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Tag Archives: sea
The view between
This view between two beach huts was taken a few years ago on the Essex coast. Beach huts seem to be a popular subject for photography, especially if they are painted in bright and contrasting colours. These ones were rather … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Photography
Tagged 83, beach, beach hut, frame, hut, photograph, Photography, sea, View, water
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Looking out to sea
In the spirit of honesty, I should state up front that today’s image was not entirely spontaneous – an obliging friend responded to my request to sit on the bench! A sense of scale is often difficult to achieve in … Continue reading
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Tagged bench, grass, person, photograph, Photography, scale, sea, sky
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Blue everywhere
I lived in Devon as a toddler, so I must have seen St Michael’s Mount as a child, but to be honest I can’t remember having done so. The first time I “knowingly” saw it was in 2011, when we … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photography
Tagged blue, colour, Cornwall, Devon, photograph, Photography, sea, skyscraper, St Michael's Mount
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A place to sit
Today’s picture is an old one, but I like it. In fact, I took it sufficiently long ago that I cannot recall exactly where it is, other than that it’s in Britain and I think on the south coast. But … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photography
Tagged cliff, journey, photograph, Photography, sea, ships, sit, View, vista, yachts
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View point
Looking back, beaches were a big part of my childhood, or at least they made a big impact on my impressionable mind. My beach exploration began in Devon and Cornwall as a toddler accompanied by my parents, and continued on … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photography
Tagged beach, childhood, impressions, photograph, Photography, sea, sky, soft sandy beaches, telescope
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Dark foreground, bright background
In some ways, today’s picture is quite similar to yesterday’s I suppose, at least in structure – a sweeping landscape with a bright blue sky! The content could not be more different though, with yesterday’s crowded urban environment replaced by … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photography
Tagged background, clouds, foreground, horizon, Landscape, photograph, Photography, sea, ship, silhouette, sky
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Leaving space
One of the traps which new photographers often fall into is putting too much in the frame – either by not getting close enough to what they are shooting, or by not zooming/cropping in far enough. The picture can then … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photography
Tagged beach, crop, photograph, photographers, Photography, rules, sea, space, zoom
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