IN THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUST 2015

The days were sunny, the summer was still hot, and I was mostly outdoors during that period. In today's post, I'll show you some stuff I photographed back then, in the last days of August 2015. Have a good viewing.

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I created this opening GIF last late night, using three shots taken on the 30th of August 2015 in the coastal area about four or five kilometers from the village of Shishan.

Here you can see two airborne people attached to the yellow parachute-like thing ...

... pulled by a small speedboat.

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Today, while preparing the post, I learned that the type of recreational summer activity shown in these photographs is called parasailing. The rounded parasail wing looked like a big flying jellyfish.

This and the previous parasailing-related photographs were taken on the same day as those used in the opening GIF but the place is different. The coastal are shown here ...

... is called Marlera.

The place is situated a couple of kilometers from the village of Liznjan.

This small butterfly from the Hesperiidae family was also photographed there.

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Pyrgus carthami is the name of the species.

Here you can see a mating pair of Spilostethus pandurus, bugs from the Lygaeidae family.

Late last night, I used this old shot to play a bit with the colors in Photoshop. The intention was to turn the familiar scenery into an alien landscape.

I have more photographs from Marlera, but right now ...

... I wanna show you three shots from my hometown ...

... taken on the 29th of August. Some kind of summer fair was going on in the park near the harbor and the seaside promenade. The weather was warm. the beer was cold, and the atmosphere was nice and relaxed.

I took one of those happy evening shots and changed it in Photoshop to add a bit of diversity.

Here you can see me picking the plums in my garden earlier that day.

With this photograph Im in Marlera again ...

... and the date is the 30th of August. Again.

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As the seawater rapidly evaporates from the small, shallows pools on the rocks in the intertidal zone ...

... it leaves beautiful salt formations behind.

I mean, they look great if you have the patience to take an up-close look and explore the small details.

Seen from a distance, they are just white patches on the gray or brown rocks.

Here you can see a feather trapped in the salt. The feather probably belonged to a seagull.

Some of those salty shapes were very elegant.

I can observe these and similar things for hours. Especially when I get mesmerized by the strong midday sun.

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You can see another feather incrusted with salt in this shot.

Here you can take a monochrome look at the intertidal salt for a change.

This photograph was taken from the balcony of my house. People used to explore the big communal garbage cans in the hope to find the precious plastic bottles.

On the 31st of August, In Marlera, I came across something that looked like a big floating creature made of nylon. I mean, is more like the thing has come across me. I was laying on the rocks after a long swim...

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... when I noticed the big white thing floating on the turquoise surface of the sea near the shore. It looked like some giant jellyfish from a distance.

In ten minutes or so, the thing reached the shore and ended up stranded on the rocks. I pulled it out of the water and brought it to the edge of the nearby cultivated filled covered with cabbages. The nylon probably came from there or some similar place along the coast of the bay.

I photographed the foam on that occasion as well.

The lovely bubbles caught my attention.

Here you can take an up-close look at the wet nylon.

Later that day, at home, I created this simple artwork using a photograph of the planks of an old, decaying wooden boat stranded on the lawn in the Liznjan's harbor.

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On the 29th of August, a friend from Belgrade came to visit. These two photographs were taken in my living room.

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In this set of four casual self-portraits, you can see me posing in my car parked by the side of a dusty unpaved road near the sea, in Marlera.

This evening shot was taken on the same day, the 30th of August, in the same coastal area.

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On the 31st of August, I spent the evening in the house of a friend that leaves in Pula, the nearest city.

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This dead Pinocchio-like figure was photographed there.

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The post started on the stretch of coastline four or five kilometers from the village of Shishan, and now ...

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