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Brighton Beach

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:42:02 PM

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I very rarely make it down to Brighton Beach, but it's well worth a visit especially on days like today when the sun is shining and the winds are gentle.
The Brighton Pier, formerly known as the Palace Pier.

Pier to Pier (West Pier ruins in the distance)

Through the Snail (or donut, though its proper name is 'Afloat')

How to spend your money

Merry-Go-Round Horse

A Friendly Guest House yikes

Food and Drink

Gulls Galore!

Feeding Frenzy

Regency Square (ought to be a jigsaw puzzle)

Late in the day I also saw a flock of cormorants flying over the sea, in a perfect V formation. Th ephotos not great (I only had a short lens with me), but to add a touch of wildlife, here it is.
Cormorants in formation flight
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

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Comments

Darkogdare Thursday, September 23, 2010 3:12:04 PM

No wonder the gull was staying on that sign chef

ERWINWulpen Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:11:47 PM

Very nice

Adele BrandSittingFox Friday, September 24, 2010 7:41:56 AM

Love the feeding frenzy photo, although it's probably not quite so good to see that sight in person yikes

Words Friday, September 24, 2010 11:30:54 PM

Darko, it's an easy equation: 1 x Food = 100 x Gull

Words Friday, September 24, 2010 11:31:08 PM

Thanks Erwin!

Words Friday, September 24, 2010 11:31:51 PM

Adele, they were getting close... I did spot one flying off with an ice-cream cone!

CynthiaCynthia23 Saturday, September 25, 2010 4:18:28 PM

Looks like you had a nice day. The "Feed Frenzy" photo is something else! You really have a natural talent for getting photos of images that our eyes don't quite see, because the movement is so quick.

Words Saturday, September 25, 2010 5:23:50 PM

Cynthia, thanks! With the gulls it was just a matter of firing the camera and hoping for the best. They were flapping all around me!

CynthiaCynthia23 Monday, September 27, 2010 1:49:02 AM

hahahahah bigsmile

Mark JonesFlying Red Fox Blog Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:07:45 AM

Brighton is such an amazing place and i have very happy memories with Rosie there, we even found a crazy golf course! yes Those 2p/10p machines are sometimes addictive especially when there are small prizes in them. ( i tend to go for the 2p machines only as i spend less!) bigsmile

Words Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:30:59 PM

Mark, those 2p/10p machines are addictive, but next time you're there if you look closely there's a ledge in the front centre of the pile of coins so even though it looks like they are all about to tip over, they're not! scared

Mark JonesFlying Red Fox Blog Friday, October 1, 2010 5:02:47 AM

Wow thanks for the tip, they try and make u spend more when theres no chance of the 2p's falling out yet how naughty lol!

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