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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
