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Thornwick, Yorkshire

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted April 3, 2011114 views4 comments

I went off to the Yorkshire coast one day last week to suss out a few locations I've been meaning to visit for a while. This one was towards the end of the day as the sun was getting low and giving off some lovely warm light. No doubt it will be better a little later in the year but I wanted to see what opportunites are there.
There are some gorgeous rocks, boulders, cliffs, caves, etc. I was struggling a bit to find a good angle with strong lead in lines, given the angle of light and also the tide levels. But this is probably my favourite of the evening. I'd ideally liked about a 22mm lens here I think - just to get a bit more on the LH side, although the f/g seaweed and shells would have then been a bit central... I also find the dark boulders towards the middle of the frame a little distracting. Any thoughts welcome - I'm sure I can improve on this but given the constraints and that this was really meant as an initial recce, I was reasonably happy.

Hand blended in photoshop from 3 exposures. 24 TSE tilted around 2.5 degrees I think, 3 stop hard ND grad substituting as a plain old ND filter and CPL.

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4 comments

Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on April 3, 2011 at 4:57 PM

I think you did well here Lizzie...
I like the rich golden light on the yonder cliff and the clarity throughout. The textures of the foreground rocks and the crustaceans/weed on it are quite interesting and different to other "seascape" shots that might be similarly composed. Water blur is just right IMHO.

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 3, 2011 at 9:14 PM

That little bit of seaweed on the foreground rock is terrific. It really makes the foreground work well and adds enough interest to balance the lovely light on the cliffs. I think having that seaweed off to the side helps balance the mass of cliff that's on the right. I'm glad you didn't have the extra 2 mm of width.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Lizzie Shepherd on April 4, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Thanks very much for the comments guys.
Mark - I guess I just feel that bottom left corners is a tiny bit constrained - probably another 1mm would have done it to be fair! ;-) I don't feel it's a big issue but I'm always looking to see what I can improve upon hence the comments. Anyway, very glad it works for you as is

Registered on March 2, 2011, 18 Posts, 120 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Rosser on April 5, 2011 at 3:25 PM

The light on the FG rocks is lovely, a nice pleasing image!

Paul Rosser.

Registered on October 25, 2009, 61 Posts, 188 Comments