As we headed to Felixstowe, we decided to go back to another 2020 location of Cobbold’s Point.
Cobbold’s Point takes its name from Felix Cobbold, who built Felixstowe Lodge, now known as Cranmer House, and associated sea wall at the bottom of Maybush Lane in 1885.
There are two sets of sea defences comprising of anvil shaped concrete structures.
As you approach the rocks from the sea front, you need to ignore the signs and climb up and over the rocks. Either by finding a rock you can rest your tripod on, or if the tide allows, hop down to the beach and set up there.
Below are a couple of shots I got back in 2020 which was just before we went into a second Covid-19 lockdown. The sun was a challenge and this visit proved a similar challenge.
Given the early afternoon bright sun, we decided to walk a little further up to the second set of sea defence structures.
I first set up on the best rock I could find with enough of a flat part for me to be as stable as I could.
This first shot got the structures and a little of the beach and rocks.
The next shot I got less of the structures but tried to get as much structure and detail in the inbound waves as I could.
I hopped down to the beach, changed my camera to portrait orientation and tried to get a shot with more of the foreground rocks.
This shot is good but due to the wide angle lens, I’ve got a distorted post near the horizon.
As it stands, my editing skills to put that specific part right are not up to scratch, so I’ve reached out online for help to see if someone can help me straighten the post near the horizon.
As I climbed back up the rocks, I switched to my Fuji camera and tried some handheld shots trying to get some texture in the waves.
As we got back to the promenade, we wandered further up where I grabbed a shot of this graffiti on the wall.
And I walked onto the shingled beach and grabbed this simple handheld shot.
We had enjoyed this repeat visit to Cobbold’s Point, and I will definitely come back again, probably early or late when the light is more favourable.
We needed to move on as Languard’s Point was next up, and this is a location we had not visited before.
Onwards and upwards…