On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:53 PM, "David Mann"
<d...@multisport.net.nz> wrote:
> Three photos I took on Monday, the day after I'd taken the rail trail
> photos.  We'd spent the night in Little River and took our time
> travelling home (it's only about 55km).
> 
> http://www.multi.net.nz/birdlings-flat/
> 
> Birdlings Flat is a stone beach at the base of Kaitorete Spit, between
> Lake Ellesmere and the Pacific Ocean.  We used to occasionally spend the
> day here as kids, just running around doing kid stuff in the sun.
> 
> The surf here is very dangerous and swimming is prohibited.  I think the
> beach drops off very steeply as waves seem to crash suddenly out of
> nowhere, and it looked as if the currents may have been vicious.
> 
> But it's a wonderful place to just sit on the beach watching and
> listening to the waves.  There's plenty of photographic opportunity
> available even though it looks so desolate, but the desolation is what
> attracts me to the place.  Also stone beaches are pretty unusual around
> here.
> 
> These are cellphone pics so please don't judge them too much on
> technicalities.  The third photo suffered greatly from all that stone
> detail causing jpg artifacts which made the hill and sea look plasticky. 
> Serves me right for not bringing the K10D :(
> 



Very interesting landscape and a definite contrast to the usual sandy
beaches.  I took a look on Google Maps - that landscape directly east of
Birdlings Flat looks spectacular.


Cheers

Brian

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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/


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