A couple of early morning Port Elizabeth beachfront strollers taking a break while enjoying the morning sun reflecting off the sea next to Shark Rock Pier at Hobie Beach.Visit Skywatch for more picture of the sky (or in this case the sky reflecting somewhere)
Looking along the promenade back towards town from this point, a couple of beachfront landmarks are visible. Bayworld is on the left with the Garden Court (previously the Holiday Inn Garden Court) behind it. The tall building in the middle is The Beaches apartment block while the McArthur's swimming pool is visible on the right.
Last Wednesday I popped down to the beachfront at lunch time to see if I can get a couple of nice pics for this here blog. There was a howling easterly wind and a very high tide which meant that the sea was very rough. The waves were just about washing over the whole Hobie Beach right up to the lifeguard hut. Normally the dry sand is right up to about the 5th pillar from the left.
The Rugrats have learned that when they see me with camera in hand, somebody is gonna be asked to stand in a photo somewhere. At least they don't object that much anymore. I wanted to get a nice "jump in the air shadow" pic with the pier in the background (to have an excuse to post it on PEDP), but struggled to get them to jump at the same time. Also not easy with a prosumer camera that only takes…
Today (9 August) is National Women's Day here in South Africa and I would like to pay tribute to women everywhere by posting a picture of a female elephant. Confused? Don't be. Elephant family groups are lead by matriarchs. What they say goes and they lead by example. I have even seen them "tell off" the big adult bulls when they join up with the breeding herds and, believe me, that must take something. So here's to the women in…
Shark Rock Pier at Hobie Beach is flying more than just the beach's Blue Flag, its also decked out in all the flags of the countries playing in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This pic may just look familiar. Yes, just look above at the image at the title of the blog. I realised that I have never posted this pic in its entirety, so here it is. It was taken at low tide a little futher down Hobie Beach and looking back Shark Rock Pier.
Popping down to Hobie Beach the other day, I noticed how nicely Shark Rock Pier was framing the guy on the jet ski riding the waves on the other side. Looking at the picture afterwards I had to laugh. The picture is perfectly set up in the thirds rule, but the "framed picture" wasn't. LOL.