This post is for the #wednesdaywalk challenge and the #makemesmile challenge collaboration. This collaboration initially took place once a month, but due to its popularity, @tattoodjay (of the #wednesdaywalk) and @elizacheng (of #makemesmile) decided to make it a weekly thing.
If you want to know more about the rules, visit this post by @tattoodjay where you will find all the rules at the bottom of his post after you've enjoyed his beautiful photos from his walk.
This post will be related to my post of last week Friday, Market Friday - An Evening Out on the Canal in The Point Waterfront, Durban.
As mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to experiment with taking evening photos. We went to the canal in The Point Waterfront in Durban, South Africa.
We left early enough to get some photos before dark, just in case my attempt at evening photos failed.
Yet, I shared my evening photos as planned in my post last Friday. But by starting to take some shots earlier, I have enough photos to share about our walk for today as well. Today's photos will cover the surrounding areas of the lower end of the canal.
It was already late afternoon / early evening. So we still had some daylight, but it was just before sunset, which presented us with a calm atmosphere and some nice late-afternoon colors.
I took the first photo from street level, close to where our car was parked.
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F4 ISO100 18mm)
Zooming in...to get the effect of being on the water.
(NIKON D3100 1/125 Second F4 ISO 100 18mm)
To the right, you can see the canal entering between some buildings.
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F4 ISO 110 18mm)
After taking these photos (above), we took a walk down the road leading toward the beach. Walking down this road, we crossed over the canal going over a bridge.
Once we crossed the bridge, I looked back and took the next photo.
The buildings that you can see to the left in the photo (where you can see some cars parked) are where I stood to take the first photos (from road level).
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F4 ISO 100 18mm)
Standing at the same spot, just after passing over the bridge, looking to the left for a view over the canal from here.
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F4 ISO 160 18mm)
Still, in the same spot, I looked to the right to see the sun getting ready to say goodbye for the day.
(NIKON D3100 1/200 second F5 ISO 100 18mm)
The last bit of sunlight for the day, being visible through the clouds...
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F5.6 ISO 250 55mm)
We turned around and continued walking toward the beach.
This is where boat owners can get access to the beach with their vehicle, towing their boats onto the beach. There is also undercover parking available for their vehicles while they spend time on their boats out on the water. This is underneath the lower (south) end of the promenade, stretching all along the beaches of Durban.
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F5.6 ISO 280 18mm)
In the next photo, you can see two boats still being out on the water just below the horizon...
The ocean was so peaceful...there were hardly any waves...
(NIKON D3100 1/125 F5.6 ISO 360 55mm)
We entered the beach area by passing underneath the bridge and took a right turn along a walkway just above the beach.
This area is well-kept and decorated along the walkway...
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F4 ISO 400 18mm)
Eventually, we walked up some stairs, taking us onto the promenade just above us.
Standing on the promenade, I took the next photo, looking out over the beach, with the city of Durban in the background.
(NIKON D3100 1/125 second F4 ISO 400 18mm)
We went off the promenade on the opposite side to approach the canal again, but from the back, walking over an open piece of land covered with grass.
Here we found another family that went out for an early evening walk...lol.
(NIKON D3100 1/60 second F5.6 ISO 1600 55mm)
In the next photo, we reached the canal again and stood next to it. Here you can see the bridge from where I took the photos earlier on. I am referring to the photos where I looked back over the bridge and when I was admiring the sunset through the clouds. Those photos were taken while I stood on the bridge, to the far right in this photo.
(NIKON 3100 1/125 F4 ISO 360 18mm)
Behind me was this pedestrian bridge. You can use this bridge to get access to the buildings on the other side of the canal.
(NIKON D3100 1/60 second F3.5 ISO 600 18mm)
(NIKON D3100 1/60 second F3.5 ISO 800 18mm)
In front of the building, right next to the canal, is this interesting little venue that gives me the impression that sometimes they might host some activities there.
(NIKON D3100 1/60 second F3.5 ISO 560 20mm)
Taking a closer look...
(NIKON D3100 1/60 second F4.5 ISO 1600 34mm)
If you look at the first two photos in this post, you will see an area to the left that is perfect for people to sit down (to the left in the photos). It's directly opposite this little venue, just on the other side of the canal, perfect to present a nice musical event or something.
After this, darkness started to set in and I started focusing on the photos which I shared in last Friday's post.
So, that's it for today folks.
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