Geology beach walk

                                  On the rocks


Another day, another beach walk. Further along than my usual walk, towards the rocky area and small cave, before the incoming tide covers the sandy beach and lashes those rocks. My other half was formerly a palaeontologist and studied geology and environmental science. This means a walk near any rock formation  along the beach, is a stop start to collect fossils and washed up debris and have a lesson in what kind of rock formation and folds etc the rocky area of Ramsey comprises of, igneous, volcanic, words of the day, and echinoid fossils collected. Always amazing what gets washed up these beaches, sometimes not a a fossil find, but a much younger bicycle tyre.  Further reading on not just Ramsey, but the Isle of Man, see Manx Geological Survey

Further beach finds and views see walk on the beach album at Jane Hards Photography

Image part of Our World Tuesday

TREE ROCKS THE BEACH

Well I'm stumped how this got here!

There is a sports related saying in Britain, "rain stopped play" which we tend to say when a cricket match has to be halted. Well I can apply it to my beach adventure or should I say non adventure this week. It has been persisiting down all week so one we made earlier as they say.  A mid week monochrome, from midway along the beach.

Things you find on the beach in Ramsey

I was hoping to find lots more sewaeed, groups of birds, odd items but to no avail. I did happenstance upon the tree stump on the beach nestling amongst the rock pools. Not going to reveal exactly where, so I can return and see if the tide has swept it  away, it remains, or the beach volunteers have removed it. I'm hoping it's a keeper. It's a nice rough textured material to photograph against the smooth pebbles and lucid water. I photographed as a vertical but it's an image that could be shown anyway round as it's not really grounded.  I took this with the little Olympus just for fun. It is all very well me saying it's the photographer not the camera, but then I have to demonstrate this. Leaving the big Nikon and lenses at home is not only lighter but makes me work harder to find an interesting suitable image. The only difference with the Nikon would be no bleaching of colour on the trunk, but that's it. Framing would be the same for both why - repeat after me "it's the photographer who thinks the image not the camera." Might have to use this as my mantra

I'm really not up to much blog wise at the moment.Late post, really busy and not much free time G's new assignments.

Out of interest have you found a tree on the beach?

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RAMSEY ON THE ROCKS

On a clear day(not today then)

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What did I say I was going to treat you to this week? A series of images on and around the beach. 

What has the weather been like today horrendous. 

Rain all day long. So no this image was no taken today but earlier in the week. Typical isn't it. Remind me not to suggest

a beach photography shoot in January ever again. Of course the post is also late for me. You guessed it. Friday is pub night.

Babooshka had an appointment to keep with Mr Jack Daniels and his close personal friend coke cola.

If You had seen the crashing waves images on Ramsey Daily Photo then you will possibly recognise this

place. It's standing on the jetty again looking down onto the rocks. No two days are ever the same

in the week it was so clear with the lovely

lucid green tone. When it's like this and still you really can

see all the way to the seabed quite a way out. not often like this though as I'm hoping to show you

that is if it ever stops raining! If you are a bird spotter this is a good place to stand. Often find groups

of shorebirds of many varieties resting on the rocks. Even the elusive cormorant family of birds

can be seen here. Seldom but it has happened.

Still having blog issues, but some have been resolved. Remember now comments are open on this post

for a few days then they will be closed to new comments to stop the the spam bots and trolls.

The facebook experiment continues. I'm finding it a really useful back up to the sight and it's a great place

to add some videos for you to see.

Hopefully we can have some better days and I can get onto the beach ad photograph whatever I find.

Surely I won't find anything as strange as the chair in the nature reserve on the beach, but this is

a mad town so you never know. What's the weirdest thing you've found on a beach?

On The Rocks

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