Approaching front by durleybeachbum

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 01, 2012

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The beach at Durley Chine on New Year's Eve. It was only 13.20 ish according to my camera but looking threatening. By the time I got home the sun had come out..that's what I love about our weather. Today, however, we got the rain! BTW several folk ask repeatedly about the 'lampshades' on the top of the groynes. They are to stop boats or swimmers impaling themselves on the end of the pole when the whole thing is submerged at winter spring tide highs. This happens only rarely but could become more frequent with changing climate.

Comments (34)

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jayfar

12:46PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

There is a superb light in this wonderful image Andrea. Very well captured.

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tommorules

1:01PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Very good exposure control, beautiful (my kind of) pic!

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greyone

1:03PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Beautiful capture of this angry looking sky. That is quite the high tide you get in the winter.

bebert

1:10PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

jolis nuages, belle lumiere

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jendellas

1:14PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Wow, super mood, love it on our beach when like this.

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Juliette.Gribnau

1:34PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

stunning capture

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danob

1:53PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Great image Andrea .. Happy new year

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auntietk

2:17PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Ohhhhhhhhhh ... I LOVE this! What a gorgeous shot! That hematite-colored light is absolutely stunning, and I love the graceful curve of the swell against the groyne. Beautiful!

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goodoleboy

2:20PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Magnificent mood ambiance and textures in this shot of the apparent storm clouds moving your way, Andrea. A boring unwinterlike stretch of bright sun and warm temperatures have a tight grip on our local weather here in Southern California, with no rain on the horizon.

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emmecielle

2:49PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Wonderful capture and atmosphere! Great lighting! :)

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mps

2:50PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Wonderful image

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kaward

2:54PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Just magical! The dancing light on the sea and moody clouds, beautifully captured!

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BIPOLARTWO

3:12PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Thank's for the Lampshade info-I am now enlightened.

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Blush

4:39PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Excellent image Love it Hugs Susan~

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myrrhluz

4:41PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

When I was stationed in England, I used to do 15 minute maintenance checks on engines in the little barrier huts on the flight line. One day the weather went from sunny to rainy to overcast w/o rain to light snow and back to sunny in while I did the check. I'll take that over endless days of scorching heat any day. I do pity your weather forecasters sometimes though. "Today there will be a high of 10, a low of 5, and varying amounts of sun, clouds, gales, and precipitation throughout the day." Beautiful image! I love the layers of clouds, and the light on the wet sand and the gracefully curved wave coming in. Excellent capture! Thanks for the info. Very considerate addition to the groynes (new word for me). That could ruin someone's day. It's hard to imagine the water so high.

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jocko500

5:07PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Happy New Year

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morningglory

5:21PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Dramatic but beautiful.

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npauling

5:41PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

A very dramatic capture with super lighting. Your weather seems to be a lot like ours, 4 seasons in one day. We have sun today. I hope you have a very Happy 2012.

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sandra46

6:03PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

A MOST TERRIFIC MOOD GREAT SHOT ANDREA

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MrsRatbag

7:31PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Wonderful weather capture, Andrea! I'm jealous, we just have some thin high clouds and no rain :(

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photosynthesis

8:39PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Fantastic sky & reflected light on the waves...

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bmac62

9:04PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Pure magic...a photographer's dream day.

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watapki66

9:43PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

A most beautiful image!

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danapommet

10:40PM | Sun, 01 January 2012

Beautiful looking sky!

whaleman

3:11AM | Mon, 02 January 2012

It does look a bit gloomy, but interesting! Thanks for your comment earlier. My cropping in the Nixie shot adds some mystery with the veil and though some may like it better cropped as you suggest, it would then be just an eye shot without any mystery, but we certainly all see different things don't we? LOL

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fallen21 Online Now!

3:23AM | Mon, 02 January 2012

Fantastic shot.

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helanker

3:35AM | Mon, 02 January 2012

Wonderfully atmospheric :-)

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kgb224

3:38AM | Mon, 02 January 2012

He he three days ago we were on our way to Pretoria Zoo and as soon as we were on our way it started dripping. Needles to say when we reach home it stopped raining and the sky cleared later on in the day. weather can be a bummer. Stunning capture Andrea. God Bless.

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