Sunday, September 15, 2013

Beach time!


Amidst the crazy time that was August, PD and I still found time to go to the beach in Vizag. This was my first visit to a beach, and I loved it (apart from all the humidity of a port town, of course)! We went to the Rushikonda beach early in the morning (a lovely drive), and we had the beach pretty much to ourselves. It was a beautiful feeling walking along the shore, sand between my toes, waves splashing up to my feet, each wave trying to sweep the sand away from under my feet. We collected sea shells, watched snails attaching themselves to the rocks on the beach, and spotted crabs. PD tried horse riding too, and he loved it!

We took along PD's GoPro camera on the trip and captured some amazing pictures. GoPro cameras are shock proof, water proof, wide angled cameras which were initially designed for surfers to capture action photos. Since we planned to get into the water, this was the perfect camera for the beach. The GoPro doesn't come with a viewfinder, instead it can be remotely controlled from your phone and can be set up for interval shooting. And, we were still experimenting with the GoPro. So, we ended up with a LOT of badly framed photos, and a few awesome ones. Here are some of the awesome ones:

A lovely morning by the beach
A lovely morning by the beach
Silhouettes on the beach
A beautiful shot of us on the beach
Empty beach with no people
A beach all for ourselves
Waves crashing on the rocks
Majestic waves
Underwater photography
Experimenting with the camera underwater
Horse riding
PD riding a horse