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Lovely path on the way to the Talacre (also called Point of Ayre) Lighthouse. Had such a great shoot there with little brother Andy
With no low cloud forecast on most of the apps I use I had an early start yesterday and headed for Talacre. The storm to the left is out over the wind farm in Liverpool Bay.
After several days of being questioned like you were about to dump some illegally imported weapons grade plutonium at the local recycling centre I had a pleasant hour alone on the beach before cracking on with the creosoting. What joyous fun that job is!
The song is from Air and is called All I Need and it's what I was listening to at the time.
Lyrics and band name both seemed apt to me.
Drove through the fog this morning to Talacre and we were treated to a little bit of everything.
Used all three batteries for the drone before the grey sky broke and the sun managed to peep through.
I've missed the sea this year after spending much of last year on the coast and after what has seemed like weeks of flat grey nothingness and wind, a dog walk on the beach, some fresh sea air and the walk back through the dunes was exactly what we needed.
Another very windy morning walk along the beach at Talacre which had us retreating to the relative shelter of the dunes after a few shots getting blasted by the sand out in the open.
Learnt our lesson from the week before when several of the buttons on the back of the camera Helen uses became stuck in. After much wrangling and waggling over the next few days I managed to free them but have sent it off this morning for inspection and a clean just to be safe.
This lighthouse has apparently been purchased to convert into a private residence. The new owners have already started to paint it, a great pity, in my opinion as it will lose a lot of it’s charm.
Canon 5d3 with 24-105mm lens at 24mm
30 seconds, f18 ISO100
Nisi 10 stop ND filter
Nisi 6 stop soft graduated filter
The abandoned Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre. north Wales, UK
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Still my favourite lighthouse, you can always count on Talacre for a nice pool of water and a good sunset. For once I was also really pleased to have this chap walk through my scene :-)
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Sony A7iii - Sony 16-35GM @20mm f2.8
The abandoned Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre. north Wales, UK
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also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre.
It was built in 1776 by a Trust of the Major, Recorder and Aldermen of Chester to warn ships entering between the Dee and the Mersey Estuary. It was replaced by a pile light and was decommissioned in 1844. It is now a privately owned property.
I've not posted a back and white shot for a while and I didn't expect to be posting a sunrise shot in mono either! However, I had to post something after my efforts following a 2.30 am alarm call and dash down to the Point of Ayr to get a sunrise shot of Talacre Lighthouse.
Sadly on this occasion the sunrise just didn't arrive, despite a promising forecast and this was as good as I could produce from the trip. I did stop off at Nant Mill on the way back North and got a decent shot of the Plas Power Waterfall and things improved for a sunset later that day up on Gummers How in the Lake District.
As you can see, I had the place here to myself and the tide was well out. This shot was taken well before sunrise and I could just see the glimpses of light penetrating the cloud. It looks much better in Black and White, which gives you some sense of the underwhelming nature of the colour of this particular dawn. It means that I will have to do it all again, but when the time of sunrise is a little more convenient!
The lighthouse at Talacre has always been a great location to visit. There are so many compositions to choose from, admittedly most include a lighthouse, but the pools and the sand topography around it are always different at low tide after the waves have made their adjustments. I’m not at all impatient about this essential lockdown but it will be so nice to be able to visit it once again.
This enforced time at home has been good for the garden as I have somewhat neglected it over the last few years, taking solace in the notion of a ‘wild garden’. The nettles and brambles have loved it! So the recent weeks have seen it emerge with a ‘short back and sides’. I am so thankful that I even have a garden and I feel for those people who are not so fortunate.
The squirrels are great distributors of the acorns and I get lots of oak seedlings popping up. These would normally be pulled out, but I spotted one the other day and had the idea of the ‘Corona Oak’.
So, I dug it out, potted it up and I will nurture and train it into a ‘standard’ tree (like I know what I'm talking about) and keep it as a reminder of these difficult times that we are currently living through. This is obviously a long-term project although oak saplings will grow pretty quickly in the first few years. Maybe I will post an annual picture of it. I will attach an image of it to this ramble later.
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I send my best wishes to you all. I hope that you are keeping safe and well, and coping with this difficult time, mentally as well as physically. X
I've heard about this place over the years but hadn't had chance to visit until the beginning of this year.........it was raining too then......seems to be a beach to watch the weather roll in.......and get caught in it!
Taken this morning on a bright sunny day with just enough cloud movement to achieve this effect, everyone loves blue sky and white puffy clouds, but with the use of a 16 stop filter i achieved a 5 minute exposure, creating movement i think gives great depth to the image, i am now working on a mono version of it.
The abandoned Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre. north Wales, UK
Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Talacre, North Wales.
Point of Ayr Lighthouse Coordinates... 53.357044°N 3.322174°W
Point of Ayr Lighthouse OS gridSJ 121 853
The Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a Grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre
It was authorised by the Chester Lighthouse Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 61) and built in 1776 by a trust of the Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of Chester to warn ships entering between the Dee and the Mersey Estuary. It was replaced by a pile light and was decommissioned in 1844. It is now a privately owned property.
The lighthouse was listed for sale in 2011 by then owner James McAllister, along with two acres of land, for £100,000. It was eventually sold in April 2012 for £90,000 to a private couple who continue to own the property. Two alleged incidents have been reported by Wales Online.
In 2009, the BBC reported that planning permission had been sought to erect a "human sculpture" inspired by the reported ghostly sightings on the lighthouse balcony. This application was made by then owner James McAllister who intended it to serve as a "serious art installation". Local artist Angela Smith was contracted to design the 7 foot stainless steel ‘lighthouse keeper’ with the initial planning permission being approved for a three-year period. Permission was not sought to retain the structure after this point and the sculpture was relocated.
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A colour version of an image I processed initially in mono.
It had (obviously) just rained, and on my arrival on the sands here, I noticed the beginnings of a rainbow.....so I started to run, and I ran and ran and ran.....had to get to the other side of Talacre Lighthouse, just made it.
I'm not sure if I prefer this, or the mono version (posted below), but it was nice to finally, be able to catch the rainbow!
f7.1 / 1/50th Sec / iso100 / 12mm
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Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Talacre
Decided on some deep archive dipping… again, and came across this image. Couldn’t believe I’d overlooked it first time round. Played with the colours… a bit of punch to the lighthouse in Vivsea2 and hey presto!
Moved it into my Wales folder and lo and behold… already processed the same bloody image!
Sod it… I’m uploading it as a reworked image.
Talacre Lighthouse
Headed to Talacre for sunrise this morning. The tide was on its way out and had washed away any footprints from the previous evening. Since sunrise was at 5:30am we had the beach to ourselves so i took the opportunity to send the drone up for a few shots :)
Though 'H' was at his dad's the weekend past, I was feeling a bit meh ....and a bit frozen so even though it would really do me no good I didn't go out Saturday bar Hero's little walks, the little shop down the road and a quick venture to the front garden for some macro.....By Sunday I was a right grumpy sod- so with warnings I'd be late back for 'H's drop off I went for my weekend walkies - sorry I meant I took Hero for his weekend walkies 😁
Fair old wind blowing and having not done much LE work for a while I'm quite pleased how this turned out.
Not sure why but I do like a square crop when shooting this lighthouse.
Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Talacre, North Wales.
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Having not messed up for some time I did it in spades on this evening. First I left my phone at home and I'm sad to say it made me realise just how much I've grown to depend on it. Just little things like planning to get a coffee from the McDonalds on the A55 and then following the Sat Nav from there down to Talacre.
Second I remembered to do everything before coming out except to put the battery back in my camera and my spare battery was on charge at home. Fortunately I had the other camera with me which I rarely do these days.
And thirdly I misread the sign on the car park and found myself locked in when I got back to the car. Couldn't find a pen to note the emergency number down that was on the locked gate and no phone to take a picture so had to memorise it.
There had been one other photographer up wind from me and he must've had the loudest beep for his timer I've ever heard and it was shot after shot of beep, beep, beep, beep, click. Five seconds later the same and this went on for 30 minutes+. There was also a lady walking her dog on the lead who kept shouting 'Oswald, Oswald, Oswald, come on boy, good boy, Oswald, Oswald, Oswald...'
He's on the bloody lead right next to you wtaf? then beep beep beep beep click.
So I still had those noises going around my head whilst repeating over and over the telephone number and deciding whether I could knock on someone's door at 10 O'clock at night. I decided against that instead opting for finding a late night dog walker on one of the many caravan parks. I finally found one and he kindly let me use his phone.
Security were fairly quick to be fair and when he arrived he slammed the car door and marched up to me with a very stern looking face and motioned for me to wind the window down.
"Under paragraph 3.1, sub section 2, directive 5 of the 1978 guidance laid out in the subsequent parliamentary act..." Oh shit, oh shit I'm going to have to pay a fixed penalty notice to be let out..... "I hereby inform you that unfortunately I'm unable to let you out unless you can provide me and the lads with Cornish pasties or at the bare minimum pork pies!"
Phew, what a guy:) An experience I don't wish to repeat!
HSS!
Probably my favourite from the couple of hours we spent on the beach.
A little tentative venturing back on to a beach after finding myself waist deep in quicksand following the tide out at Crosby a few months ago. Managed to get myself out and wasn't in any real danger as there was a park run about to start 150yds away but not a pleasant experience.
About an hour after sunset so not many stars out. Managed to shoe horn a feint big dipper/plough in to this comp.
It was a sea of green sky looking to the north, with most of the red pillars showing out to the West.
My first visit to the Point of Ayr and the dawn wasn’t the best, but it was a nice tranquil walk through the dunes to the deserted beach.
The Talacre lighthouse definitely has a bit of a lean and close up it certainly shows the signs if it’s age. It was a long drive and an early start to get this shot and the day got better as I took in Plas Power Wood on the way back North, finishing up with a lovely sunset stroll up on Gummers How in the Lake District.