Approaching Rainstorm

One of my favourite views of the Mid-Wales coast this (Mawdach Estuary) and at this time of the year as the sunsets towards it's mouth and rain showers whip in off the Irish Sea it can be quite a dramatic spot too - if a darned windy one!

1DS Mk2
100-400mm
ISO 200
f/11 1/30
Capture One CS2 standard processing

Great shot Mark, love the light, conditions and composition. Very nice. Tristan

the number of times I've been half way across that bridge and the rain has come down, which way to run ??

nice light and great composition, does it convert well to black and white ?

Hi Mark,

A shot with a lot of atmosphere. Colours and composition are all very good.

Nice work

Regards

Rob

Looks a bit like Three Cliffs Bay on Gower, but more spectacular! A nice shot with lovely light. Is it me, or is it tilting slightly to the right?

beautiful scene, with dramatic light

does look slightly tilted to me too

Beautiful scene and lovely light. Looks a bit soft but maybe thats my screen.

Paul

Yeah very nice Mark. Looks to me like it's tilting slightly too. Like the way the water leads you to the upper part. Nicely done

Thanks for the comments:

Steve - some of the tones in this are too subtle for B&W iI think so it's not one that works that way for me

Re the tilting - I too thought that as I was working on the image, but I think it's possibly an optical illusion due to the nature of the cloud on the horizon and the curve of the coastline - the causeway bridge is level when I checked it with the measure tool and if I rotated for the horizon it wouldn't be. Odd one though.

Mark

I think this is an absolutely beautiful picture and the colours are great. I also thought it was tilted, but having read your last comment, a closer look suggests that the rainstorm is a little nearer than the horizon making it look lower on the right. Great shot for me though.