Bron's Photoblog
the sea is calling...
Posted by Bron (Canberra, Australia) on 29 July 2007 in Landscape & Rural.
Shutterbug from Chennai, India
Corals?! In April I was snorkeling off Magnetic Island and I wish I had an underwater cam. How did you manage this? Sea water is deadly for the lens.
29 Jul 2007 10:18am
@Shutterbug: Magnet Island - lovely place! This is taken from above the water. from the warf at Tathra Beach on the south coast of New South Wales. The colour of the sea there is as you see it, and the rocks many colours, from red to soft milky green. I don't think there's any coral that far south.
All the shots in this series are from that area. Tomorrow's image shows the wonderful dark pink building on the warf. Thanks for dropping by Shutterbug! cheers :)
@seyed mostafa: thanks seyed!
@Craiger: Thanks Craiger!!
tyan from Singapore
wow,the water is so clear!Beautiful!The water over in singapore are usulally mirky and muddy,lol.I went Cairns and Sydney for my honeymoon some years back,and when we went for a dip at the Great Barrier Reefs,man, the corals were all black.I believe they are dead?poor thing.I actually contributed to its destruction.btw thanks so much for your kind encouragement at my blog.I left a reply for you,pop by when u are free!:)
29 Jul 2007 4:14pm
@tyan: It depends where you went tyan - there are 2000 individual reefs! Different areas could be suffering from problems like any natural systems, and pollution is a problem in some places but certainly not everywhere.
This photo is taken 2500km south of the reef. It's in a very clean and beautiful part of Oz. Thanks for your comment - I'll drop in and see your blog today! cheers Bron
@badala: Eu tentarei responder em Portugese! Sim seria maravilhoso mergulhar aqui. Há golfinhos a prestar ate nção também!
In case that was wrong... :))
I'll try to answer in Portugese! Yes it would be wonderful to dive here. There are dolphins to watch as well!
@Viewfinder: thanks Viewfinder - it is indeed a beautiful place! :)
Markus from Reading, United Kingdom
The colour of the water is amazing, I wish I could be a fish there :-)
30 Jul 2007 7:08pm
@Markus: You'd be joining giant stingrays (we saw them floating majestically by in the clear water), schools of salmon, and dolphins bouncing along! I think I'd join you.. but not today - it's cold here haha
Lorraine from Canada
I can hear it...and it's calling very loud...I should have know that your Landscape & rural photos would be as phenomenal as your Portraits...Very impressive!
7 Aug 2007 4:10pm
@Lorraine: Hi Lorraine the sea speaks to us all I think and is particularly beautiful in that area - I'm not sure why, but the colour's more like in our far north and you can see the bottom it's so clear! Wonderful creatures slip by in the deep!
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