Now I like waves; no surprises there for anyone who has been following this blog. Big crashing waves are exciting and create many fascinating shapes and textures. Even quite small waves have their moments.

I also like sunsets. The trouble with sunsets is that no matter how beautiful the sunset is; someone, somewhere has photographed a better sunset, or even got a slightly better angle on your sunset.

So there I was taking a stroll at sunset along Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne. And they were having an unseasonal (March) heatwave, temperatures in the mid 30s, wind didn’t have the energy to blow, waves didn’t have the energy to wave, just a shallow torpid roll, almost oily looking (and the bay is clean!). Yet there were patterns of light and textures in the water; a wavy sunset photograph. The untouched version was good but I still played in photoshop, feeling there was more to discover … sharpen, push the contrast and then I pushed the colour. This is the result, an almost abstract quite aboriginalesque (I am a big fan of Australian aboriginal art), that pleases me intensely.

Oh and a plug … if you go to Melbourne, go to the Authentic Aboriginal Art Shop on Bourke Street. It is run by a lovely lady called Alexis. She is incredibly knowledgeable, enthusiastic and helpful about the art.