Splash by lauriehiggins

Splash

Yesterday at about 5 p.m. I noticed that the light was especially beautiful so I headed to the beach to try to capture it. As soon as I pulled into the parking lot of Crosby Landing Beach, I heard the loudest bunch of shore birds and when I got down to the beach the tide was going out and a whole bunch of minnows had been trapped in a tidal pool and the birds were in a frenzy. They let me get really close and I took about 450 photos. I stayed there in their midst watching the sun go down for an hour. It was so magical that I can't decide which photo I like best, but this one spoke to me. I'm posting a larger view of the scene in my extra albulm.

Awesome capture, I like the bokeh, the splash in the light on the water
September 15th, 2011  
Wow! Terrific light! Great droplets too! Wish I'd seen this one first...I love the other one too, but feel like a dork faving both! :-D
September 15th, 2011  
Oh this is great!! Love the light and water drops. How wonderful to spend some time like that. I don't know about you but this photo says a lot...in the fact that instead of focussing on the bird which I would be doing you have seen more and it really doesn't matter that the bird is out of the picture. Brilliant! A fave for me!
September 15th, 2011  
This is awesome. Love the water and the lighting is amazing. A fav.
September 15th, 2011  
Fantastic!!!
September 15th, 2011  
Awesome capture Laurie
September 15th, 2011  
love the splash, instant fav!
September 15th, 2011  
Great action shot. You really captured the motion of the water. @Cherrill is right, focusing on the water and not the bird makes this so much more interesting. A Fav for me.
September 15th, 2011  
Oh wow, wonderfully done!
September 15th, 2011  
I like the golden glow in this one.
September 15th, 2011  
lovely shot
September 16th, 2011  
The lighting does look amazing! Love your composition on this.
September 16th, 2011  
nice action shot
September 16th, 2011  
this is amazing Laurie!
had to fav it
its fantastic
the golden tones are amazing
was this shit around dusk?
September 16th, 2011  
oops - i meant SHOT
hahaha
September 16th, 2011  
wooow the capture of the colored lights on the splash is phenomenal!!!
September 16th, 2011  
Love it! Great bird shot.
September 16th, 2011  
You need to tag this theme-feet! This is absolutely awesome! This could make the top 5 for sure for the theme. Oh, and Fav!
September 16th, 2011  
@aj1268 Just tagged it, Paula! Thanks for the heads up and for the fav! I've been so busy this week I didn't even check the theme!
September 16th, 2011  
@angievega Thank you so much for the fav! Paula just suggested I tag this for your theme.
September 16th, 2011  
@5unflow3r You are so not a dork, but you are a very, very sweet person. Thank you!
September 16th, 2011  
Awesome capture
September 16th, 2011  
theme shot winner hands down, awesome shot, love the lighting and composition, liquid gold.
September 16th, 2011  
Perfection: theme, light, composition -- love it.
September 16th, 2011  
Great capture of that split second where the water is still dripping from take-off....
September 18th, 2011  
wonderful capture I love it!!!
September 20th, 2011  
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