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Praia de Estaquinha is a beautiful secluded beach which can be reached from Praia da Albandeira via a tunnel. From the beach I could get a different angle on the stunning sea arch, Arco da Albandeira.
Porches, Lagoa, Portugal
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The first warm light illuminates the cliffs at Arco da Albandeira
Porches, Faro, Portugal
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There were quite a number of people in this photo so I had to eliminate them.I thought the police might have noticed by now but nothing yet. So you would all be advised to fave my photos or...............!! Lol! Anyway it wasnt me Officer, honest! it was PSP X8! Now would I lie to you?
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Sea arches are one of the natural splendors of North Cape, PEI.
They started out as a small hole, and every year - and after every storm - it got larger and eventually collapsed as their structures were severely weakened.
Taken in between rains on one early stormy morning...
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Another shot from my recent stay in Spain. This is the sea arch and watchtower at Perulico just as the sun was about to rise.
I had made my journey along the dusty track in the dark and this was one of the first shots I took in the blue hour with some nice light on the inner arch. It is wonderful to have locations like this all to yourself. I have been to this location several times and never once encountered another photographer.
This watchtower is typical of the coastal towers all along this coastline and make for interesting subjects.
One last shot with my stunt gull. A picture of Arch Rock from Goat Rock. I took this picture back on Friday. It of course isn't the same gull in each picture... or is it?
About 10 miles south of the Canadian border in northern MN is an interesting little sea arch called Hollow Rock.
I was hoping for an amazing sunrise which didn't work out so I settled for some subtle color in the evening sky.
This was on a terrific day at the glorious Praia da Marinha, one of Europe's finest beaches. We've been there last year but it looked very different this time and the tide was out so we could spend hours at the sandy beaches enjoying the views. On a side note I was amazed by the sheer quantity of fossils within the sandstone. There were boulders packed full of fossilised clams, sponges, coral etc.
Here is the view from Shovel Point looking back toward Palisade Head in Tettegouche State Park. About midway in the picture you can see what's left of the sea arch, which collapsed, leaving behind a tree-covered stone pillar isolated in the lake.
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What a magical place in Donegal. Reminds of Doolin in Clare, a lovely little town with an amazing route down to the sea arch which is not accessible for everyone.
The Moray Coast, Scotland. 10 Stopper Filter!
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The Needle's Eye near Macduff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on a day the brought challenging conditions in which to photograph.
The Whiterocks just outside Portrush on Northern Ireland's North Coast. Image taken from the ruins of Dunluce Castle on a miserable cloudy day, but luckily caught a slight break in the clouds that lit part of the scene and brought out the beautiful turquoise blues in the sea.
After a recent 6 hours' drive to Yorkshire from the South West, this is what greeted me, situated just offshore from the limestone peninsula of Flamborough Head. I was kindly informed by a chap who lived there that it was known by local toggers as 'The Drinking Dinosaur' from its silhouetted shape. As with other dinosaurs he'll be extinct too, when his Sea Arch 'neck' erodes through and collapses to leave a Sea Stack.
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First stop on today's jaunt along some of the Moray Firth coast with Steve (Stoates) was at Bow Fiddle Rock near Portknockie.
The cloud cover was changing all the time but not enough to give us one of those spectacular sunrises I always hope for, so we had to settle for something more subtle.
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Sea arch at Bloody Foreland, Donegal.
Shot taken in June on a photography workshop with Peter Gordon of Explorelight.
Bempton Cliffs
The sea arch at the moment is home to hundreds of gannets. Near the top left of the photo you can see a building, this is the RSPB visitor centre, cafe and shop. It is open at the moment, but the cafe is take away service only with outside seating, fortunately is was a lovely day for everyone to sit outside, socially distanced of course. Also on the left hand side of the shot at the edge of the cliff is one of the viewing platforms, I believe this one is Staple Newk. Each platform is constructed of wood, they all have wheelchair access, along with a dedicated area with a lower viewing section so people in wheelchairs can set up their cameras or binoculars. The path along the cliff top is also very wheelchair friendly. The best time to visit to see many more species of birds is during the spring when the puffins arrive.
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I haven't photographed or posted an image of Bow Fiddle Rock at Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland, for a while. So here's one from a relatively calm day recently.
A similar shot to my earlier 'seaweed and sea arches' post.
Slightly different angle and perspective.
Not sure which I prefer but the more I go through the sphere shots, the more I want to experiment.
Technically it's a jaggedy oval I suppose, buy hey ho.
Either way I think I could have spent all day here and not tired of tacking photos.
Well, I can officially cross this one off the bucket list.. Even this photo cannot serve enough justice on how amazing this sight is. The northern lights gave an amazing show over this sea-stack in northern Iceland. Enjoy!
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I love it when a northerly storm kicks in. People always ask me why. My response is usually because it creates this! So much action and mood to capture. Sometimes there is so much going on that is hard to choose which moment to publish. I decided the best location today was going to be Bow Fiddle Rock as I knew the tide was right and that the waves would be moving around the rocks in the foreground in just the right way for what I wanted to achieve. This location is near Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland.
One of Whitburns more accessable sea arches at dawn. Would love to do a night shoot here but i think traversing over the rocky shoreline in the dark would be a step too far...even for me!
Great Pollet Sea Arch, County Donegal, Ireland
Great Pollet Sea Arch is Ireland’s largest sea arch and was formed as a result of thousands of years of erosion from the wild Atlantic Ocean. It’s located on the eastern side of the Fanad Peninsula.
This was taken yesterday afternoon during a two day 1-2-1 with Gareth, a regular client of mine. I love Anglesey and it is a wonderful island full of gems, some revealed and some hidden and this location at Rhoscolyn is a place that I have been wanting to visit for about three years now and yesterday I had the chance to do so so I took Gareth along to see what he would make of it too.
He was not disappointed. Me too. The walk down to the water's edge is erm....let's just say....quite steep on grass (don't go down if wet otherwise you'll slide off the huge grassy slope and into the water and that would be fatal). But we both managed to descend down to the water's edge with lots of care and attention but the effort was so worth it.
The seas were raging, with huge waves crashing against the cliffs and rocks. We stood far enough back to avoid the waves themselves (just) but close enough to really capture the action in full flight. It was so exhilarating and exciting to photograph such a fantastic looking place so full of drama. I will definitely be returning on my next visit.
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After the effort to get here I was not going to take just one photo. This two minute long exposure took all the movement out of the pool in front of the arch and the polarising filter made the most of the faint reflection by the high sun. Every time I look at this photo my eye is pulled to the open in arch to nowhere on the distant horizon.
Crohy Head sea arch, Donegal.
Apparently known locally as "The Breeches".
Shot taken in June on a photography workshop with Peter Gordon of Explorelight.
Not for the first time I was making mental notes as we walked along the coast path at the Edge of Eternity. You see here in the place where there are some very well known honeypots on offer, it’s all too easy to overlook the supporting cast. Especially when you keep ignoring them as you determinedly march from one hot spot to the next. So from time to time I reverse the roles and try to ignore the well known subjects in a search for the less obvious, something that in itself is a challenge. I’m lucky to live within just under an hour of this place and be able to come here half a dozen times a year or more. But that still makes the lure of being faced with the A list the moment I get out of the van a spectacle that’s difficult to ignore.
In April on the last visit I tried to walk past Botallack and its celebrated Crown Houses without looking at them. Which of course I failed to do. But I did at least spend a few minutes inspecting them from a not so well known point of view I’d examined a couple of years earlier. One of those puzzles I haven’t solved yet. There’s a tiny detail jutting into a composition I otherwise think has promise that troubles me. I’ll have to return to that one although I’m not sure I get exactly what I want without risking life, limb and dignity. In retrospect, the June 2023 shot looks better than I remember, so either my standards are dropping or I was being too pernickety in the first place. We’ll move on shall we?
We’ve done this walk a few times before, tracing the edges of the land along the bare tracks that deviate away from the main path, pausing at granite outcrops to take in near vertical views, always keeping our eyes peeled for the splash of dolphins down there in the sea. Only ever seen them once around here though, so don’t get your hopes up. But what I was hoping for were one or two potential new subjects to put in the homework folder and point the camera at another time. Along most of this section of the coast path only the gulls and seals can get close to the water, along with a handful of suitably experienced rock climbers in possession of the appropriate equipment, and while one of the two new potential subjects I found bucked that trend, this one certainly didn’t. But I duly noted it and made a mental note to head back here next time.
Today I was here alone, with two locations in mind, neither of which were Botallack itself. So after a cup of tea I wandered down to the famous Crown Houses, spent about three minutes looking at them and ran back uphill to the van to fetch the camera. I took a collection of unsatisfactory shots, got the honeypot out of my system for the day and returned to the van to throw the rice, mushrooms, ham and olives I’d brought with me into a pan. Dinner in the van - you can’t beat it. And a can of Spanish lager. I really should have picked up some strawberries for dessert too. They’re very much in season right now. Still, two out of three ain't bad.
In the intervening eight weeks or so since my last visit, I’d completely forgotten that there was a sea arch. What I did clearly remember was the sketchy looking track down to the lowest viewpoint that I thought I could get to. But once I’d wobbled my way down there I realised there was another finger of land to my left that tapered down to an even better angle. Ironically a slightly more certain route as long as one stayed in the middle and kept away from two vertiginous edges that were rapidly converging in front of me. One that made the arch - the feature I’d forgotten about - more prominent, as well as bringing some new foreground options into play. So I played until the rain that had been threatening ever since I arrived began a game of its own. Game over. I wasn’t going to improve on what was already on the card. Time to head back to the van and drive home.
I hadn’t even covered a mile before the windscreen wiper (driver side of course) detached itself from its bearings and started wiping the fresh air three inches in front of the glass. This, on a van that passed its MOT just four weeks earlier. The only thing that needed doing was installing a new set of windscreen wipers. I cursed the mechanic, found a space to pull in and jumped out into the driving rain to attend to it. A few minutes later, just after the turn off at the Trewellard Inn, it made a second bid for freedom. Generally speaking, it’s easier to go in the right direction when you can see what’s on the other side of the windscreen, and driving into an easterly bringer of hard rain, the journey home wasn’t going to be fun at all. I cursed again, stopped at the pull in by the next junction and had another go. This time the wiper behaved and stayed on its mooring, although I used it sparingly all the way home.
There are so many other members of the supporting cast in these wild western reaches. One or two of them I’ve marked for a future visit, while others lie waiting to be discovered. And on top of all that, there are a few alternative views of the honeypots that lie tantalisingly close to hand. Plenty to keep me going down here. Maybe I need to up the number of visits to a dozen times a year. I’d better put a cable tie on that wiper then.
The castle was built in the 13th century by Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. In 1588 the Girona, a military ship from the Spanish Armada, was shipwrecked on the rocks below. The cannons from the ship were installed in the gatehouse and the funds from the rest of the cargo were used to retire the castle.