This week, Patti invites us to explore the interplay of light and shadow – a favorite subject of mine! In this post are some old favorites plus a couple new ones that I love.
The rising sun highlights golden dune grass above while in the shadows, wind-carved sand remains frosty cold.
Leadbetter Point State Park is a nature reserve at the very northern tip of the Long Beach Peninsula. Summer nesting grounds for Snowy Plovers, those parts of the park are closed to the public during nesting season. The rest of the year (and of the park) is wide open and a wonderful place to wander with a camera! I took this shot because I loved how the shadows of the trees intersected with the trail, moving our eye into the scene.
The shadow of the above Praying Mantis is more interesting to me than the critter itself – looks like it’s about ready to knock out an opponent boxer!
Yesterday, a flock of Red-necked Phalarope stopped to feed in our ponds at The Breakers. A rare sighting, I dropped the beagles back home and picked up my Panasonic to get some telephoto shots. Though this one is a bit out of focus, it’s the lovely wave action and grass shadows that convinced me it would fit in this post. (More Phalarope photos to come on Wordless Wednesday!)
Lindy Low LeCoq 
Excellent photos Lindy. Love the dunes grasses and pathway, the boxing mantis, and bloomin’ Daisy!
Thank you, John! I appreciate your praise!!!
The boxing praying mantis gets my vote for favorite. Though the dunes capture drew me in.
Isn’t that mantis a hoot though?! Thanks for commenting, Marlene.
Excellent post!
Thank you, Sofia!
You’re welcome 🙂
Beautiful post, Lindy. Of course I love your image of Daisy.❤️😀
Thank you, Patti. As I often say, what’s not to love about a beagle?!
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Excellent selections, Lindy! The wind-carved sand photo is remarkable.
Love Miss Daisy!
Thank you, Amy. I need to do more looking at other peoples blogs – maybe this week-end, since I’m caught up on most everything else!!!
I love the delicate beauty of the ripples in the sand, the grasses and the shadows.
Thank you Susan!