A Kind gift received and my morning walk
I started my day early with a visit ( yet again I hear you say, but I love this beach) to Walnut Beach and did about 6.5 K at the beach mainly because I got there even earlier today and it was still pitch black when I got there a little after 5:30 AM. after the beach I did some grocery shopping and the rest of the day has been another quiet day watching the Rugby World Cup Games.
Ohh NO there was something else I did today open the kind gift I received from 
And what was the gift you may ask, well here it is
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Isnt it such a beautiful Silver Round,
@silversaver88 decided one week to draw names of people who commented onher post and send them some silver and I was so lucky to get this one which I love.
Sorry the shots are not the best but I kept forgetting to take the shots and did these in a bit of a rush
Here is the other side of the round
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And upon her advice, I was very careful not to touch the face of the rounds, or any part of it for that matter I could not find cotton gloves around the house, so I put it in place with a new Lint-free cloth I have for cleaning my camera and lenses
I will have to watch this coin if my wife's Son ever sees it he loved dragons and would love to have it I am sure
But he is not the only one I will have to watch out for
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Bahbahra seems ot have taking a strong interest in it
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iPhone shots of another walk on Walnut Beach
As I said it was still really dark when I got to the beach and I decided to not share the first two photos i took, and they are basically all black with a slight hint of blue in the sky and a star showing, very boring, so I will start with this shot a little way through my walk
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As you can see it was still fairly dark at this stage, but you can see there were quite a few boats achorded still around Charles island.
Charles Island from another Angle and you can see it was Low tide again this morning when I was there.
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A little bit later and its getting a bit lighter
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This next shot was taken from out on the pier
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Funny thing a guy came along with a bridge camera ( which is a camera called a bridge camera as it is midway between a point and shoot and a DSLR or mirrorless camera) , who clearly thought he was an expert on photography, who proceeded to tell me I was shooting from the wrong angle and needed a better tripod, I was somewhat subtle and a bit evil perhap[s in my response, First I thanked him for his advice, and said clearly you know a lot about photography, but can I ask you a question, he smiled and said sure and I asked How often have you been in the Milford Living magazine? he got a big smile and said I had one of my photos in one of the issues, I smiled and said WOW that's great, congratulations, was it the cover, and he said no just in an article, and then I said How about those beautiful Murals I see on the Bank each Season were any of those yours and he said not yet I keep submitting but haven't been chosen yet.
Then I smiled and pointed out my tripod was better than his since he didn't have one, and went on to say, I have had photos in nearly every issue of the Magazine for the last four years, been on the bank Mural many times, and as such I would give him a little advise, save his advice for those who ask for it, wished him a good day and walked away, another photographer that was on the pier as this happened and who had been given advise before me, followed me off the pier and to the car park, and then said well done and cracked up laughing thanking me for putting that person in his place.
And a last shot as the sun was rising
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And that’s all folks