Friday, September 12, 2014

Georgian Bay - After the Storm

The rain last Friday night continued for hours, a heavy downpour at times.  It picked up tiny grains of silt and clay, and carried them off the fields, down the ditches and into the creeks and streams, then into the Beaver River, and the Bighead River, the next watershed northwest.  And the swollen, now silt-laden brownish waters raced downhill into Georgian Bay where the wind was still blowing strongly onshore, out of the northwest.

After our usual visit to our local Farmer's Market, we headed up to Meaford to check out a 'Garlic Hut', stopping on the shore for the view.  The onshore winds were churning up the water near the shore, leaving it looking silty.

The waves were picking up the silt from the river as it entered the bay (between us and the harbour in the distance), and carrying it in to crash on the shore.


We were struck by the abrupt line between the silt-laden light brown waters of the river where it entered the bay, and the deep blue of the water from further out.  It was just like a knife cutting into the bay.

I couldn't quite believe the sharp line between the water from the river and that from the bay - a very strong onshore current from the bay, and a strong flow of silt-laden water down the river meeting each other abruptly!

In any case the view was beautiful, and I kept trying to capture the sound and movement of the crashing waves and strong wind as we wandered down the shore and picked up a hot dog from the vendor's stand for lunch.

Looking toward the headland, you can see a sliver of the deep blue water of the bay beyond, before the far shoreline.

At one point a single sailboat ventured out of the harbour.  They were having a bouncy ride, and I hope they were good sailors to be out in these waves.

This was Georgian Bay at its finest, on a beautiful September day.  I'm joining Donna's Personal Photo Challenge, which is 'movement' this month.  Do you think I've captured any sense of the moving waves/.

20 comments:

  1. Beautiful colours!

    That bay should really have been designated a lake in and of itself- and like all of the Great Lakes, it's a stormy, unforgiving place at times.

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  2. Beautiful photos with such a depth of color, not to mention the movement in each one.

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  3. These are beautiful photos! The colours of the water, shore and sky are amazing. Such contrasts.

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  4. You did, indeed capture the movement in those waves...and the colors are absolutely breathtaking!

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  5. The water looks so muddy, and that's typical after the storm. It's raining right now in Texas.

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  6. Hello.

    Great photographing. Design, composition and ideas. Very sweet atmosphere.

    Greetings and hugs.

    Have a good weekend. From Japan, ruma❃

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  7. These are amazing...love the colors and, of course, the movement of the waves.

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  8. My goodness, you do get lively weather there! All of these photos are beautiful - that frothy water looks like someone poured brown sugar into it and is stirring it vigorously! But that fourth photo especially is astoundingly beautiful - those layers of colors, wow!!

    And taking a sailboat (or any boat) out into that churning mayhem? Makes my stomach do flip-flops just thinking about it! Crazy.

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  9. Goodness what beautiful scenery, you are blessed for sure, I've been looking thru your blog, all your photo's are magnificent, I'm new following. Isn't it something how the silt moves into the water then goes and goes until it is consumed. I'm loving your "movement's" photo's.

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  10. Your photos show terrific movement of the crashing waves. The color variations due to the silt are amazing. You got some really nice saturation of colors in these images too. Great captures, and thanks for joining the photo challenge this month!

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  11. Wild and wonderful - love the colours!

    Happy weekend!
    Ruby

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  12. Very interesting shots! That line is indeed amazing.

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  13. Sure shows how the currents operate! Great contrast.

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  14. Waves crashing in to shore...perfect examples of movement! I love the sailboat, too!

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  15. Wow you have some great photos there. I can almost hear the waves crashing on the rocks.

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  16. Lots of movement from the waves on Georgian Bay and quite a contrast of colours in the 4th photo down.

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  17. Absolutely stunning shots. The wave action is fabulous - and the clouds are amazing.

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  18. Your photos capture the sea so wonderfully!

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  19. Beautiful photos. I love this part of the world!

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  20. The coloured lines of water are so distinct and striking. The sailboat's movement is very evident by the spray coming from the bow. Beautiful pictures of your part of Canada.

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