AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
TALISKER BAY
I made this image in mid-afternoon under an overcast sky, when the tide had receded to leave a huge beach of patterned sand. I like the way the clouds seem to echo the sand patterns and initally made an an almost abstract composition of only those two elements. I then found that with my 16mm lens at its widest setting I could just include the headlands at each side of the bay, which I think provide a sense of perspective and hold the composition together at its edges. I converted the image to monochrome to emphasise the patterns and texture of the beach and clouds.
F/18, 1/40th second, ISO 100
Accepted: Midland 2017, South Devon 2017, Olympic (Greece) 2017 - Aphrodite and Hermes
