Richard Childs
Mid-Winter sunset, Ardmucknish Bay.
We've been rather busy over the last week or so winding up the gallery with a big sale and massive movement of all the printers and computers etc. As a consequence I have had little time to photograph but have managed to squeeze in the odd day here and there and am trying to make at least one image at the start or end of every day locally to keep my head in the right place.
The sun no longer has the strength to thaw the snow even on the shoreline with the midday temperatures staying well below zero. My local beach is spectacularly beautiful offering a wealth of new possibilities under its new white cloak.
This image was made with my last sheet of film at about 4.15pm last night (45 mins after sunset). Metering the snow I set my mid-tone 1 1/3 stops under to hold plenty of the blue reflecting from the sky. The exposure time was 1 minute extended to 2 to allow for reciprocity failure. A further 1 min 20secs were added as the light levels dropped by a stop during the original time allowed.
A privilege to be out in such wonderful conditions.
Mid-Winter sunset, Ardmucknish Bay.
We've been rather busy over the last week or so winding up the gallery with a big sale and massive movement of all the printers and computers etc. As a consequence I have had little time to photograph but have managed to squeeze in the odd day here and there and am trying to make at least one image at the start or end of every day locally to keep my head in the right place.
The sun no longer has the strength to thaw the snow even on the shoreline with the midday temperatures staying well below zero. My local beach is spectacularly beautiful offering a wealth of new possibilities under its new white cloak.
This image was made with my last sheet of film at about 4.15pm last night (45 mins after sunset). Metering the snow I set my mid-tone 1 1/3 stops under to hold plenty of the blue reflecting from the sky. The exposure time was 1 minute extended to 2 to allow for reciprocity failure. A further 1 min 20secs were added as the light levels dropped by a stop during the original time allowed.
A privilege to be out in such wonderful conditions.