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Coastal Vacation Part 3: The Rest

Jan 28

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.

Tags: coastal, corpus christi, ocean, seashore, Texas

Coastal Vacation Part 2: Landscapes

Jan 27

Posted by Brad in Art | 3 Comments

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).

Tags: barn, cattle, coastal, corpus christi, farm, herding, historic, landscape, ocean, orange, ranch, seashore, sunrise, sunset, Texas

Coastal Vacation Part 1: Wildlife

Jan 26

Posted by Brad in Art | 2 Comments

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

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