Glitter path...

With camera in hand I'm continually drawn to water. To be more precise, it's the visual distortion of light on water that is the main attraction. Over the years I've slowly learned to note the various visual effects and patterns created by the light on water. On first glance, it's easy to assume that there are big dissimilarities in how light behaves on, for example, a wide ocean compared with the surface of the smallest of ponds. However, there is much in common. This image, shot from Southwold Pier in Suffolk, is of a "glitter path" - the reflection of a light source (in this case, the sun) - an effect created by the the ever-changing sizes of all the individual waves and ripples. The many individual shards of 'glitters' of various sizes all amalgamate to create this dramatic distorted reflection on the water surface.