These barnacles may have been a bit shocked by their exposure but they’re tough things and can cope. I was trying to keep my nose a good 5 feet away from the rocks (in a vertical way) and the barnacles were actually extremely helpful as they provide good grip underfoot. It seemed only fair to photograph them and record the scene although I feel the rocks adds more beauty than the barnacles.
I was tempted to call this image ‘Blistering barnacles’ but I was never a big fan of Tintin and so it’s ‘Blue barnacles’.
