Sandy Beach Scenes in the Public Domain

Just before the sunset (see photos below) I took several photos of the beach.  I walked perhaps three or four miles to look for subjects and topics that directly involved beach scenes.  Again, I used the rule of thirds, in most of the photographs so that there would be essentially three stories in one.

The first being the upper third, usually the sky.  The sky imagery was followed by the second third which was the primary subject in the photo.  That could be a boat, a surfboard or another object.  The last third, the bottom of the photo would be the landscape whether it be the sea, sand or the jungle trees or foliage.

As you go through my photos you can see that I do not always follow the rule of thirds in photography.  The rule can be particularly difficult to follow when shooting moving objects, such as the kite photos that appear here in this section of this blog.

I had been thinking of how wonderful it would be if I could find a kite.  That thought came to me as I was walking along the beach.  Incredible, I thought, if it would be possible to fly a kite and use the backdrop of the emerald blue sky with white cottony clouds and swaying palm fronds in the background.

As I was walking along the beach I spotted something on the sand that was totally out of context with the colors of the sand, the sea and the coconut trees.  The object was bright orange and somewhat triangular in shape.  As I got nearer to the object I was quite elated to see that the object now at hand was a kite!

The kite however was in poor shape.  Oh, an abandoned kite!  But, the kite was the solution to my earlier wish to shoot a kite in mid air with the tropical landscape and sky in the background.  What an unexpected miracle find.  I had to rehabilitate the kite before I could fly it.  It was fairly severely damaged.  Probably one of the reasons it was abandoned.

I fixed the kite so it was flyable.  But now, another dilema.  Who would hold the kite so it could fly while I was shooting it with the camera?  The beach was about empty of humans.  Birds, coconut trees, sand and surf only.  So, what to do?

I solved the flight problem by tying nylon fishing line from the kite to a coconut tree.  It took about ten tries before I got the fishing line tied high enough on the tree and the trade wind blew correctly long enough for me to take several photos of the kite in flight.

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Almost wherever someone goes there is a photo opportunity.  Photography is one of my hobbies and you can see examples of my work on this page.  The primary themes I enjoy taking pictures of are nature scenes.  These scenes cover a broad area of topics.  For example, sunsets, jungle foliage, beach scenes, sea life and more.

The camera that I use is an Olympus X-920 digital camera.  It costs a little over US$100.  Inexpensive for many people.  The camera has a very good guarentee.

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When I take photos I usually use the rule of thirds.  The rule of thirds is simple to follow.  Example: When taking a photograph of a nature scene try to divide the image seen in the viewfinder into thirds.  One third sky, one third the primary subject that is being photographed, and one third of the scene the sea.

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