Mystery of the sunken forest

You may be forgiven for thinking your looking at rock formations

stretching into the sea, but in fact the material is Peat and in certain

places contains the fossilised remains of a forest some 6,000.00 years

old, the peat is covered in sand and only shows itself on occaision at

low tides, the strange thing is, it feels soft to the touch like cork. yet it

doesn't wash away with the erosive motion of the sea. A Mystery you

might say!

Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated. Thank You.

Nice colors, has that feel of an alien planet, well done and seen.

Thank you for the story...a very neat story. I love the bottom half but the sky is a little too blue saturated. Otherwise, super cool...

Great!!! Best regards, Ilkka

Beautiful..

Spectacular explosion of electric blue, Alf. Simply magnificent.

Nice colours, well done!

Amazing image . The blue tone is just perfect for the scene . Excellent exposure !!!

Alf,very beautifu image...congrats

Alf, I've read about peat, now I've seen it. I love the way your images take me to British scenes that I have never actually seen! I got my early education from British books and now you are filling in the gaps, sort of! Regards, Adrienne.

Very good. Nice to see something other than a colorful sunset on the horizon:)

I like the color range and the feeling that you are kind of sucked in by this image. Interesting story to it too. Regards, Tibi

I like its blue and darkness
really its look like mystery!
Best regards

I love all this blue!! Lots of compliments!!

Great presentation with fine write up....nice work Alf

Hi Alf,

 

You could almost say "for peat's sake" :). Love the shot. It has such a great mood. Well done. Jim

Your explanatory lines give another dimension to your work. Interesting and technically immaculate - at least imho. Compliments!

Always amazing and beautiful work, 10/10.

 

Best regards.

 

Alberto

I personally like the blue it gives a surreal look to the image making me think of another planet. The story is great as is the title; I would love to put my feet on the soft peat…with socks on of course…the kind with the little grippies to keep me from slipping ;) Thank you for sharing…take care

 

Warm regards, Pamela

 

Not an area I am familiar with but a striking seascape. The lines create an excellent perspective leading the eye out to sea and the dark blue tones confer a back in time feeling to go with the fossilising of the peat.

 

Regards..... John

Neat story and quite interesting. I like the photo a lot. The tones and colors are really beautiful, and your composition is spot on. I like the way the clouds seem to mirror the alignment of the peat formations. Nice textures in the foreground. Well done - michel

Excellent composition and tonality!

 

Well done.

 

Regards(Bobby).

these dark blue tones are very effective, you caught the mood of darkness. well arranged composition. very good work. best regards.

GEORGE

 

I agree it does have a surreal quality, which I think the movement in the sky has emphasised, thank you so much for looking in and for your kind comments..

 

PASCAL

 

Thank you so much for your observations and kind comments, I think the prevailing light conditions have mostly dictated the sky colour, I have altered the tone fractionally but the saturation remains as taken.

 

ILKKA

 

Thank you very much!

 

VLADIMIR

 

Thank you, much appreciated.

 

CALVIN

 

Many thanks, I'm really pleased you liked it.

 

DR DIDI

 

Many Thanks!

 

ALON

 

Thank you, I'm really pleased you like it, much appreciated.

 

MEHMET

 

Thank you for looking in, and for your kind comments.

 

ADRIENNE

 

Always a pleasure to errrm help with your education : - ) In actual fact, thats another dimension of photography that I really enjoy, the information gathering, I like to find out a little bit about what I'm photographing where possible, and people seem to enjoy reading the information too, Thank you for your kind comments Adrienne.

 

JAN

 

Thank you for your kind comments, I know just what you mean : - )

 

TIBI

 

Thank you for looking in and for oyur kind comments, I will try and post a photo of the actual tree remains in the next few weeks.

 

F.N.

 

Many Thanks! I like the intense blue as well!

 

ENRICO

 

Thank you so much, you are very kind.

 

KEITH

 

Sincere Thanks, I keep looking to see if you have posted any new work Keith, but you don't seem to have lately, I hope you are keeping well mate! and I shall keep looking.

 

JIM

 

"For Peats Sake" .........I wish I'd thought of that I would have used it as a title

 

: - ) Thanks Jim!

 

 

EL

 

Many thanks, you are very kind, your comments are much appreciated.

 

ALBERTO

 

I'm really pleased you liked it, you are a very kind and generous man.

 

PAMELA

 

I'm still laughing at "The little grippies" bit errrm yeah very socksy! Now theres a photo already formulating in my mind entitled "The Feet in the Peat"

Always good to hear from you Pamela, and thank you for your kind comments, you do make me smile, Warm Regards

 

Alf

 

JOHN

 

Thank you for looking in mate, this place is a bit of a trek, but it has wonderful photographic potential, unfortunately the weather wasn't great when I was there, but it's a nice journey down there through Welshpool, Newtown, Rayeder, and then on towards Aberystwyth, but turning off for Borth just befor you get to Aberyswyth.

Many thanks for your kind comments John.

 

MICHEL

 

Many thanks for your observations and very kind comments, I really appreciate your imput.

 

BOBBY

 

Thank you so much, you are very kind!

 

ZSOLT

 

Many thanks for your observations and kind comments, much appreciated!

 

Sincere Thanks and Kind Regards To All

 

Alf

Great image, Alf. I love the power of the blue tones. Wonderfully presented.