Toffee Swirl

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 21, 20122,198 views24 comments

Cove Bay, Moray, Scotland

High tide eventually started to swirl around this beautifully sculpted sandstone ledge at the top of Cove Bay. Moray is renowned for its multi-coloured stone beaches but even by its standards this is a special little place. I waited until the tide started to withdraw from some of the inlets and was fascinated by how the white surf or spume separated and pulled back around a single stone washed into the micro fjord of eroded stone. It took one and a half rolls of film to get this one very satisfactory shot.

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Pentax 67II, 55-100 zoom, Polariser to create contrast between wet sand and white spume, f/22 at 2 seconds. velvia.

Comments

24 comments

Comment posted by Neale Dyster on March 21, 2012 at 7:00 AM

Very satisfactory indeed Ian! Well worth the effort, beautiful detail in the stone and water.

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on March 21, 2012 at 8:32 AM

You have a good eye.
I like the timing of the water movement.
I wonder if contrast/saturation might not make this "pop" a bit more? Could be my monitor.
Also darkening the upper water???
the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on March 21, 2012 at 8:41 AM

superb - your work with the polariser here pays off well. well conceived and executed. no nits!

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Comment posted by Jess Lee on March 21, 2012 at 8:51 AM

Great detail and I love the way you captured the water movement.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Calow on March 21, 2012 at 9:52 AM

This is a great capture Ian, am really impressed with the subtle lines and colours playing with each other. The highlites in the water tug my eye back and forth and the lines in the stone mimic that same action. Really great abstract I could see on my wall!!

Registered on November 8, 2007, 39 Posts, 363 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 21, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Very interesting perspective - this could also be an image taken from a plane down into a large Bay.
Love the colours and swirling water.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on March 21, 2012 at 2:50 PM

Love the soft, delicate nature of this as well as the juxtaposition of the little stone.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on March 21, 2012 at 2:52 PM

Wow, this is really sweet! Beautiful colors and great texture. Fine, fine work!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on March 21, 2012 at 3:34 PM

Love the swirling water and subtle textures here Ian. Great detail as well. Very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 21, 2012 at 3:36 PM

I love the muted color and sense of motion Ian. Magnificent abstract.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on March 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM

Beautiful, stunning detail and sweet movement. a captivating image

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on March 21, 2012 at 9:05 PM

This is VERY SWEET. It's got to be one of my favorites of yours.

- Dan

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 21, 2012 at 9:16 PM

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Comment posted by David Bostedo on March 22, 2012 at 12:16 AM

Just awesome Ian. Love this one....well worth the film expense!

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Comment posted by Joseph Kayne on March 22, 2012 at 12:21 AM

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Comment posted by Cliff Dodge on March 22, 2012 at 5:16 AM

I like the flowing swirling motion contrast between the water and sandstone. Nicely seen. :)

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on March 22, 2012 at 12:43 PM

Nicely seen and captured. Beautiful comp.

Registered on November 29, 2006, 236 Posts, 1210 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM

You sure have an eye for the subtle! Nice job here Ian.

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on March 22, 2012 at 4:54 PM

Love the comp Ian, the rock in the little gully couldn't be positioned any better. Beautiful lines and colour in the ledge.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on March 22, 2012 at 5:07 PM

Sweet! Love the toffee color and the overall softness of this, Ian. Love this stuff!

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on March 23, 2012 at 12:40 PM

the thumbnail couldn't do this justice... superb detail, subtle colours and water motion... outstanding

Registered on November 1, 2008, 117 Posts, 851 Comments

Comment posted by Anil Rao on March 23, 2012 at 11:51 PM

Beautiful!

It takes a senstive eye to make such an image.