Closed mouth - no, not mine! by gilbertwood

Closed mouth - no, not mine!

Today the sea and wind were very strong so I ventured down to the mouth of the Hopkins River. As you can sea it is silted over and has been closed for several weeks now. I thought that the weather conditions were right to maybe open it again but I was wrong! The man fishing was having a wonderful time as he was catching a fish every few minutes as he is where the river ends. He's actually standing where the river should be! The council will monitor the river and will manually open it when they deem necessary if not opened naturally. The river is quite high back through the town. And also the juvenile eels (elvers) will need to swim out to sea this autumn - an important part of their life cycle :)
Oh, I could be here right now! I love the 'sense' of sea that you have captured, also the man fishing. A beautiful beach and seascape!
March 5th, 2015  
wild sea shot! lovely
March 5th, 2015  
Sam
WOW - how interesting!
March 5th, 2015  
Thanks for sharing Denise, interesting. Nice capture and love the title :)
March 5th, 2015  
A great seascape and interesting hear about the closed mouth! What do you mean Autumn? We are waiting for Spring here!
March 5th, 2015  
Kat
How interesting. Beautifully captured. :)
March 5th, 2015  
Beautiful beach scene
March 5th, 2015  
Those rare spots where the rivers join the sea are very interesting. Great capture of the man taking advantage of the closed mouth. The rocks, trees and distant sky all add to the beauty.
March 5th, 2015  
Beautiful and interesting scene!
March 5th, 2015  
Beautiful, lovely sea and rocks, interesting natative
March 5th, 2015  
Beautiful beach.
March 5th, 2015  
Very nice beach scene.
March 5th, 2015  
Great capture.
March 5th, 2015  
Fabulous capture, light, composition
March 5th, 2015  
what beautiful water and such an interesting scene.
March 5th, 2015  
Wonderful shot.
March 5th, 2015  
Lovely seascape scene and it looks windy on the coast. You have our sunshine down there in the southern hemisphere, give it back Denise.
March 5th, 2015  
A wonderful shot!
March 5th, 2015  
Great shot of a lovely and beautiful beach
March 5th, 2015  
Gorgeous atmosphere and seascape.
March 5th, 2015  
It looks beautiful there Denise. I hope things are resolved in time for the young eels to make it to the sea if not before.
March 5th, 2015  
It's a beautiful world we live in!
March 5th, 2015  
Beautiful shot and interesting explanation.
March 5th, 2015  
Tom
Wonderful capture..love the man fishing and the overall composition
March 6th, 2015  
Very good shot
March 6th, 2015  
Nice shot Denise
March 6th, 2015  
Makes for a very beautiful shot
March 7th, 2015  
What a beautiful spot. We visited Australia a few years ago and loved it. Isn't it nice to see all the different parts of the world via 365? Some are remembrances of places visited and others places we've yet to see. Love this photo and a fav.
March 8th, 2015  
This is wonderful Denise. I love the perspective with the fisherman in the shot. Great textures and shapes in this.
March 10th, 2015  
Love the sense of space!
March 17th, 2015  
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