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It was time to embrace the grey at the beach this afternoon...still no sun but lots of fun playing with my new ND1000 filter anyway...though I think shifting sand might have done for the sharpness. One to remember for next time!
Well I think they're cirrus?
When we arrived at around 2:00pm the sun was still out. By 3:00pm it was like this.
Taken from the esplanade at Littlehampton, West Sussex.
I've shot this structure before. but I wanted to take a gander at the high water mark for another shot I have in mind, which I’m hoping to go back and shoot in the next couple of days, when high tide will be a little later.
Update: Well, the weather closed in so that was that for the time being.
There can be few places quite as gloriously depressing as an English seaside town on a bleak, grey, rainy mid-winter's day.
Our intrepid hero is setting off for a bit of a sail. He might go one way, or the other once he's clear of the River Arun, but either way he's going to enjoy it; you can just tell. I expect that he's packed a decent round of sandwiches too; why would he not?
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Littlehampton.
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Littlehampton, April 2007. Came across this on an external drive and it struck me as something David Gibson might do...
Getting up early enough to catch a sunrise is a rare thing for me, even in winter, so it’s always gratifying when I do manage to haul myself out of bed at ridiculous o’clock and am rewarded with a bit of a cracker.
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I always admire people who can just "do" street photography. They are up there, in my book, with those who seem to be able to waltz into a forest, snap a photo and walk away with an amazing shot. I like to dip my toes into both genres but am never really happy with the results. In fact I seem to recall making it a new year's promise a few years ago that I'd try more when it comes to both street and woodland photography.
With this in mind I headed down to Littlehampton beach front for a spot of street photography. Parked the rental car and tried to pay for my stay - 2 hours should be enough I thought - only for the pay machine to throw a fit and declare it's card reader non-operational. I fumbled in my wallet and frustratingly only had enough coppers and half pennies for one hour of parking. I'll make the most of it I thought and headed off to this location. After a few minutes of standing here, waiting and working on my composition a primary school class and teacher showed up. Not wanting to get into trouble, or get suspicious looks thrown my way I wandered 250 or so meters away to another shelter/bench like this. Set up again only for the same class to show up and sit there after a few more minutes. Frustrated I stomped back to the original location. Almost 20 minutes in and I hadn't really gotten anything. Lo and behold, a few minutes later the same class came back. The teacher grinned at me and I knew then she was doing it deliberately. So I stood my ground, pointed the camera in this direction and waited her out. She blinked first, sheepishly herding her class away to the right of this scene. Victory! But it cost me 25 minutes of my one hour of parking.
Came away with some shots that I'm really happy with though they feel a little same-y with the cool shapes that meander across the scene. I did try and get the odd cyclist but couldn't time it quite right with them being half hidden behind the structure. Guess I need to get out and practice street photography more then....
Nestled on the south coast in West Sussex is the seaside town of Littlehampton. Here you can find a cluster of semaphores to envy the finest displays remaining in the UK. The small terminus is also frequented by the ageing 313 units dating back to 1976. Both the semaphores and units days are numbered. 313206 is seen leaving Littlehampton passing the signal box with the 1816 to Bognor Regis.