A hot and windy day

so I went off early for a walk on the beach. I did not last long as the sand was whipping in my face.

The air is filled with smoke with so many fires burning around us, one can hardly see the mountains. With these strong winds and heat, the poor firefighters are having quite a battle.

[Mags]

Beautiful capture!

[Jerzy]

Wow. This looks like a water colour painting. Excellent
Sorry to hear about the fires and can relate with the situation we had back home in summer.

[Lou Ann]

Oh my goodness, this capture is lovely. I’m sorry to read your narrative. Our winds have been terrible too.

[katy]

Beautifully minimal image, but is certainly easy to see the haze created by that smoke

[Beryl Lloyd]

How lovely - flying high !

[Christine Sztukowski]

Your photo looks beautiful, but the experience sounds awful

[Bucktree]

Beautiful capture of the waves breaking and the mountains in the background. The wind surfers are getting quite a ride.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent capture.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely capture. I'm hoping that our windy conditions will drop off before the next round of 38 - 41 C days hit on Wednesday. Our bushland is very dry and it wouldn't take much of a spark for fires to start. I hope that your fires are soon under control.

[Joan Robillard]

Marvelous

[Cordiander]

Wonderful picture. But the fires are terrible.

[Michelle]

Lovely capture, shame about the fire haze

[Korcsog Károly]

Beautiful beach shot!

[Olwynne]

Great action shot

[gloria jones]

Terrific shot that has lots of neat action and great blue shades

[Rob Z]

A wonderful scene with the action and colour seen.

[Renee Salamon]

Oh noooo it looks like such a beautiful scene

[Carole Sandford]

Beautifully captured scene.

[Dorothy]

Great scenery, I had heard about the wildfires around CT. Be safe.

[Beverley]

Spot on … an amazing capture.

[George]

Lovely image but sorry to hear of the fires.

[haskar]

Beautiful capture.

[Peter]

Great action capture Diana looks like fun, Fav:)

[Heather]

A fabulous capture, Diana, with that pop of red and the soft layers (although the result of the smoke- not good) I hope firefighters from Canada head to South Africa to return the favour when South African firefighters came to Canada last summer. And I really hope the fires get under control soon. That smoke is awful (and the fires are dangerous)

[Corinne C]

Great and fun image. So sorry to read about your fires.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's a beautiful shot in spite of the conditions. I hope those fires come to an end soon.

[Bill]

Beautiful setting. Nice colors.

[Danette Thompson]

Beautiful beach

[Joy's Focus]

Great image! That looks like fun!

[Kathy A]

I like the pop of red

[LManning (Laura)]

Wonderful capture of the windsurfers at play. The fires must be awfully worrisome though.

[Christina]

Love this!

[Rick]

Must be very windy from the looks of the waves. Great capture.

[Diana]

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[Issi Bannerman]

It's a beautiful capture. Sorry about the burning and the smoke though. Must be difficult for everyone.

[Bec]

Stunning photo. Hopefully the wind dies down soon and stops fuelling the fire.

[Chris Cook]

Wonderful shot! Very appealing edit with the subtle white vignette which really suits this image.

[Walks @ 7]

Wow, most wonderful

[John Falconer]

Great capture. Despite the air quality.

[Steve Chappell]

Nice capture