Stormy Seas Newhaven
It is not often I take 1300 picture in one day which was justified on the day of Storm Francis. On Tuesday 25th August 2020 we had rapidly following on from Ellen another unseasonable summer storm called Storm Francis. Signs were good with the forecast showing the rain due to end an hour before my planned arrival and the forecast showing very strong winds with the wind showing as coming from the right direction to get good build up waves. I had doubts until just before leaving with heavy rain then. However I decided to go for it. The waves in the end were the highest I have seen at Newhaven since 2017. The winds were so strong that I had difficulty standing upright at times.
High Tide was later this time at 16.40 but as usual most pictures were taken in the run-up to high tide which is the best time. Although generally cloudy there were times when the sun came out providing better light. The location at Newhaven on the South Coast also had the advantage of a wide and high shingle beach providing a safe location to take pictures even in a fierce storm. The wall is a breakwater for the harbour and with a serious storm massive waves come in from the SW and hit the breakwater also creating a lot of backwash and turbulence. I used an old camera with a rain cover but still struggled keeping the lens clear of water.
This picture was taken about an hour before high tide.
The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with an 18-200mm Tamron zoom at 140mm. Taken handheld. The image was processed first in Capture One Raw Editor. Then it was Topaz Denoise followed by Topaz Clarity for more detail. Finally I converted to mono using Topaz B&W Effects
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Stormy Seas Newhaven
It is not often I take 1300 picture in one day which was justified on the day of Storm Francis. On Tuesday 25th August 2020 we had rapidly following on from Ellen another unseasonable summer storm called Storm Francis. Signs were good with the forecast showing the rain due to end an hour before my planned arrival and the forecast showing very strong winds with the wind showing as coming from the right direction to get good build up waves. I had doubts until just before leaving with heavy rain then. However I decided to go for it. The waves in the end were the highest I have seen at Newhaven since 2017. The winds were so strong that I had difficulty standing upright at times.
High Tide was later this time at 16.40 but as usual most pictures were taken in the run-up to high tide which is the best time. Although generally cloudy there were times when the sun came out providing better light. The location at Newhaven on the South Coast also had the advantage of a wide and high shingle beach providing a safe location to take pictures even in a fierce storm. The wall is a breakwater for the harbour and with a serious storm massive waves come in from the SW and hit the breakwater also creating a lot of backwash and turbulence. I used an old camera with a rain cover but still struggled keeping the lens clear of water.
This picture was taken about an hour before high tide.
The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with an 18-200mm Tamron zoom at 140mm. Taken handheld. The image was processed first in Capture One Raw Editor. Then it was Topaz Denoise followed by Topaz Clarity for more detail. Finally I converted to mono using Topaz B&W Effects
For my Photography books Understand Your Camera and Compose Better Pictures see My Author Page USA or My Author Page UK
Please visit my │ Facebook Page
For Galleries, Prints and Licences see Edwin Jones Photography