While it rained heavily outside, my focus was in the shops along the Wildwood Boardwalk. These colorful hermit crabs captured my eye!
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Check it out!!!
I submitted this photo in July’s collaborative project over at Nick Exposed. If you have a minute or two, check out the gallery! It is full of creativity and is a great place to find some inspiration for your next big project 🙂  ENJOY…
Still working through my sunrise shots…
This is another shot from my early morning walk in Wildwood, NJ. I didn’t realize how many shots I took, until I started doing some processing in Lightroom! This is a shot I really like. The water running up onto the beach wasn’t very interesting and didn’t add much to the image. So, I cropped it a bit to focus more on the angle of the sun rays. I love the line of highlighted clouds. My eyes were drawn to those clouds immediately! What do you think?
Algae memories…
This small piece of algae washed up during the sunrise and brought back so many memories! Funny, cause it just looks like a slimy little “tree” sticking up from the sand. Â I took a Phycology class in college. Everything you ever wanted to know about the biology of algae and seaweed! I was a marine biology major at the time, so it made sense to take the class about what many marine animals would be eating…turns out it was a tough class (and kind of boring, sorry Dr.Liddle !). There are more types of algae than I ever imagined !! Unfortunately, out of sight out of mind, and I don’t know what type this is, but it made for an interesting little reflection shot!
Found a friend…
I found plenty of horseshoe crab shells while walking down the beach, but here I actually found one that was still alive! For some reason, the seagulls chose to let this one live…
Calm and peaceful…
While shooting this sunset, I kept hoping that the sun would stay in this position. Who needs a bright hot day? (This particular day the high temperature was in the 100’s!)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer
Here’s another shot from this past weekend in Wildwood Crest, NJ. I love seeing all the color at the beach. The toys from the previous post and the umbrellas in this one! What are the most interesting things in this shot though, are the clouds. This pattern of clouds lasted only a few minutes, as we walked down the beach they faded away. Clouds continue to fascinate me…
Monmouth Battlefield #2
This is the Sutfin farmhouse that still stands at the battlefield.( If you’re interested in finding more info about the Battlefield, check out this link  http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/monbat.html )
Memorable Sunrise….
Unfortunately this is not what I saw this morning, but I did see it one morning two summers ago! It was such a beautiful sunrise in Wild Wood, NJ. My husband and I lost our flip-flops that morning to the “vacuums” on the beach, but it was worth it! (Next time, I won’t take my flip-flops off!)
Photos of my World... 