Sandbank village braai

It was just a perfect day in every respect (...drink sangria in the park, and later, when it gets dark, a movie too - Lou Reed); blue with white sky vistas, unusual for Hong Kong - booming heat, and a very lazy very warm sea. The bottom of the bay is close to flat, so although they look a long way out in this pic, both Oscar and Aiden can stand where they are and have the water come up to just above their belly buttons. But because it was spring, it turned and came in again with surprising speed and the last bits were going onto the portable braai just as the water was knocking on the door. 15 minutes later we were all carrying bits and pieces and wading back to the jetty. The problem with a sea so calm is that it lacks the energy of waves. This in turn means that you have to provide that energy if the guys want a bit of boogy board action, which they invariably do. Fortunately some of the older kids think towing is quite a blast, so there are others keen to play this role. Oscar Arro made a very significant contribution in this regard; without it the whole thing would have been a touch exhausting.

The photos below are all pretty much the same theme, nice day, fun in the sea.

I took this picture with the last of the days light in the background and Courtney holding the flash.

Below this are the colour versions of the two black and whites in the previous post. I think the one of Aiden popping out of the water is a really nice photo. I like the compositional triangles in the other one too, and the sense of cautious trepidation that it suggests. I think this second one is nicer in black and white than colour. Hope you like them, and are having a fantastic hot time of it in KZN yourself. I was thinking about the Ushaka slides and being there with you, and wondered if you'd been zooming them yourself, of late.