Beach – Decaseconds

Trio vs. Trio

2023-Jan-162023-Jan-15 adohertyhLeave a comment

I found myself returning to one of my earliest Decaseconds posts (almost exactly 11 years ago) as I updated my Top 32 album on Flickr—the digital portfolio where I display my best (or simply favorite) photographs. Finding “Waves and Rocks Dwarf Man” in that set, I saw both the excellent light and composition that my old Nikon had captured in 2011, as well as all of the places where my choices in processing the original image now left my unsatisfied. Rather than simply reprocessing that original image, I went back to the folder of camera raws from that day and selected an image I took just moments later to tackle. (Always keep save those raw files!) I not only like this composition better than the older one, but I also feel that I have brought something new out here, rather than simply reprocessing something old.

Bird Pilgrim to the Tetrahedron

2023-Jan-02 adohertyhLeave a comment

My final photographic adventure of 2022 felt fittingly fell at dusk and felt like an achievement: flying my drone at the Salton Sea’s Bombay Beach, capturing the unique sculptures and setting.

Seeing that little wading bird approaching this tetrahedral sculpture seems a bit metaphorical for humans approaching our own futures: Coming up to something big and interesting and completely beyond our ability to properly predict/explain. Here’s to 2023!

Northside Beaches

2022-Aug-26 adohertyhLeave a comment

The steady, even grid of Chicago and its suburbs terminates into chaotic reality when it hits the shore of Lake Michigan, but hey—at least there’s a beach.

THE ONLY OTHER THING IS NOTHING

2022-Jul-222022-Jul-20 adohertyhLeave a comment

I guess there are worse tautological statements to make into a sign.

Porch on the Beach

2022-Jun-17 adohertyhLeave a comment

Bombay Beach has all manner of contextless structures; why shouldn’t that include a disembodied front porch?

Sand Rail and Pyramid

2022-Jun-10 adohertyh1 Comment

Bombay Beach is awash in two things: (1) crystallized runoff from the Salton Sea and (2) surreal sculptural juxtapositions. Both the rusty pyramid and the sand rail are metal framework structures, but in radically different applications and states of repair.

Bus; Not for School

2022-Jun-01 adohertyhLeave a comment

This school bus, parked at Bombay Beach by the edge of the Salton Sea, seems to be focused on some not-school-appropriate activities.

Fireworks Beneath the Arc of Heaven

2021-Sep-132021-Sep-12 adohertyhLeave a comment

While a telephoto view of fireworks and people can place the pair on even scale, the opposite—a wide-angle view that places the aforementioned pair in context—makes apparent just how small they are on the scale of the Earth.

Sandy View

2021-Aug-302021-Aug-29 adohertyhLeave a comment

The school year has started and now summer travels are memories. The fuzzy, insubstantial people of this long-exposure photograph kind of match the feeling of fading reminiscences.

Thanks, TC Boom Boom Club

2021-Aug-062021-Aug-05 adohertyh1 Comment

When the previous sponsor ended their support for Independence Day fireworks in Traverse City, Michigan, a group of locals formed the “TC Boom Boom Club” to keep the tradition going. That name is really something, but silliness aside, there are some northern Michigan challenges kind-hearted locals can’t fix—like the remaining sunlight in the sky, even after 10:00 PM.

Waiting for the Big Fireworks Show

2021-Jul-072021-Jul-06 adohertyh1 Comment

Spending Independence Day in Traverse City, Michigan meant experiencing the TC Boom Boom Club’s (yes, really) annual fireworks display from the beach of the Grand Traverse Bay. Before they began, however, the families on the beach were making their own shows.

Up and Down Humarock

2019-May-062019-May-05 adohertyhLeave a comment

May has brought summery weather to the North Country and reminds me of summers past. The rock-strewn beaches of Humarock, outside Boston, provided the backdrop to boyhood Junes and Julys.

Fall at the Falls

2018-Oct-152018-Oct-15 adohertyh1 Comment

Lampson Falls cuts through the woods where the St. Lawrence River Valley begins to transition into the Adirondacks. On this crisp fall afternoon, perfect weather accompanied the hikers exploring the groomed trails, campsites, and beach surrounding the falls.

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