beach – Tranature

Haiku: Into Dusk

sunset over Moray Firth looking West on an outgoing tide

quiet dusk
her violets and gold
in full bloom

sunset over Moray Firth looking West on an outgoing tide

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5, 1/80 s, ISO 125 and f/5, 1/100 s, ISO 100.

Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #19: Magical Light

Haiku: Fading Light

a swan family feeding and preening on and beside a sand bar

tucked in
with the fading light
resting swans

a swan family preening on a sand bar

swan family asleep on a sandbar with their heads tucked into their feathers

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/320 s, ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/250 s, ISO 100, f/5, 1/320 s, ISO 200.

Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Comfort

Tanka: Parallels

close up of a young crow on seaweed mixed with tidal sand

crow’s feast
between here and there
Samhain
honouring who came before
their spirits ever near

an oystercatcher wading along the shoreline and three crows in the foreground on stones with sand and seaweed

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5, 1/320 s, ISO 125.

Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #58: Samhain

Haiku: Hunter’s Moon

a juvenile herring gull preparing to dive towards the sea

from sky to sea
young gulls dive for food
hunter’s moon

a juvenile herring gull flying above the waves past a flock of adults on the beach

It was wonderful to watch the juvenile herring gulls hunting and diving while the adults were preening and snoozing in the sun. The youngsters in the images hatched in July.

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/640 s, ISO 100 and f/6.5, 1/320 s, ISO 100.

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #56: Hunter’s Moon

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Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Surprise

Haiku: Celebration

five five-month old cygnets feeding on the seashore with their mother

celebrations
ebb tide, dappled light
feeding the birds

three fully grown cygnets feeding with their mother on the seashore

two fully grown cygnets by a sandbar with a seagull and a curlew in the background

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/200 s, ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/250 s, ISO 100 and f/5.6, 1/400 s, ISO 100.

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Birthday

Haiku: October Swans

two fully grown cygnets walking past their preening mother on the beach

fully grown
between cygnets’ brown feathers
colours of the moon

two fully grown cygnets beside their preening mother on the beach, one cygnet fanning his wings

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/8, 1/160 s, ISO 100 and f/8, 1/200 s, ISO 100.

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #53: Anniversary – Favourite Kigo of the Year

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Tanka: A Curlew’s Calm

a curlew with feathers blown by the wind striding through shallows beside a seagull

feathers straightened
a curlew strides along the shore
so calm, so kind
the waves continue to roll
with the wind, the wild weather

a curlew striding out on the shoreline, waves rolling behind

storm clouds over the Moray Firth at low tide

With love from Xenia xxx

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4.5, 1/400 s, ISO 100, f/4.5, 1/500 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/1000 s, ISO 160.

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Light and Dark