Sinemorets Again and Again

Greetings, friends!

Have you seen my scarecrow project? Or photos on my blog of the the rocks we call The Ships? Landscapes of Veleka River where it meets the sea and the long stretch of sand going between them for a few hundred meters? Poppies growing on the sand? Gluttonous gulls or their growing young chicks?

They are all from Sinemorets, Bulgaria, a place I organize photo workshops at almost every summer. There's a lot more to it and I am going to show you other sights, most of them for the first time.

So this is the rock phenomena, the Sunken Ships. They live up to their name, don't they? A place with a lot of potential when it comes to long exposure or other landscape photography. Also dangerous to reach. Usually cold in the morning.

But I haven't grown tired of returning there and making other photos sunrise after sunrise, year after year...

And I'm usually not alone. Well, maybe sometimes.

The spots to shoot from and the angles to look at the scenery from are pretty much infinite. Or at least it feels this way. Not enough summers to try them all.

This year I had a lot of people with me and I left them do what I usually do while me...I went for an early morning swim.

Waving back at them and then taking to explore some areas I haven't approached in quite the same way before. I always thought it would be too cold because our hands and cheeks are usually freezing in the morning. The sleep before a morning sunrise is usually short...and so one feels quite...not vigorous. I was pleasantly surprised by the warm water that had collected the warmth of three months of summer before taking me in.

But this is just one place and there are so many others. Some of them great backgrounds for various shootings with people.

The Iron bridge above Veleka river.

The waters of Veleka river where it reaches the Black Sea - not that easy to see through. Not great taste, also. Trust me on that one and don't lick it unless you absolutely have to.

The beach between sweet and salty waters has not been ground to fine sand yet. There's sand, alright, but closely inspected it looks more like diminutive stones and shells. It's quite rough on the soles, especially when it's hot. Feet hurt for days. Also, I have a circular polarizing filter lost somewhere around there, I think. I bet some guy like this one took it for nest material or something.

Poppies growing in May and June on the same beach. I like poppies. I rarely see poppies growing on sand. Actually, I don't see poppies growing on sand anywhere else. So I am fond of this place for one more reason. And because of other growth on beach or rocks.

South from there, more than three small bays away...

This is a wild beach (its name translated as The Lindens) on a path going along the coast through a protected area. Where some volcanic stuff once made some funny shapes. They catch the sunset quite nicely.

Far from over. We'll see each other again, Sinemorets and I. And I have other details to show you. Soon.

This has been my @qurator weekly PhotoFriday

Enjoy!

Yours,

Manol