This photograph of of waves breaking on the beach at Aldeburgh was taken on a winters day. A faster shutter speed would have frozen the breaking waves more but the hint of blur in the spray helps foster the impression of movement. Like the poem 'Liminal', also posted on the blog, it celebrates the ever-changing borderline between sea and land. It captures something ephemeral; the scene changed even in the seconds after the shutter clicked.
What it can't capture is the sound of the sea on the shingle. A video would do that but not capture the moment in time- you can't have everything.
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