An eventful day at Freshwater Beach
10th October 2010
It was an eventful day today. I got up early as it looked like mist was lying across Bridport so I ventured up the hills to try and capture the sunrising across the town, but alas, it was low level cloud and I didn't see the sun until nearly 10.
So instead I went off to Hive Beach for another high spring tide, but as the wind had turned to the North, all the waves were being reduced to a rolling action, rather than a crashing one. I managed to capture a few early morning shots.
Later in the day I went back to the beach, starting at the Freshwater end of Hive Beach, where a large collection of rocks, ledges and seaweed had been uncovered by the low tide. I managed to capture some good shots today and I was a happy boy.
Towards the end of the shoot, as I ventured back to the Hive Beach Cafe (the best cafe on the South Coast, if not the UK), I stopped at a set of larger uncovered rocks/boulders to try out some long exposure shots. As I was setting up the camers, fixing the tripod so it was sturdy in amongst the rocks and waves, a large wave caught me off guard and sent me flying, and the camera/tripod too. That was the end of the shoot and the camera is currently drying off on a radiator with a hair drier aimed at it too.
It may have been an expensive afternoon as my Sigma 10-20 went swimming too which has water inside the lens, so I think thats the end of that.
There's a few to come on Flickr over the next day or two as I process them, but here's one of my favourites from today.
So instead I went off to Hive Beach for another high spring tide, but as the wind had turned to the North, all the waves were being reduced to a rolling action, rather than a crashing one. I managed to capture a few early morning shots.
Later in the day I went back to the beach, starting at the Freshwater end of Hive Beach, where a large collection of rocks, ledges and seaweed had been uncovered by the low tide. I managed to capture some good shots today and I was a happy boy.
Towards the end of the shoot, as I ventured back to the Hive Beach Cafe (the best cafe on the South Coast, if not the UK), I stopped at a set of larger uncovered rocks/boulders to try out some long exposure shots. As I was setting up the camers, fixing the tripod so it was sturdy in amongst the rocks and waves, a large wave caught me off guard and sent me flying, and the camera/tripod too. That was the end of the shoot and the camera is currently drying off on a radiator with a hair drier aimed at it too.
It may have been an expensive afternoon as my Sigma 10-20 went swimming too which has water inside the lens, so I think thats the end of that.
There's a few to come on Flickr over the next day or two as I process them, but here's one of my favourites from today.