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Category Archives: Proposed Visits
Sunday Night Wreck Hunt.
Well as previously mentioned I was visiting a location where a wreck of a fishing vessel is visible at low tide.
Now my intention for this visit was to try some long exposures down by the water line, with the added bonus of trying out my new Manfrotto Snow Shoes for the tripod. Well the visit was a success on one front any way, the snow shoes performed great and there was not camera movement or tripod sinkage the whole time I was there.
Now for the failure……. not enough light to achieve what i was hoping for, I did experiment a little whilst I was there however there was not enough workable light around and to achieve an image I was at shooting at ISO 800 @ ƒ5.6 for a duration of 3 Minutes. Now as you can imagine those were not the ideal combination I was hoping for.
Due to the duration of the exposure I was getting far to much movement in the stars and not enough detail in the wreck or the foreground.
So do I class this as a complete waste of a Sunday evening???? not at all, I have managed to find the perfect parking place, I know how long it will take me to walk to the location of the wreck, and I have all ready visualised the exact shot I want to achieve from this location.
In addition I found out one more hugely useful piece of information which outweighs all of the other information gathered this evening……… Its time to buy some new boots and mine have started to leak!!!!
So all have to do now is be patient and wait for the right combination of Date ~ Time ~ Tide and finally light.
In my opinion that makes it quite a productive Sunday for me despite the fact I have not managed to capture a useable frame of the wreck tonight.
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Wreck On The Sands…
Just along the coast from the River Rother inlet at Rye, there is a wreck of a fishing boat that can been seen above the waves at low tide.
This was bought to my attention by another local photography, David Purdie, if you are in the Rye area you might like to visit David’s gallery and take a look at some of his work. You never know you might find that missing piece of wall art that you have been looking for to fill the empty wall space you have in your living room.
I have been meaning to visit this location for some months now however getting the right time of day and tide height to coincide is not as easy as it sounds. I am constantly scanning my tide tables looking for the correct combination of tide height and time of day.
Looking at the tides for this weekend it looks like I might be in luck and able to visit the location at low-tide at around about 7pm which means I might be able to get some very nice long exposures. If things go to plan and the elements are all correct some streaking clouds could be on the cards.
One thing that I will need to get prior to the visit is a set of the Manfrotto snowshoes for the feet of my tripod, these ingenious little accessories are a must for photographers that are attempting to undertake long exposures whilst positioning their tripod on sand near the shoreline. I have to thank David for the heads up about these Manfrotto accessories, “Many thanks David”.
For those of you interested in the snow shoes here is a image and link
So watch this space to see if my visit takes place and if the conditions where just right.
If you know of any unusual location that you think would be interesting to capture, please feel free to let me know and I investigate the locations, you never know you might find a print winging its way to you if do manage to get to your suggested location.
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