Scavenger Hunts - 2 weeks @ Rainbow Beach

We've been on holiday at Rainbow Beach for two weeks. :-) So this week I've got two weeks worth, but I completed the Scavenger Hunts within their weeks, I just couldn't edit or upload them till we got home.  
This week:

1. Inspired by a Book or Movie

Message in a Bottle

I used to read books and watch movies a lot but since becoming a mother I just haven't had the time to immerse myself in a book, I only read non fiction parenting books, home decorating or photography books now, they're easy to just pick up and put down too. Also since getting into photography I spend most of my evenings editing, or with my husband. So I racked my brain for this prompt and thought "Message in a Bottle" was the perfect theme to use, considering we were on a rugged beach.
Message in a Bottle is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. Based on a novel with the same name by Nicholas Sparks, the film stars Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn, and Paul Newman.
Most of the work went into the prop of the bottle I tried to distress it by rubbing it along some paving and used sandpaper on it and cut a cork from a champagne cork. I even aged the paper for the letter.

2. Brown

Mushrooms growing on a log and leaf litter along the path to the beach.

3. Hazy

A hazy sunrise, the coloured sand cliffs are engulfed in mist, only to burn off and reveal another beautiful day on the beach.

4. Coffee or Tea

I love coffee and herbal teas! I especially love to go out for cappuccinos, this one is from my favourite Italian restaurant in Rainbow Beach village, Arcobaleno.  

5. Linger

We lingered away the holidays at the beach, from sunrise to sunset, feeling the soft sand beneath our feet, the sun warming our bodies, clouds drifting across the sky, we listen to the surf crash against the sand, then linger, mirroring the colours from the sky.

Last week:

1. Low Key

A feather found on the beach disappears into darkness.

2. The Colour Wheel

Monochromatic

Water drops on grasses. 

Analogous

A seed pod on the beach, taken with my 50mm lens and extension tube.

Chromatic Gradation

Wild grasses on the beach.
I hope these are right, I'm not the greatest at the colour wheel and it's hard to get pure strong colours at the beach. 

3. Circle

Somehow I missed this was supposed to be part of a self portrait, probably had something to do with looking up the prompts on my husbands smart phone, see Phone below.
But this is the circle through which I see and document my view of life.

4. Scarf

The temperature jumped ten degrees Celsius the week before our holiday but I still took some scarves with me, which of course I never wore. I hung them up on the string line between some trees though and watched them flap in the sea breezes.

5. Phone

My son is amazing with technology, I'm amazed watching him play Angry Birds on my husband's smart phone, fingers flicking here and there. I'm so cell phone challenged I accidentally deleted some comments when I checked my blog with the phone, although I started to get the hang of it after two weeks.