Again the series of posts devoted to photography as visual storytelling have inspired me to start thinking about this week’s photo challenge, An Unusual POV in advance of the challenge. I often look at photos taken from strange positions and like how they look, and regularly end up lying down on the ground to take photos.
This week Lynn Wohlers wrote about taking photos from an unusual angle, and thought about how I often do this when photographing somewhere I regularly visit and photograph, the most obvious being my garden!
Langstone bridge is a place I photograph every time I visit, I like how the lines of the bridge draw my eyes along it, and how the view changes with the weather, the tides and the time of day.
The Bridge to Hayling Island, Low Tide
This time my eyes were drawn initially by the mooring piles, sticking out of the mud at awkward angles
Then something else caught my eye..
(Apart from the Stick)
I love how the low evening light caught the colour of the rust on this trolley
Earlier in the day this trolley had been barely visible, but in the early evening the sun lit up the beauty of the colours of the long forgotten resident of the beach, I had to crouch down in the slippy mud to get the right angle, and the blue sea in the background. It would have been very embarrassing if I had fallen over, but luckily I managed to stay upright!!
Day One 
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I can easily picture you crouching to get that shot, and yes, it wouldn’t have shown up as well against that rocky ground, and…aren’t you persistent! 🙂
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Lol, it was funny. People must have thought I was mad being there almost on my knees in mud taking a photo of an old shopping trolley…. But I like how it came out!
The trolley is actually visible in the first photo, but it was earlier in the day so the sun wasn’t on it, plus as you say the contrast with the rocks behind didn’t set it off well
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I see it now – light makes all the difference – and it can be so hard to deal with on beaches…thank you for the follow, by the way!
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No problem 🙂
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I love the trolley. My hair was that colour a very long time ago! I have been known to get down on my hunkers or sit on the ground at times to get the angle I want. The trouble then is getting back up again… I need to roll over onto my knees and then stop laughing at myself….!
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Amen to that, Marie.
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I have the same problem with getting up!!
I too love things auburn, I’m always taking photos of auburn animals 🙂
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Enjoyed your photography. (Of course you know I’m a sucker for any post with Wilson in it). I couldn’t help but think that 500 years from now, when humans will get all their food from a pill, they will uncover that shopping cart and say “what in the world was that ever used for.”
P.S. I thought a trolley was an electric rail car that carried people around town? Oops. Here it is in my Brit usage dictionary:[Brit] A handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping.
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Barbara, we will convert him yet. Nearrrrly there!
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Many have tried. All have failed.
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Ah, but we are stubborn Irish! 😉
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😉
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Lol….
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Your English English must be getting better…. You didn’t ask me what ‘sussed’ meant 🙂
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I see you finally saw my P.S.
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Yes! For a moment I thought we had made a breakthrough!
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Good photos – you clearly have an eye for photo opportunities.
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Thank you
I love taking photos…. Now that I have a blog I can gleefully share them without boring my family to tears… They have been pre-bored while waiting for me to frame the photo properly!
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