Padilla Boat

Padilla Bay:

Defintion One: An estuary at the saltwater edge of the large delta of the Skagit River in the Salish Sea. (source: http://www.padillabay.gov/).

Definition Two: The beach that tried to steal my boot while on a field trip in 4th grade. (source: my ever random data base of memories)

Saturday was soooo sooooo soooooo nice! DMA and I enjoyed living in the land of sunrays, enjoyed some of the finest teriyaki on the east side, then headed up north to catch the sunset at Bay View State Park. In short, a pretty awesome day.

There was a boat on the beach that we both found particularly captivating; we both had to keep our enthusiasm in check in order to share the scene. I actually used all three of the lenses that I brought with me that day, even though I was trying to go for a Lens Baby free day. (hahaha, guess I shouldn't have brought it with me then, eh?) I just figured "when in the heck am I going to be back here again" and went crazy. I think I dropped around 30 frames?

Here are some of my favorites...

the boat in black & white (yup, the lens baby)

front of the boat, unedited (70-300mm)

front of the boat, tiny edits

still the front of the boat (70-300mm)

side profile (18-135mm... the best lens ever.... besides my bff the 50mm)

sportsman (lensbaby)

old paint (lens baby, yeah! jazz hands)

...and here are a few more beach scenes that caught my eye...

Thank you so much for checking out my pics from Padilla Bay. Wishing you a lovely day. Hopefully with a bit of sunshine, too!