Project 52, Week 49

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For week 49 of my Project 52, I present you with two photos (why not, after all?).

The first was taken in Bernières-sur-Mer, Calvados. One of my grandsons saw a Christmas tree, making it a seasonal photo, if a little ahead of its time.

• NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D810
• Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD (Nikon F)
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/640 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 640

I went back to this spot today, with the idea of taking a drone photo of the isolated fir. Conditions were ideal (low sun, low tide, no wind), but the fir had disappeared entirely

The second photo is the result of an event that took place on the night of January 14 to 15, 1885, also in Calvados. That night, a 19-meter-long whale ran aground at Luc-sur-Mer. Photos of the event can be found at https://lucsurmer.fr/ma-mairie/mon-quotidien/culture-evenements/maison-de-la-baleine/.

The whale's skeleton can be seen in the gardens of the town hall. Three of its ribs were broken (probably due to a collision with a ship) and had healed.

• NIKON CORPORATION - NIKON D810
• Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
• 48.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1250 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 640

Two friends independently pointed out to me that the first image could also be interpreted as drawing the ribs of the whale in the sand.