Another seaweed form in low light:
It was made in mid-winter--in July-- when it was wet and stormy.
This granite formation on the foreshore is just west of Dep's Beach, which in turn, is west of the more well known Petrel Cove.
It has been a wet and stormy spring during September, and we have tended to avoid walking along coastal rocks because of the gale force winds and the frequent squalls. The poodlewalks have been driven by the need to seek shelter in the local bushland from the squalls and wind.
On the few fine days we have had we have walked along the coastal zone. The light has changed with daylight saving and the light is still intense and bright at 5pm. This photos was made just before daylight saving. I sat on the rocks and watched the big waves surge across the rocks
It was only the occasional large wave that surged over the rocks. So I had to be patient, wait, and watch the sea.
Winter is now easing into spring.The light is changing, sunrise is much earlier, the sun is shifting more to the south and the light is becoming much more intense and contrasty earlier in the morning.
We continue to stay close to home apart from going on the Lavender Trail camps. The final one is one is in September at Clare.
We experienced a big storm front that swept across South Australia in late August bringing rain, wild seas and gale force winds. Maleko and I wandered along the coastal rocks on the afternoon after the storm had passed.
I made a video of the surging waves using the iPhone as well as an abstract
Below is a picture of foam and granite along the coastal rocks just west of Petrel Cove on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula.
It was made on a day after the big storm in early May. Though the storm had passed the seas were still surging and they were too rough for the surfers. The 2 metre high waves dumped, rather than rolled into the shore.
The picture above refers back to this earlier picture of foam as well as to this one. This is what the littoral zone looks like during, or just after, a big storm from the south west. The foam quickly vanishes.