Three of us met at Caister for 7am as sunrise would not be emerging until almost 8am.
For sunrise shooters, this time of year provides far more comfortable rise and shine times, one could say a lay-in compared to other times of the year.
We could see some fantastic colour in the sky already so got booted up and our gear loaded.
We left the car park and wandered across the dunes to observe our surroundings – would we go left or right?
We ventured right and towards the rocks.
We set up on the beach, each of us in different parts and away we went.
For my first effort, I was trying to use the shingle and sand patterns and colours as a leading line to the rocks.
I really like this image, although it’s not going to win any competitions.
Other than this composition, I couldn’t see what else may be possible so I moved further up along the beach, got my longer lens out of my bag and thought I would try some shots of the turbines.
My first shot had the aim to isolate one of the turbines.
I took some more turbine shots and had a good one with the colours of the sky.
The shot above had four turbines in the original but as we know, one is not allowed to have an even number of subjects in an image. 😛
I captured a few more including another three turbine image below.
This image is quite dull and flat compared the more dramatic one earlier.
I don’t think the mono version in particular works – something dull made even duller!
It was time for something different, so I put the long lens away and wandered further up the beach.
I quite liked the look of the incoming waves and the circular bay shape but the star of the show was the block of clouds in the sky.
I really like the colours and the detail in the sky and waves but, aside from a small visible over bright patch on the horizon (it’s not blown out), the image for me is missing that wow factor.
I have applied a crop to make the clouds more prominent but then I’ve lost that shape of the bay.
We were coming to the end of the shoot, and for my last few shots I captured a longer exposure straight on to the turbines.
This image isn’t anything special but you can see how the sky and clouds are changing.
That was a wrap.
I could see the others further down the beach packing up, so I did the same and walked over to meet them.
We ambled back to the car park for the customary coffee and debrief. It had been an excellent morning with a superb sunrise, and you can’t ask for more than that.
There was no visit to Ronald as I had some bacon and half-decent bread at home, although the resident vegetarian had lodged a complaint about bacon aroma so I resisted. I shall now have to rethink my self-imposed ban on McShite breakfast meals for future shoots, or simply move to dry toast. The flame of martyrdom burns brightly! 😁
Onwards and upwards…