Bolsa Chica Conservancy Wetlands - #6 by goodoleboy
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Captured 5/11/12, mid afternoon, at the area indicated in the title, in beautiful Huntington Beach, California.
For those who have not previously ZOOMED on my stuff, please do.
Since I did an overkill with so many fotos on this visit, I carefully culled through the collection in order to avoid posting of what look like close repeats. I took a lot of pics of the area, just to cover all my bases. Better to be safe than sorry.
Concentrated on the foreground a bit more in these shots. The plants became higher and thicker along the sides of the trail as I proceeded along in foto #1. Although it's difficult to discern, between the bluff gap in #3 there is a narrow trail that led down the slope toward the waterway itself. I was tempted to take it, then common sense won out when I realized I could probably scramble down okay with just a few bumps and bruises, but as a very senior citizen with a bad back and arthritic knees, I knew I would never get back up to the trail above, and would be trapped forever down below. Discretion over valor.
And, still no birds. I was at the wetlands for hours, everybody, and still no birds!
Cheerio, thankx for the look-see, and for any and all favs and kind comments.
Comments (9)
magnus073
fantastic looking collage Harry, it really has some beautiful areas
Rainastorm
Harry these are soooooooo pretty!!! Love the views and angles you came from taking these my friend!
morningglory
Looks to be an interesting place to walk. Love all the colors, especially that red in the second shot. Wonder what plant or flower that was.
MrsRatbag
So lovely, Harry; I'll bet it you were there at dawn or sunset it would be teeming with activity. And I can't tell for sure, but it seems to be a tidal basin, with salt water? That would make a difference too. But every ecosystem has its own population, and you just need to find out who and what lives in this one! Good call on not going down the path; every down is followed by an up, and vice versa. I learned this the hard way while cross country skiing in Minnesota in my younger days. The up was easy, it was the down that was terrifying!
durleybeachbum
I bet there are many invertbrates there. Macro lens to the ready!
debbielove
Well, shots two has a rather interesting looking red coloured plant / flower on it, wonder what that could be? And shot three has some white flowers! Asides from that...... Same thoughts mate.. Over to the guys who are running it.. Nice shots though.. Rob
danapommet
Beautiful collage! Discretion wins over valor Harry! I thought that photo #3 was very interesting - you described my back and knees – so I am just as happy that you didn’t climb down. .
anahata.c
lol, on not taking the path all the way down: I can picture you suddenly posting nothing but water shots for the next 4 weeks, emailing them to someone while you live on dead grass and berries. I had a hard enough time trekking back over lake ice, I don't know that I'd wanna to trek over this terrain, esp with a camera in hand... This series is just capital: The terrains, the varieties in each shot, the long sheets of differing hues, the reds and yellow sweeps that pop up every so often---as in #2 and #5, here---the exquisite desolation, the patchwork of water and land, and, in this montage, the mounds, ridges, 'shoulders', etc...it's a real storehouse of natural forms. A geologic festival. There's so much variety in these shots---consider #4, with its patches of deep green throughout the lighter greens & yellows. And your pov's often favor the long-view, a long vast view with its stretches of land and water winnowing their way into infinity. I know this is a finite place---for all I know, there could be a city nearby. But your eye captures an 'infinity' that's indelible. It makes these feel outside of time. Again, I call these 'brave': They're not friendly to a photographer at all; but you captured their deep and powerful language without hesitation. I hope you'll post more in the future. Now---slightly off topic: Re Zoom! This site automatically scales all 'display' images---ie, the pre-zoom image---to a 700 pixel-wide standard, where the height-value is adjusted accordingly. They did that, originally, to keep the adverts fully visible, next to the uploads. They should change it now, as people have much wider screens these days. I've written to the site about it, but don't think they want to address it. Also, they scale all images to 72 pixels per inch---whether your original was 320, 180 or whatever. That lowers the resolution. Thus: We have to constantly say, "please Zoom". And that doesn't address the artists themselves: I wish artists Zoomed by default: I mean, we're ALL artists, yes? We ALL want our work to be seen full-size, yes? Do people like to see only the first 20 minutes of a film? So why do so many choose not to Zoom? I so feel your frustration in having to say "please Zoom" all the time. You'd hope everyone would do it by default. It's one of the frustrations of this place. And I sympathize with it entirely. Finally, I realize I didn't fav these yet: Just oversight. I'm faving the whole series (and I'm about to go to some of the earlier ones too). It's terrific stuff, Harry; terrific seeing. You let a most difficult terrain speak in its own tongue and its own poetry. And that's what photography's about. Really fine work, and I hope you'll post more...
anmes
iNTERESTING COLLECTION..LANDSCAPES/SEASCAPES WITH MASSES OF INTEREST. wITH A ZOOM THE PLANT LIFE IS VISIBLE.