After saying good-bye to the wonderful beach, my wife and I crossed the treacherous sand dunes and busy road to return to the parking area.
If you're lost and/or confused about what's happening in this story, please see the previous two posts in this series:
So where was I...ah, right. We had enjoyed all the beach that we could handle and were eager to get back into the oven...I mean...our parked car.
But alas! We were stymied by the surrounding and mightily alluring jungle landscape! So, despite our best efforts to quickly return to the roasting vehicle, we were enchanted by the scenery and stopped to take more photos. The following is what we encountered...
First things first...I had to do an obligatory barking photo. It's the new trend in photography. (Started by me, I think.) And what a glorious bark it was!
This was a taste of the harsh environment that surrounded us. I don't know how we managed to get through it all unscathed.
Wherever nature gives you an extreme environment to survive, it also seems to accompany it with some fine beauty...like this flower, resting among the violent wilderness.
After we triumphed over the deadly jungle pathway, we took a detour to the oyster shell experiment on the far reaches of the parking area. This was the work of a mad scientist, to be sure, but the oyster shells provided some good texture for photographs.
There were piles of them, lining the walkways, the parking lot, some sand dunes...as far as the camera eye could see.
There were even some rare black oyster shells in the mix. They found comfort in sticking together among the sea of lifeless pearly white and gray.
Up close, they were all just as empty inside as the others.
After some slight depression began to sink in, we decided to move on to the fields of joy! This shot wasn't so great, but I figured I'd put it in here for some variety.
The depth of field was a little too thin on this one and I may have slightly missed the focus, but here it is nonetheless.
Wait...I mean...
Isn't this one artistic???
We made another new insect friend. I will call him, "Buzzy." He's good people.
A field of wildflowers!
A puffy ball thing!
And before we left, I took one last look to the skies. Then snapped a few photos. Because clouds.
This concludes the first volume of What a Beach!
I hope you enjoyed this new series. I should be adding another collection or two in the coming weeks and will undoubtedly share it with you in the same type of format. If you have any special photo requests or new ideas that I might be able to try, let me know in the comments!
All photos taken with my Canon 6D, paid for with my Steemit earnings!
