AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Early Morning Views


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ First light at Balnarring Beach, Mornington Peninsula
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PhotoHunt prompt #129 ~ View
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Battered crumbling piers
Some plain blue gentle breakers
Lovely in first light
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ First light view north-east at Balnarring Beach
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Add some random rocks
Soft fan of gentle breakers
Stunning in first light
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Trainers exercise their horses in the early morning at Balnarring Beach
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Horses walk the surf
Cooling after race training
Magic in first light
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Lone rider comes in to shore
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22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, magic is right!

Cath said...

Perfect. Love the last one.

Anonymous said...

Gemma, these are wonderful views! Thanks for sharing.

YTSL said...

How early is early morning? Get the feeling that it's earlier than I deign to wake up in the morning! :b

A Wild Thing said...

Me and Scratchy just might have to sneak away this winter in the middle of the gloom and head for the sunny shores of Florida...pack up the truck and head out for the road trip to the scents of the sea...I can almost smell them in the moist autumn aires of the mornings first light...if I really try...I miss my Florida.

sharon

Anonymous said...

Lovely light effect.

Anonymous said...

Luscious pictures, Gemma - very dream-like!

me ann my camera said...

Your beach views are very beautiful, great photos!

Hootin Anni said...

Wonderful photos...but I especially like the last one...the mist, the horse and rider...all by the sea. You can't get any better in life!!

Mine's up, it's a Cat's Eye View of fun.

Happy Hunting.

Anonymous said...

Nice views to wake up too,even if its still early :)

Patsy said...

The first two look much like the distruction in Galveston, but the others catch the beauty (well the first do too just bring to mind right now a different scene) of being at the ocean. My favorite is the last one --- lone horseman riding in the surf. There is a novel there. :)

Anonymous said...

Great view of ocean!

Carver said...

Fabulous shots and great for the view theme. I love seeing the horses on the coast.

Anonymous said...

Stunning views you got there, seems like you're living in beautiful surroundings! :)

Baker Watson said...

As much as I like the ones of the horses on the beach and in the surf I think I like the first photo best. Nice balance and perspective there. One thing I love about good beach photo's is that they can make you hear the sounds of the wind and waves.

Baker

Anonymous said...

Looks like a magical world: A marleous landscape, special light and luminosity, beautiful horses...All elements for a fantastical dream. You have a lot of chance to live in this univers!

Dragonstar said...

These are beautiful photos! They are all so beautiful that I can't actually decide which is my favourite!

Anonymous said...

Simply beautiful *sigh*

Thanks for sharing! You made my day!

Anonymous said...

Wow - absolutely gorgeous photos!!

Have a good day.

Heart of Rachel said...

Beautiful shots! It makes miss the beach even more.

Anonymous said...

the photos are wonderfully photographed. the first one is the best. very poignant early morning views... it's like dreamland in a another world only better because it's real!

thanks for sharing. :-)

Anonymous said...

Nice beach! I've never seen real view of people riding horses at the beach except via photos.

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