

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qrud

4:58AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Very nice done.

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blinkings

5:03AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

The urban explorer in me would love to have a look around that base!!

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durleybeachbum

6:19AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Mark has said it all!

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Meisiekind

6:57AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Oh Mark has it spot on! Wonderful image Marilyn! I am thinking of you and JoAnn's family all the time! :))

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bmac62

7:37AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Glad I am commenting after Mark too:) Wow...very nicely done Marilyn. I know the beach as one of those few places you can escape to and really be all alone but inspired and thrilled at the very same time.

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MrsRatbag

8:56AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Very lovely beach shot!

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auntietk

9:32AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

I hope you'll continue to post these shots of your beach walk. Fantastic images!

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Sea_Dog

11:49AM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Nice shot. I like these types of beaches for walking and exploring.

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awjay

2:27PM | Mon, 04 January 2010

nice shot

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jocko500

6:55PM | Mon, 04 January 2010

water looks colod. cool shot

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myrrhluz

7:08PM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Beautiful image! lovely wind swept grasses and waves.

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Chipka

11:39PM | Mon, 04 January 2010

This shot is dripping with drama...as if it's been splashed around by the action of the waves. Great stuff. The dry beach grass is wonderful and looks like it's dancing in the wind...the sand is strangely desaturated in that sort of odd "dishwater blond" kind of way, and the whole image has a wonderful off-kilter angle to it, at least that's how it feels: as if you're not looking directly at something, but rather seeing it sideways and getting all of the details that way. (Like looking at a faint comet at night without a telescope...you can't see it directly, and you have to look next to it in order to see that it's even there. That's how I feel looking at this.) I love that slippery quality to this image, and its astonishing in its complexity. You do this so well, and I can see that the beach is indeed a part of your element...you're at home enough to show something that anybody else would take for granted. And wow, it's quite simply, a great shot!

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