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Thank you all again for the wonderful feedback on these beachcombing photos. Here is the last one of the five. It was not the last photo made, but I wanted to bookend the series with a grouping of stones.
This little heart caught my eye as I was passing over it. I love finding heart shaped stones at the beach. I have found many over the years and each and everyone has fascinated me. I still wonder what forces are involved in shaping the stones into heart shapes.
What was completely serendipitous was the small blade of sea grass that mimicked the shape of the stone on one side, but then a few minutes later, to find the same sinuous shape in the sand partially surrounding the stone of the last post. So it is a heart wrapped in half-a-heart, a heart and a half!
Even though this is a photo of hard stones, for some reason, it conveys a softness to me, maybe its in the light, maybe its in the soft glow on the stones themselves, but it conveys what love feels like. Solid as a rock, compartmentalized for everything, all fitting together, and still with enough room to move about with no one thing crowding out the other. And yet, step on one of these stones barefoot, or have one of them propelled at you and it will hurt like heck!
With Valentine’s Day just 10 days away, think about those who you love, and do something to express that love to them - don’t be hard hearted.
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Technical Details
Nikon D850, Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Macro, at f16, 1/5 sec, ISO 100.
Processed in ACR and the finished in PS.
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