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bae
6-17-22, 2:50pm
https://i.imgur.com/CKmDQy7.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/cn3U4JP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PLvoNNM.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Far3gsM.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5sFPYxs.jpg
bae
6-17-22, 2:52pm
https://i.imgur.com/SPQyKTf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BhCU57z.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jKXOofG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jLNeHkO.jpg
bae
6-17-22, 2:53pm
https://i.imgur.com/kIvp4lm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/q2nga25.jpg
JaneV2.0
6-17-22, 3:00pm
Yikes! The poor starfish need a shuttle.
KayLR
6-17-22, 4:58pm
Awesome starfish! Were the oysters out? In the Sound I see they are not recommended right now---at least last I looked.
bae
6-17-22, 5:35pm
Awesome starfish! Were the oysters out? In the Sound I see they are not recommended right now---at least last I looked.

Yes, this whole sound is oyster/clam paradise, just around the point is a large oyster farm even. The wild ones by the little island that was a peninsula at low tide here grow to about football sized, but I wouldn't eat one of those, the village's allegedly-clean stormwater bioswale empties out right near them, and, well...
happystuff
6-18-22, 9:51am
Again, beautiful pictures, bae. Thanks so much for sharing.
Simplemind
6-18-22, 4:48pm
Ohhhhhh those colors!!!
bae
6-21-22, 3:32pm
https://i.imgur.com/HXAaWPi.jpg

Even small-scale and close-up, the beach rocks are fascinating and full of life below the tide line!
Eric
6-21-22, 4:04pm
https://i.imgur.com/SPQyKTf.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BhCU57z.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jKXOofG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jLNeHkO.jpg

Beautiful photos of the shoreline. Did you take these somewhere in the Pacific Northwest?
bae
6-21-22, 4:09pm
Beautiful photos of the shoreline. Did you take these somewhere in the Pacific Northwest?

Yup, right on the US/Canada border in WA state.
ToomuchStuff
6-21-22, 4:43pm
What is your camera setup? The first photo the color saturation really makes the sky look blue. Wondering if it is the software or a filter?
Thanks
JaneV2.0
6-21-22, 4:52pm
"The bluest skies you've ever seen in Seattle
And the hills the greenest green in Seattle"

(composed by Hugo Montenegro with lyrics by Jack Keller and Ernie Sheldon)
bae
6-21-22, 5:01pm
What is your camera setup? The first photo the color saturation really makes the sky look blue. Wondering if it is the software or a filter?
Thanks

I just take RAW format files, usually with a Canon R5 or an iPhone, and pop them into Adobe Lightroom to "develop" the RAW image into something usable and crop as desired. I don't really apply "filters", but I adjust the exposure/contrast/color mapping, and generally aim at the color response of Fuji Velvia or one of the Kodak films, depending on the setting/lighting.

The sky really is darned blue here many days of the year. There's some magic weather where the Olympic Mountains, the Cascades, and the mountains on Vancouver Island skim off most of the bad weather/overcast, forming "The Blue Hole" over the islands.
beckyliz
6-22-22, 1:52pm
Beautiful photos, but I feel sorry for the marine life! how long does it take for the tide to come back in? (I live in a flyover state, so...).
bae
6-22-22, 3:39pm
Beautiful photos, but I feel sorry for the marine life! how long does it take for the tide to come back in? (I live in a flyover state, so...).

The tide here generally changes roughly twice a day - two high/two low tide points each day. The normal tidal range from low-to-high is ~12 feet or so. A few times a year a couple feet more are added to that range from variations in the moon's orbit and local weather conditions.

Luckily, the creatures that live in the intertidal zone are adapted to this. The extra extra low tide days can sometimes catch critters unaware though, as the long slowly-sloping tidal flats can empty out rather suddenly.