Dorset Landscape Photography: Sunset over West Bay
22nd August 2011
Dorset Landscape Photography:
Sunset over West Bay
The sky was looking like it might provide some magic tonight with broken clouds across most of the sky, with part of t definately a Mackerel sky... always good.
I headed off to find a good spot and ended up on the seafront at West Bay, looking out across the rocks on the front towards Thorncombe Beacon and Golden Cap. The sun was going down in some layered cloud, but colour was already building in the sky above.
I setup my tripod, composed my shot and waited for the sky to fill in with more colour.
As I was waiting a friend rang and as I took the call, I turned and paced while speaking. The skies behind were definately filling in nicely which brought more hope for a great sunset.
A further 5 minutes and I looked again to the East and the skies were on fire. The setting sun had lit the skies with an amazing dusky pink and the high level clouds were glowing. I had to rapidly setup again to capture a few shots before the colour ran across the sky, so probably not the best composition.
As they say in the Panto's : "Its behind you", so one of the golden rules of photography : always look the other way too!
Sunset over West Bay
The sky was looking like it might provide some magic tonight with broken clouds across most of the sky, with part of t definately a Mackerel sky... always good.
I headed off to find a good spot and ended up on the seafront at West Bay, looking out across the rocks on the front towards Thorncombe Beacon and Golden Cap. The sun was going down in some layered cloud, but colour was already building in the sky above.
I setup my tripod, composed my shot and waited for the sky to fill in with more colour.
As I was waiting a friend rang and as I took the call, I turned and paced while speaking. The skies behind were definately filling in nicely which brought more hope for a great sunset.
A further 5 minutes and I looked again to the East and the skies were on fire. The setting sun had lit the skies with an amazing dusky pink and the high level clouds were glowing. I had to rapidly setup again to capture a few shots before the colour ran across the sky, so probably not the best composition.
As they say in the Panto's : "Its behind you", so one of the golden rules of photography : always look the other way too!