Jan 29
I just added a new Gallery page here, but for those that only follow the blog, I wanted to touch on it here.
This new project was created at the beach during our trip last week. As I was looking at the various pieces of driftwood on the beach, I began to find faces and familiar shapes – so of course I began to photograph it. Here are a few of my favorites.
The Demon
Land Shark
Starship
There are more images and a better description here.
These are the images from my trip to the coast that didn’t seem to fit into the other categories.. but I still wanted to share.
This “sand castle” is a giant sculpture that makes up the side of a tourist gift shop that faces the main road through Corpus Christi and onto the Island.
This crab was having a great time sitting in the surf and shoveling things into his mouth every time a wave washed over him. He was about 4 or 5 inches across, so he was good size.
No, we didn’t really find a treasure chest.. we actually staged this for another purpose (more on that later).. but I liked this one.
A couple of sand dollars.. one broken, one not
Lastly, I put these three images together as a nice little triptych.. thought it worked really well in B&W.. there is a color version, too.. as well as the individual images.
I already posted the great sunset shot from early in the week last Friday, but here are a few others that I really enjoyed.
Even though I was on vacation, I did get up one morning to catch the sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico. Lost a contact on the beach, though.. that was no fun, but found a nice lady at the mall who helped get me a replacement right away.
Loved the way the sun was shining through this palm frond..
Enjoyed this great silhouette of a couple playing with their dog at sunset.
I pointed my camera at breaking waves a bunch of times over the week and captured this on one of the last days. Its a lot more challenging than it looks to get a great wave shot.
We had major fog for a day and a half of the trip, so I used it to my advantage capturing this image of the historic line camp inside the Padre Island National Seashore (a national park just south of where we stayed).
As you probably already know, my wife and I got a much needed vacation last week down to Corpus Christi, TX – North Padre Island to be exact. Of course, I take the camera everywhere and it was the perfect opportunity to add some art pieces with a coastal feel to the collection.
This is the first set of the best images from the trip.. the wildlife: birds and deer
Black Skimmer
Six Point Buck
Royal Tern
Brown Pelicans
Jan 22
I am back from a much needed week long break in Corpus Christi, Texas. While there, I worked quite a bit at recharging my creative energies and I think I was pretty successful. There are some new ideas at hand.. and some modifications of some old ones.
In the meantime, enjoy this sunset shot on my trip..
Brad Barton Photography
