Inukshuk ©David Sorcher 2013
As promised i am picking up Pt. 2 of the Gaff Point hike right where i left off, with the photo that ended the last installment. I'd like to say that's for continuity's sake, but truth be told, i just like this image and want to publish it a second time.
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Stones are stacked in all kinds of configurations on the point.
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These two reminded me of seals and seemed to go together.
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©David Sorcher 2013
I decided this would make an interesting B&W, but i'm still pretty fond of the colors in the original capture, so i'm posting both for your own judgement. I approached the filtration on my conversion as if i had filtered B&W film through the lens with a green filter to bring out the foliage. So i started with the green filter setting in Photoshop and then tweaked the different color channels until i was happy with the tonality.
©David Sorcher 2013
©David Sorcher 2013
Nova Scotia has a great variety of interesting and colorful lichen (though i am not really sure if the orange one is a lichen or a fungus). So this is the scientific portion of the program. The greenish stuff on the trees is often referred to as "Old Man's Beard". I'm not sure about the orange stuff, but i think i'll call it "Fuzzy Navel". Very scientific, eh? :-)
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Twisted deadwood occupies areas along the top of the cliffs. Battered daily by wind, salt and rain it weathers like driftwood only smoother and seems to me to be the exposed bones of the lush forest that lay just beyond the edge.
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Driftwood along the cliffs. Rock, wood, stone.
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The trail leads through a stand of dead trees before returning us back to the beach. I am uncertain of the reason for these dead trees. They might be left from an old fire, but it must have been more than a couple of decades ago if that is the case.
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There is one last "secret beach" before the trail lets us off on Hirtle's Beach. It's easy to see from the trail, but a bit more difficult to get to as there is no real set way down and the drop is pretty steep. But i always like to make the effort so that i can visit with my friend the "sea serpent". Fortunately the tide was still low enough and the dragon was revealed.
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Back on Hirtle's beach we had just a few kilometers to the car. Walking just ahead of the sunset i encountered the same driftwood octopus that i shot on the way up when the tide was lower. Time for one last shot before the ocean covered it up once again. Since the sun was well past the stump at this point i used a flash to fill in some light on the weathered wood.
©David Sorcher 2013
The rising tide forced us to higher ground and a detour over the drumlin cliffs of Hirtle's Beach. The very last rays of the setting sun were placing their good night kiss on a field of Queen Anne's lace. Just a moment later and the light was gone.
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