Monday, June 27, 2011

Ruins of a Jetty I

Old Jetty and Clouds, Folly Beach, SC  © Doug Hickok


The sea is beautiful to behold, but its forces are relentless. This old jetty, which stood here for many years trying to slow beach erosion, will soon be nothing but driftwood. The power of nature persists, but the works of man are as fleeting as clouds scuttling across the sky.


Quick take: Speaking of nature's forces, here's a link to some amazing images of an erupting volcano in Chile.

31 comments:

  1. A splendid palette of colors, Doug! Loooking at this photo, I feel myself as I was abandoned on a deserted island.

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  2. Hello Doug

    A wonderful picture , this composition and the colors are really great, your a very good photographer, keep on with this nice work.

    Greetings, Joop

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  3. Beautiful composition photo and I like your commentary.

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  4. I like this beautiful composition. Nice palette of colors and angle.

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  5. perfect use of space and light, very cool

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  6. Interesting photo and beautiful place.

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  7. it's good to put and keep things in perspective. well done with this one, doug.

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  8. Ruins by the sea are, in my opinion, always more fascinating of ruins inland. The sea has its own way to destry things, relentless but picturesque...

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  9. Very good shot, I like it very much, it has a really good compositions, well-balanced lights and fantastic colors.
    Greetings from Spain

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  10. Excellent! Great light and composition.

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  11. Wonderful photo and wonderful words!

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  12. I see at the beach one can find so many interesting things!
    Very nice photo, I like the strong colors.

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  13. Красивая картина! Этот старый причал скоро исчезнет, море поглатит его!

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  14. such bold colors and composition! great shot! :)

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  15. Fantastic perspective. I'm always amazed by the power of water, and somewhat fearful when I'm in it too!

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  16. Erosion makes for interesting photography.

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  17. Wonderful image of reality. The beauty and devastation...

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  18. Beautiful colours and motiv.

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  19. Such a glorious photo with strong colours.

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  20. wonderful perspective again, and stunning colors (particularly of the water! is it really such a greenish-brown?!?.

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  21. I like the wedge of green water beneath the brilliant blue sky and the angle of the rotting timbers.

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  22. That's a beautiful composition.

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  23. Marvelous. I love old crumbling stuff Auburn, the perennial nemesis of the Gators:))

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  24. There is a peaceful beauty about this shot. Excellent color too.

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  25. Wonderful contrast and vivid colors--beautiful shot Doug!

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  26. Very nice! I wish, i were there for a day:-)

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  27. A beautiful shoreline image, Doug, and a good reminder of the power of nature, as is the series of images from the denverpost.com link you've provided above. That picture display style reminded me of The Boston Globe's Big Picture series, where it occurred to me that they might well have covered the Chile's Puyehue volcano erruption, too, and sure enough they did. At least a couple of the photos are the same. This is the link:
    http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/06/volcano_erupts_in_chile.html

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  28. Awesome commentary and nice warm image. Summer in the South is summer like no other :). One thing I don't miss from SC is the ridiculous humidity lol.

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  29. beautiful scene, love that sky.

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  30. Great shot and beautiful composition photo.Cristina

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