Caister was the choice for the latest sunrise shoot meet up, as it is a favourite location and has much to offer.
The forecast looked favourable so we met at 05:45 and made our way down to the beach, where we took our positions behind two different groyne structures.
The first shot is below which has also made it as the featured image for this blog post.
I feel this is a composition which shouts “snap” rather than anything particularly great. Of course, the sky is great and I like the warm colour just in front of the main structure in the foreground.
As you can see, it was a pretty amazing sky this morning and we were all enjoying it taking various shots from different positions.
As is often the case at Caister, you’re always tempted to grab a shot of the wind turbines and I love the colour tones from this next shot, even though I’m not convinced by the composition.
I went back to the shooting the groyne and trying to get the right shutter speed to show some motion in the incoming waves.
As I stood here taking several shots, a fellow photographer moved into the scene, and almost without realising I captured a couple of slow exposure shots with them in the shot.
As the sun was getting quite high, I did a couple more shots of the wind turbines. The first shot was timed as this boat moved across the horizon.
The last of the chosen images from the morning is below. I quite like the sun rays beaming down and over the turbines.
And that was a wrap.
A debrief back at the car park and a Ronald special on the way home made for an enjoyable trip out.
I feel next time I visit Caister, I shall try to be a little more creative and thoughtful about my compositions.
Onwards and upwards…