Friday, August 17, 2012

True Grit

Boneyard Beach, Botany Bay, Edisto Island, SC  © Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved
(Velvia slide film)



Years of beach erosion and salty ocean spray have transformed a sea island forest into a graveyard of twisted and fallen timber. What's more, this image was made on slide film, the grain of which adds to the grittiness of the seascape.


22 comments:

  1. You can FEEL this, Doug, from your POV. It's the kind of place I'd love to walk on a cool evening.

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  2. Great composition by nature :)
    Have a great weekend!

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  3. These beautiful remains of tree trunks tormented. Light on them is beautiful

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  4. Like ghostly sentinels. I actually sort of miss shooting slide film.

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  5. I like how your composition features some of the twisted weathered wood and at the same time frames the twisted skeletons in the distance.

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  6. This is very cool Doug!
    Have a great weekend :)

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  7. I love driftwood shots - as you can probably recall. This one is a cracker - I can almost feel the warm, salty sea breeze.

    Have a nice weekend guys.

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  8. What a beautiful and mysterious place! :D
    I love the light in this shot!

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  9. Now, I have got a grain of sand in my eye!
    Should I use some saline water to wash it? ;o)
    I really love this unusual frame of driftwood.

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  10. I can feel the textures through the frame.

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  11. Love the warm light and how wonderfully deft your composition amidst the twisted timber. Terrific shot!

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  12. It reminds me on Canadian shores, with all the timber there...

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  13. Fabulous composition and tones, what an amazing beach!

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  14. wonderfully composed and presented, with so many intriguing and fascinating details, e.g. the texture of the palm tree trunk! beauty in death, or something similar ...

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  15. Wonderfully twisted--a lot like us really. :-)

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  16. that's a really nice way of framing this scene.. lovely light & textures.. :)

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  17. Love how nature creates incredible shapes, and you show this work so brilliantly with this picture. Really beautiful and complex.
    Have a nice day.

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