Dream Walker

Ocean Meadows

Chocolat Negro Underwater Photography

The Transition Of A Crab Or The Effects Of Climate Change

In July 2011 severe rain fell on East London and on the Eastern Cape. Many villages and cities were flooded. Whole ground levels of shopping centers like Vincent Park and Hemingways and other shops experienced excessive water damage amounting to hundreds thousands of  Rands.

The beach was swamped with Bamboo, driftwood, tree trunks, broken boats, parts of decks and many other things that the sea had brought to shore. There was so much wood and debris that beach walkers had to make their way around piles of objects.

Sea creatures and other forms of sea life that I had not consciously perceived before found themselves stranded amongst the bamboo and driftwood. Big squid of a size that I had seen so far only exhibited as calamari steak in the fish shops were lying dead and entangled in seaweed.

This purple black crab sat, his fire red arms outstretched, on the beach.

I was still busy taking pictures from every angle when foam came out of it's mouth and it died.

When I walked on I found many more of them already dead.

But he thing is that this type of rainfall has been repeating itself during the last months.

South Africa is hosting Cop 17 in Durban, an international conference on climate change and global warming at this moment. The protocol of Kyoto is still a hectic discussion topic. But judging very subjectively from what I see happens around me in my life climate change is here to stay with us. 

Saving Lifes

Even a life saver needs a break.

Bonza Bay Beach life saver's shack.

Friends

There is the possibility that you reach a point in your life, that many others have reached before you, where you might think that companionship and friendship are more important than love.

Feeling

I Want To Ride My Bicycle

Cycling along the shore of Nahoon Beach

on a windstill afternoon

is something I am gonna try very soon.

The Scottish Family

Seeing this young family with their four children walking at the beach made me think of my grandmother's wise but nevertheless often unexpected exclamations:

" Where there are two or three, there can be always one more ! "

One could truly feel the love.

The Blonde And The Blue

A while ago I saw a young father at Bonza Bay beach with his blonde twin boys.

It was a super super beautiful and cute sight - the blonde and the blue - so I could not resist to do a small secret photographic portrait of them.

The father and their nanny definitely had all four hands full

There was a great deal of practice involved - to get a good slide downwards done.

encouraging hand-shakes were exchanged every time before the challenge

Down, down , down and once succeeded - up again it was!

Hard work indeed !

Come Under My Umbrella

On Green Pastures

A Sea Snail Life

Gone Deep

Why did you go so deep this time ?

What were you lookin for ?

The Lost God

The Water Vixen Of Eastern Beach

Quantum Light

With the right light and at low tide the rock pools on the East London coast line look like this.

Looking at this world so beautiful and different

just creates one desire in me

to go deeper.