Vizula is a small peninsula near the main harbor of Medulin, the small town where I live.
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In this opening photograph, you can see the small auxiliary harbor in one of the inlets of Vizula. When the tide is exceptionally low ...
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... quite a few small boats can be seen stranded in the mud.
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The bay of Medulin is overall pretty shallow ...
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... but that shallowness is even more pronounced in the waters around Vizula.
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If you take a good look at all the details shown in this photograph, you'll notice an oval shape in the mud.
The thing looks almost like a fossil. These are the remains of a small boat that sank into the mud long ago.
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The boat shown in this photograph is still safely situated on the surface of the mud.
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In this shot, the same boat is stranded on the muddy shore but you can also see a small speedboat floating in the shallows.
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Here you can take another look at the wider scenery.
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While I was busy photographing the boats and the scenery, this small bird was resting protected by the thorns of the Paliurus spina-christi.
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Can't tell you what bird this is.
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This photograph shows nothing in particular. Just a stretch of mud and a few stones in the corner of the shot.
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Here you can see my shadow in the foreground. It's a bit like a signature.
In the following photograph ...
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... you can see an old car tire lying on the surface of the mud.
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Here you can take one last look at the bay when the tide is low. The post ends here. As always on Hive, the photographs are my work.
