Stinking Cove

i thought I would post this as there is bad weather on the way in!

An extract from my journal when I was aboard The Petrel ahharr! -

Smashed on rocks like matchsticks she sank to her swirling grave off the Cornish coast. There would be no shipwreck this night, there would be nothing left of us. The cracking of timber was deafening, grown men screaming, clinging to the cliffside as the sea, boiling over with rage, plucked one last chance from their sorry hearts and pulled them down into the bubbling caulrdon. Those who foolishly left their lifes to god that night clung to decking and their prayers.

There actually was a boat called the Petrel, lost off this piece of coastline in 1886. It was a schooner. Trevose lighthouse and the RNLI station that is beside it is such an important part of the Cornish coast. The lifeboat covers such a huge area that if any boats are in trouble within a 90mile radius this one boat and its crew will risk there lives and give it all. Makes you glad we live in England sometimes doesnt it.

This shot is a remix of an old favourite.

Wonderful comp and lots of detail in the water. You had the shutterspeed just perfect imo.
Thanks for sharing.

Edwin Kats

Wonderfully dramatic image David.

superb narative david and excellent image to boot. the rain kept me in the car on attampts here on the 'sunny' isle.

mark

Excellent, moody image, super narrative, and great sentiment too.
Best wishes
Phil

Full of drama, like it a lot

Excellent David. Must get a decent monitor to appreciate stuff like this a bit more

This would look great as a large print hung on a wall. Fantastic stuff

You can almost hear and smell the pounding surf. Excellent

Barry

Hi David,

Very dramatic indeed and a very nice image aswell

Regards

Andy...

Very impressive and dramatic. I'm really interested in how you have done this. Due to circumstance I almost always end up near the sea after the sun has gone down and getting a shutter speed such as this is impossible. What time of day is this taken at? Tristan

Stunning and everything else that has already been said!

Tristan, its taken at around 4.30pm in January. The techs were ISO 400, f4, 1/60th on my old Tamron 28-75 f2.8. This is basically some selective darkening of the image and some contrast increases. It was basically one grim day. There was easily enough light to capture wave movement but only if you didnt need to stop down for any foreground hence f4. Its just a straight shot. I only took the one at this shutter speed and concentrated on capturing long exposures using ND filters, what an idiot! I so wish I had.

Thanks David, thats really interesting. Shots like this look very hard to pull off as effectively as this one. Inspiring stuff....

Impressive David - it really has the feel of a grey grim day. I feel cold shivers just looking at it.