Steve Pellatt
Addicted to Thrift
Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Having seen the tail end of the heather season in Cornwall last year I set myself the target of shooting the Sea Thrift this year. Pleased to say the week I was in Cornwall it was flowering well so you are likely to see quite a few images with it in!
Sea Thrift (Armnia Maritima) forms a dense, mounded tufts of grass like leaves that spread slowly. It blooms here in the UK in mid-late Spring and is commonly found in craggy coastal locations like Cornwall. It grows to about 15-30cm (6"-12") in height and is pretty tolerant of any soil so long as it's well drained and prefers full sun/partial shade. It's basically resistant to disease/pests and drought tolerant once established. In other words it's a hardy little fella and our coastlines here are all the better for it.
Godrevy Lighthouse is an area that always features highly on the recommendations of where to shoot in Cornwall and was relatively close to my campsite. Having pitched my tent I thought this would be a convenient location for a first shoot. Unfortunately no epic sky for sunset (it just got more and more grey & featureless) and the tides were not great to shoot from the ledges which are the more common spots to shoot from here.
I therefore contented myself with looking for compositions to make the most of the thrift and the lighthouse. Luckily close to the car park I found a gap in a 'wall' of sea thrift and knew I had to find some compositions to include it in. Couldn't get the gap in the wall to line up with the lighthouse so this was one of the angles I shot this at and even if I say so myself am pretty happy with how it's come out. tried several edits and in the end went for a painterly preset but reduced the amount significantly and, if you can believe it, desaturated the grass/greens as they just looked too vivid.
Thanks for viewing and hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Addicted to Thrift
Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Having seen the tail end of the heather season in Cornwall last year I set myself the target of shooting the Sea Thrift this year. Pleased to say the week I was in Cornwall it was flowering well so you are likely to see quite a few images with it in!
Sea Thrift (Armnia Maritima) forms a dense, mounded tufts of grass like leaves that spread slowly. It blooms here in the UK in mid-late Spring and is commonly found in craggy coastal locations like Cornwall. It grows to about 15-30cm (6"-12") in height and is pretty tolerant of any soil so long as it's well drained and prefers full sun/partial shade. It's basically resistant to disease/pests and drought tolerant once established. In other words it's a hardy little fella and our coastlines here are all the better for it.
Godrevy Lighthouse is an area that always features highly on the recommendations of where to shoot in Cornwall and was relatively close to my campsite. Having pitched my tent I thought this would be a convenient location for a first shoot. Unfortunately no epic sky for sunset (it just got more and more grey & featureless) and the tides were not great to shoot from the ledges which are the more common spots to shoot from here.
I therefore contented myself with looking for compositions to make the most of the thrift and the lighthouse. Luckily close to the car park I found a gap in a 'wall' of sea thrift and knew I had to find some compositions to include it in. Couldn't get the gap in the wall to line up with the lighthouse so this was one of the angles I shot this at and even if I say so myself am pretty happy with how it's come out. tried several edits and in the end went for a painterly preset but reduced the amount significantly and, if you can believe it, desaturated the grass/greens as they just looked too vivid.
Thanks for viewing and hope everyone is having a great weekend.