Tag: water

1 June 2022

Photography is, of course, “all about the light”, and early this morning I made the most of bright weather. The sea at Lyme is often very cloudy with sediment, but after a few quiet days without much rain, the water was clear enough to see the seafloor at…

8 May 2020

Taken as I did my daily walk before tackling the weekly shop in Seaton, “limpid” was the word that immediately sprang to mind as I gazed at the calm blue sea. The sea is often clearer here than at Lyme as there is less sediment from the cliffs,…

10 October 2003

Sometimes, even the dullest evening can result in an interesting image. Twilight allowed a long exposure, giving an unexpected silkiness and transparency to the water of a breaking wave on the town beach at Lyme Regis. I was lucky to get away with this handheld, at  6/10th of a…

26 July 2003

I have only ever once been to the Scilly Isles, and was entranced by the limpidity of the water compared to the sediment-laden sea at home. This is a view of the sea in the harbour at St Agnes on a breezy day – unusually, mid-day light worked…

9 June 2003

Naturally-occurring bubbles in a rock pool – although it looks as if I added some bubble bath, it is organic compounds from decaying seaweed that produce the froth. (The same that make the foam on beer!) Sometimes, a photo causes a small ripple of excitement when one sees it full-sized…

2 April 2003
23 October 2002

Taken just a few minutes after, and about 100m from, Surf’s up, this shows the other face of the sea: calm water in the harbour at Lyme Regis at high tide, with reflections of the old lifeboat house (since demolished) in the sunshine. I found the clarity of…