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Submitted: January 31, 2011
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Make:NIKON CORPORATION
Model:NIKON D200
Shutter Speed:1/30 second
Aperture:F/16.0
Focal Length:12 mm
ISO Speed:100
Date Taken:Jan 30, 2011, 5:33:22 PM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh

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I admit it's been a while since I was last shooting landscapes, over two months in fact, but due to other commitments and a wedding to photograph I have been pretty busy over the Christmas period.

On a day trip to see family back in south Cornwall I made a visit to one of my first playgrounds. Porthtowan a small beach surrounded by high cliffs, not much scope when the tide is high but an additional 3 miles of sandy beaches are reviled at low tide providing excellent scope even after 5 years of visiting this beach. Throughout my years in photographing landscapes I would like to think I have improved with my efficiently, technical abilities and especially the art of planning shots. However shooting the coastline can never be predictable, every tide, every season, every break in the cloud will bring something new. This is one of the main aspects that I loved about photographing nature and the coatline that you couldn't plan what would happen until you arrived. This time was no different, arriving at the beach (covered in ice might I add) I saw the sun reappering under fleeting clouds, I took a gamble heading to the foot of the cliff setting up and waiting for the light, I break in the cloud produced a fantastic sunstar and damn flare which is something very predictable. I hope to make more photo trips in the near future and not to leave it so long next time.

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Porthtowan, Cornwall, UK

All comments and critiques are welcome....

© Guy Richardson. Do not use without permission

More at www.guy-richardson.com

~calenheniel Feb 1, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Your photos are so amazing!

~roxysweetie7 Jul 11, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

The sky is amazing!

~PastyGuy Jul 22, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you

~ChrisDonohoe Mar 26, 2011

Super shot, I love Cornwall so much!

I think the blown highlights have to be this way, it would look totally unnatural any other way.

~PastyGuy Jul 22, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks for the comment, I love Cornwall too

*sassaputzin Feb 1, 2011

i love it guy,i'd suggest alex fails to see that it conveys an emotion a unique moment, technicality shouldnt get in the way of a shot like this, the fact is you can't take a shot into a sun with this intensity without some kind of blown highlight and other than that its how you'd see it anyway....this just takes me to many beaches and many moments and it makes me yearn to get to the coast...

~PastyGuy Feb 2, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks Steve, I have been waiting for an opportunity to shoot these rocks surrounded by water at this beach for years and I find them so iconic especially here in Cornwall. Makes me want to move back down there!

~eighty-three Feb 1, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Great shot, nice to see another landscape from you.

~PastyGuy Feb 1, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you

~Meema Feb 1, 2011

Excellent work.

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