Whitstable Shipwrecks - a photo on Flickriver

Today saw me with dragging feet eventually return from a two week break away with the family to Whitstable - pretty much our second home! Its a really special place for me which i deeply love and being close to the sea always allows me to relax and enjoy my time off work. The sea has always had a certain pull, which probably dates back to my time in the Navy, and which now manifests itself in the majority of my photography. Plus one of the best things about staying on the coast means i can sneak out early without upsetting anyone and be back before they realise!

Being the first person to venture out onto a beach in the dark, with the first shadows of light creeping across the stones and rock pools, like velvet curtains slowly being drawn to begin the show, is simply bliss! You can hear the sea but you can't quite see it yet - that slow drawn rhythmic sound like a shhh echoing in and out from a librarian, fingers against lips warning you to be quiet or leave! I'm always quiet - trying to take in the scene as well as recording it - sometimes becoming slightly lost before snapping back and remembering where and what i'm trying to do.

But it's not just the sound, its the smells as well - that unmistakeable salty tang wrapped around the soft fingers of the breeze which tingles your nostrils with every blow. It all adds to the experience which i greedily feed on knowing that it won't last for long - a few more minutes and the sun will appear and the magic will be broken for another morning. Once the harsh light appears so will the people - the noisy people who will surly upset the librarian who will most certainly ask us to leave!!

Please visit my website if you'd like to more like this - www.dhphotography.org.uk

Taken on: August 5, 2013

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whitstable

sunrise

morning

early

reflections

kent

seascape

beach

sand

rocks

daniel hannabuss

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