The Quivering Shore

Artist: Donald Cameron
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Print: from US$47.50

The Quivering Shore

Death-like sparks burn cold and hard
A symphony of sea salt soldiers
Shaping their invasion on awaiting land

Leaping from splashes
Grasping for oxygen
A rush to do battle come the day, come the time

Roaring to shore in spectacular voice
To crush the life from a million weeping pebbles
As they pray for forgiveness
Down on bended knee
Begging for second chances

And all the while
Eyes peer from deep forbidden sea
For a slender gaze at the battle afoot
Gossiping like fishwives over sips of milky tea
As they twitch through heavy net curtains
And tut tut tut at the youth of today

Then scuttle away
Chasing the tails of those who fled first
As the wounded and fallen lay still behind

Time to draw a new breath whilst plans are redrawn
And commence another charge toward the quivering shore

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Location: Auchmithie, Angus, Scotland

The Quivering Shore belongs to the following groups:

Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Light In The Darkness and The Scots are Coming Available for sale as

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eclectica

Sublime!
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks Veronica
Elana Bailey

Beautiful mood, tones, comp, texture, lighting and softness. Well done.
Donald Cameron replied

Cheers Elana
Jan Fijolek

Beautiful b&w shot!!
Donald Cameron replied

Thank you
Chris Clark

stunning compositon, perfect use of B&W, outstanding photography
Donald Cameron replied

Cheers for your comments Chris
Kevin Skinner

Another wonderful B&W image. Great tones, contrast and subject.
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks Kevin, it’s one of my favourite locations.
PatriciaLM

Exquisite capture!!!!! And the words are brilliant Donald ….
Patricia :-))
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks Patricia. Glad you like the poem too :)
Kevin Bergen

Rule of thirds so effortlessly presented, and such breathtaking mood portrayed! Really terrific!
Donald Cameron replied

I rarely pay much attention to photography “rules” but yes I guess it does fit the rule of thirds pretty well. Thanks!
clickinhistory

think you need to look at Blurb again and put the words and images into print, this a wonderfully atmospheric and spiritual shot
Donald Cameron replied

Yes blurb is an option, but I think long-term I’d rather wait til I had enough good work to try and get properly published. That’s the ambition anyway.
marshall calve...

Donald you’ve exceeded yourself with beautiful image it’s so good, I can almost feel my feet twisting like when you walk over the stones and i can almost here the sound. wonderful image and words
Donald Cameron replied

Your description of twisting feet is spot on, a couple of times walking along here the stones gave way under my feet and had to quickly stop myself falling over. It’s exhausting walking along this sort of pebbled beach!
GlennC

Donald, simply beautiful! great composition, lovely tonal range, but most of all a really inspiring and moving image!
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks a lot Glenn, it’s one of my favourite places so I think that helps with the inspiration and can produce a better result.
Scott d'Almeida

excellent
Donald Cameron replied

Thank you
luis ferreiro

Beautiful image and gallery!!
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks that’s much appreciated.
Garth Smith

Wonderful photo Donald, beautiful tones.
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks Garth
Dan Biggins

Stunning Donald, a definite fave.
Donald Cameron replied

Cheers Dan, thanks for liking it!
IanTaylor

Simply a perfect fusion of word & image.
Donald Cameron replied

Thank you Ian
Ritva Ikonen

Absolutely beautiful capture. Love everything about it, FAV!
Donald Cameron replied

Very kind of you, thanks a lot.
Jeff Masamori

Lovely tones, especially the detail in the rocks.
Donald Cameron replied

Yes I like the way the pebbles turned out in this.
Luis Mariano ...

Bellísima
Donald Cameron replied

Gracias :)
Lee-Anne Raffe...

very nice moody feel to this
Donald Cameron replied

Thank you Lee-Anne
JohnGo

Cool.
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks John!
Erika Gouws

Stunning!
Donald Cameron replied

Thank you…
greenstone

beautiful!!!!!
Donald Cameron replied

Glad you like, cheers.
hsien-ku

very beautiful image and another breathtaking piece of writing!
Donald Cameron replied

Thanks for the feedback particularly on the writing, glad to hear your thoughts.
vampvamp 23 days ago

very peaceful….
Donald Cameron replied 22 days ago

Thank you