Experiment with waves and light

Town dock during a stiff southwest breeze.

 Explanation:

Waves, Cormorants, and Martha's Vineyard

She wore a feathered boa

She said her name was Mia

and she was from Reveah

She wore a feathered boa

so I showed her to the doah

More Woods Hole Ships:

WHOI's Atlantis:

Another view of the Neil Armstrong, also WHOI's:

I am intrigued by the fact that the five smoke stacks on the Armstrong look like a hand reaching upward.

Coast Guard Vessels Tybee and Sanibel (left to right):

Trying again: Coast Guard Vessels Tybee, Sanibel, and Cobia (left to right):

Scenic Left-Hand Turns of Woods Hole

I find left-hand turns more interesting to look at than right hand ones. So I started drawing some from Woods Hole (and vicinity).

The Entrance to Fay Rd on Nobska Rd heading north:

Quisset Ave, heading south, entering School Str:

Main Str (truncated in middle) entering town:

Passing Nobska Light, heading north #1:

Passing Nobska Light, heading north #2:

Surf Drive, looking back towards Nobska from around Elm Str:

And here are a couple random street scenes.

Little Harbor Rd (deformed):

Sam Turner Rd, near Spectacle Pond Rd, heading north:

Sam Turner Rd, near Spectacle Pond Rd, heading south:

Early Magnolias: 3 Days in Late March

#1 Green pods, yellow sepals, white buds unopened, Sunlight late PM

#2 Buds Begin To Open, Cloudy Afternoon

#3 Three Buds Open, Rainy Afternoon

(look closely)

Update: I want to brag that there are some interesting optical effects visible in the first and third picture. In the first, the light against the house in the background is in the pattern of two window panes. I believe windows were the source of reflection, remaining coherent because it passed through a natural pinhole in the intervening foliage. In the third picture, if you can zoom in enough, you'll see water drops that have an upside down image of the background, together with a blue-red color aberration at the lower edges of each drop.