The Golden Cliffs
21st October 2010
The sunset tonight looked promising with lots of clouds in the sky, but with a band of clear sky at the horizon, so I set off to the Freshwater beach end of Hive beach, near the river inlet to see if I could capture the curves and sweep of the river against a sunset.
As I arrived with time to spare, the clouds were beginning to clear but it was almost high tide and the waves were running over the bank that at the river entrance and the river itself was flowing quite fast ..... so I could not easily cross to the other side. After my adventures with water last week, I decided to play it safe and keep on the West Bay side.
As sunset approached, the sun did drop below the clouds and the cliffs lit up and some of the clouds caught the light too. As there was a light wind, the clouds were tracking across the sky quite nicely, so I got the 10 stop filter out to try some long exposure shots. As I was using the old camera and lens, I was using the B+W screw in filter, which gives a very warm tone to the shots, which was adjusted later in Photoshop.
The long exposure captured the reflection in the water reasonably well, although the waves were rippling the surface constantly, but not a bad light.
The sun was dropping behind lines of clouds as it set and the colours in the sky were changing quite quickly, so with a 2 minute plus exposure, I managed to capture most of the action.
As I arrived with time to spare, the clouds were beginning to clear but it was almost high tide and the waves were running over the bank that at the river entrance and the river itself was flowing quite fast ..... so I could not easily cross to the other side. After my adventures with water last week, I decided to play it safe and keep on the West Bay side.
As sunset approached, the sun did drop below the clouds and the cliffs lit up and some of the clouds caught the light too. As there was a light wind, the clouds were tracking across the sky quite nicely, so I got the 10 stop filter out to try some long exposure shots. As I was using the old camera and lens, I was using the B+W screw in filter, which gives a very warm tone to the shots, which was adjusted later in Photoshop.
The long exposure captured the reflection in the water reasonably well, although the waves were rippling the surface constantly, but not a bad light.
The sun was dropping behind lines of clouds as it set and the colours in the sky were changing quite quickly, so with a 2 minute plus exposure, I managed to capture most of the action.