Last Light I

After a wonderful afternoon of clear sky the South Devon beaches are the place to head to for. It was one of those trips though; forgot my coat (!) so I had to wonder around in a thin shirt, forgot waterproof trousers, tissues for wiping seawater of lenses, then ripped my jeans and cut my right hand, not a good start.

As the yellow fades to orange the hues only seem to get better after the sun has gone; this picture was taken a full three quarters of an hour after the sun has set. Colours seem to peak just before darkness, a fabulous time for photography; the rocks seem to sparkle and glisten with the last of the available light and long exposures add such a marvellous ghostly softness to the sea. The strange slate like rocks have erroded into channels and the waves pull these fantastic white stones that have fallen out of the cliffs down to the sea bit by bit..... and then I photograph them (but not before!)

EOS 5D, 17-40 at 24mm f11 ISO 200 for 30secs. A blend of two exposures.