Like an old sailing vessel battered and tossed ashore, its lines and rigging in tatters; a cedar drift tree lodged against a boulder and tangled in kelp was unique to yesterdays low tide.
Aways up the sand is an iconic landmark at Ona Beach, a very large stump that has remained in position, unmoved, for how many years I know not; but long enough for chunks to have been carved off for firewood and attempts to make a bonfire of it. I liked its semblance to a fishing boat longing to be afloat.
Photographed exactly as found, I laughed aloud finding this tableau, a wordless pun. Kelp is an unusual sea plant, its long reverse tapered stalk anchors to the ocean floor and thickens as it ascends to the light, terminating in a hollow bulb from which sprout the broad fronds. To find a holiday light bulb nestled against it sun beat and stained after a couple years floating here from Japan was a hoot.
A very unique take on the ‘unique’ theme…..
Thanks! Odd that I couldn’t think of a singular photo for days… go to the beach and everything is special.
Heh! I went in the opposite direction….. seemed like everything about my workshop and Big Sur was unique. It seemed rather redundant.
The beach offers up many themes. Great post.
It’s my jungle…
Thanks M!
This unique, indeed. Love the colours of these three photos. Have a nice day!
Thanks… On these grey day photos I bump the color saturation up enough to bring out the hues, and usually have to turn the brightness down a notch.
Great! Love the bulbs. As a newcomer to the west coast last year, I was so taken with bull whip kelp. At first, such a mystery. And it does do interesting things as it washes up. It’s very photogenic, even without another bulb nearby.
I’m fond of it, got some good photos of it on the beach. Waiting for warmer weather (I know the water won’t ever warm up) to swim in a patch north of here, it’s relatively shallow and the bedrock sea floor is pretty neat.
Brrr!!! But that does sound good – to see it close close close.!