Color photo. A metal beam, dotted with barnacles. A group of starfish cling to the inside of the beam. One is bright orange and the rest are dark purple.

This morning saw me getting up early (for me) to join some friends for low tide at the Fauntleroy ferry terminal to do some tide-pooling.

I was expecting “walk around the beach at low tide, seeing what critters were caught in the tidepools”, and dressed accordingly.  The reality was “wade in the shallow water under the pier and look for critters on and between the pilings”.  Which was fine!  Shoes and socks came off, pants were rolled up, and wading happened.  🙂

Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR Macro

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Color photo. An orange starfish clinging to a rusty piling above the water. Bright green patches of seaweed also cling to the piling nearby.
Color photo. A chunky purple starfish, clinging to a barnacle covered piling. The starfish is mostly above the water, and it's skin is covered in little white dots.
Color photo. A metal beam, dotted with barnacles. A group of starfish cling to the inside of the beam. One is bright orange and the rest are dark purple.
Color photo. A barnacle covered wooden piling, with a similarly barnacle festooned ladder attached to it. On a bottom rung of the ladder a crow is perched, staring at the viewer. Beyond, in the water, is a black and yellow boat, out of focus. The water and sky are almost indistinguishable, a hazy blue-white, separated by an indistinct line of hills on the far shore of Puget Sound.