Rolling waves and dancing ballerinas

Slow shutter - somewhat impressionistic

Every now and then I try to do something a little bit different and this is one of those times. There were some lovely rolling waves and no birds, so I had a play to see what I could do with the waves using the big lens. I was looking for that moment when the wave curls over on itself and splashes back down.

Slowish shutter - loving the roll of the way and the splash

 The image blow is one of the smaller waves but I liked the way the water and froth gave the impression of little dancing ballerinas along the top edge of the wave as it reached it's peak. Then there is the visible power of the rolling wave in the next image appealed because of the smooth lines in the curves, followed by the final image looking into the vortex of the wave.  It was an interesting 30 minutes spent trying something different.

Dainty ballerinas dancing along the edge of the wave

Demonstrating the power behind the wave

Looking into the vortex of the wave

Castle Point

Neither my husband or I have been out to Castle Point before. It has always been on the 'to do' list but we just have never gotten round to going. Today it was overcast and dull in Wellington and a friend needed a ride home to the Wairarapa so we made a day of it and finally headed out to Castle Point where the weather was great!

I was thinking it is a beach there should be birds, but no - barely any when we arrived and after being there some time I only saw a few. I managed to photograph them from a distance to identify them but nothing worth sharing. Other than a couple of gulls, I saw a couple of gannets and one white fronted term.

I was way more drawn to the rock formations. Way back when I was at school I studied Geography in third form and thoroughly enjoyed it. Castle Point with all its interesting rock formations bought a lot of that back to me. I loved the lines and shapes and tried to show them in the images I made.

Being as the main focus of the beach is the light house I thought I should have at least one image with a lighthouse in it, so here it is - the obligatory Castle Point light house picture.