Pebble Explosion

Findhorn Beach, Moray, Scotland

A pebble explosion with some bird foot prints. Hopefully the bird escaped before the explosion occured :-).

When I was traveling back from Inverness to Glasgow by train to catch my flight back to the US the next day, two older gentleman (not to far from my age) who sat across from me notice I was working on some of my images and spotted this one and said they liked it. After speaking to them, I found out they recently cycled on Lewis and Harris (about the same time we were there) and were in Inverpolly cycling on the same day I was there with Ian on a 1-2-1 with some horrific weather. I can not imagine how they battled that wind and side ways rain on bicycles since I could hardly stand straight. Oh yes they said, the wind and rain were brutal and one of them actually gave up and got a ride back to Ullapool to wait for his friend. The man who seemed to be the older, was the one who completed his trip by peddle. He also shared some pics he had taken with a 3 mpixel camera someone had given along the way on another venture. The images he showed me where actually quite beautiful and ethereal. I like these encounters and hearing these kind of stories of travel and just thought I would share it. Reminds me in many ways of my solo travels to Alaska talking to people on the state ferry many years ago ..... I miss that. Anyway, thought I would post this image as well since I like the abstract qualities myself. I especially like the vein like lines in the sand "caused by the explosion" and the shock waves of light in the foreground. Taken close to sunset.

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Canon 5DM2
Canon TS-E24mm f/3.5L II
ISO100 1sec f/20
SR Color enhancing, warming polarizer