Sunsets over the Adriatic shows two images captured at Tucepi in Croatia two years ago. Tucepi is not far from Makarska, which itself is not far from Split where you fly to. Every night we had a sunset like this. Both images have the island of Brac in the background. You can get a day trip to the islands of Brac and Hvar not far off the coast. One of the images is framed by the ever present pine trees. The trees cloak the beach and provide shade as you walk along the promenade in the hot sun.
We have had success in photography competitions with two images recently. The poppy field captured at Crantock near Newquay was one of the images that did well. We were there in June last year and the whole hillside was covered with poppies. Most were red, some were yellow. The National Trust field sloped down towards the sea and the hills on the other side of the valley. The sun was out that day and it was summer at its best. This image was entered in a competition called wildflower landscapes, it came 11th out of 1374 entries, in the top 1%! Use this link to visit the National Trust website for Crantock Beach
White Statue
Man escaping at Marks Hall
The second images is more of a strange one. It has had success in photography competitions entitled “strange but true”, “off the wall” and objects on grass. The image shows a sculpture at Marks Hall Gardens last autumn. The white sculpture shows the top half of man supposedly climbing out of something. His arms are levering himself up and he is concentrating on what he is doing. It makes quite an impression. This image came 9th out of 1004 in its best position. Use this link to visit the website of Marks Hall
On one of the hottest days of the year I captured some great images of the Kent seaside. The sun shone without a break as I travelled from Cape le Ferne in the east to Dungeness.
Capel le Ferne is white cliffs of Dover country. It has a great café on the top of the cliffs. The Lees at Folkestone looked almost tropical in the images captured from there. Sandygate roasted in the sun. Behind Waitrose at Hythe I found some welcome shade along the calmness of the Royal Military Canal. Dymchurch was busy and it was extremely hot driving the steam engines at the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway so I was told!).
The beach at Greatstone had lots of people on it and pebbles reflected in the sunlight. Dungeness looked as special as it always does, perhaps more so in the sun. A yacht passed by near to the shore and provided a nice opportunity to photograph it in the blue sea against the yellow pebbles.
View more of the images from this day by going to the Compass PhotographyWebsite
Sailing by at the tip of Dungeness
Patterns in the sand – Folkstone
Dungeness – The boardwalk looking back to the road
Sunsets to die for. We saw some excellent sunsets on a recent trip to Tucepi (pronounced “Toochepi”) in Croatia. Only one of the fourteen nights we were there did not have a glorious sunset.
The sun hidden in the tree
Boats, trees and Brac
Open water just showing Brac
Pine trees and Brac in the background
Brac in the background
Two trees in the sunset
Tucepi is on the Adriatic coast of Croatia and looks across to the island of Hvar. Images included here also include the island of Brac in the background. There is a long promenade at Tucepi, with pine trees on the edge of the shingle beach boarding the sea. A number of the trees are captured in the sunset images together with boats and people walking out to photograph the nightly spectacle. The water was also incredibly calm. We assumed that this was because the shore was in the lee of the islands. A lovely warm place to holiday!
Equipment: Sony SLT-A65V, Tamron 16-300mm, with differing settings depending upon the light!
Circular Symmetry – Dungeness, two images attached. This is one of my favourite images. It is composed to reflect the symmetrical nature of the view from the external balcony at Dungeness lighthouse. The lighthouse itself is of course “round” and surrounded by a circular wall. Paths lead to and from the circular 19th century keepers building at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock. A pair of 20th century bungalows were later built for the keepers. They and the attendant outhouses are equally placed on both sides at symmetrical angles from the centre of the older circular accommodation building. The chimney pots on the older building are almost equidistant from its centre which has a small glass atrium.
The manmade elements of the image form smooth textures which contrast with the puckered texture of the tufty grass. Built in 1901 and first lit in 1904 this is the 6th of seven Dungeness lighthouses. The climb to the top is well worth the view as the second image shows. The terminus of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway forms added attraction on site. Click link to railway.
Wide angle view from the top of the lighthouse
Equipment: Sony SLT-A65V, Tamron 16-300mm (Round house shot)
Settings: F7.1 1/500 ISO 100
Equipment: Sony SLT-A65V, Sigma 8-16mm (Distance shot)
Lonely Boat Thorpe Bay. This is a very soft focus shot with very light hints of colour. When Shru captured this image the sky was very cloudy with breaks of blue. The sun came through every now and then. The suns rays bring a sense of drama on the what looks like a solitary scene. The tide is on the turn and as it returns the sun glistens in the distance. At this point the Thames Estuary is nearly at its widest. Because the horizon is unobstructed we can see that the cargo ships that busy themselves travelling up and down the river are absent from this shot.
Thorpe Bay is around 4 miles to the east of Southend on Sea. Thorpe Bay was originally simply known as “Thorpe”. However with the arrival of the railway it was renamed Thorpe Bay, after the railway station. The station had been given the name to indicate that it was a seaside settlement. Here, you will find beach huts, sandy area and water activities without the hubbub of fair ground and the slot machines.
The majority of Thorpe Bay consists of residential properties, mainly built in the 1920, arranged in a grid pattern.
Let’s cool off at the beach! May be even have a dip?
Let’s cool off at the beach!
Let’s cool off at the beach! This is the beach at Kingsgate bay in Kent last week. On Monday lunchtime the beach is empty. We would all rather be there than sweltering at work or in our homes.
The chalk-white line of the cliffs leads our eye to the sea arch. It’s not as famous as the one at Durdle Door. The image shows a reflection of the sea arch in the gentle waters as low tide approaches. Sets of footprints in the sand come and go towards the arch.
Walkers can go through the arch at low tide and, as I did, walk along to the next bay, Botany Bay (no not that one). Then you can walk back along the cliffs to the Captain Digby for a long cool drink! The chalk shows the battering it has received from the sea over the millennia and the holes excavated by mankind. On a summer’s day this is a lovely place to go. For more information on Kingsgate Bay follow this link
