SciFi Sunset

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Took me well over 8 years of repeatedly going back to the same place, time and time again to get this shot  

Dave

[francois]

Beautiful, it lifts my mood! Thank you Dave.

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Sometimes images need to ripe slowly, like a good wine or Whiskey.
Lovely shot!

[brandtb]

-you're having a great year Dave

[sdwilsonsct]

Well worth the effort. I like how the cloud shapes echo the rocks.
But why is the water pink on the right? Just reflecting a part of the sky not in the shot? Seems a little out of place.

[framah]

Great shot!! Too bad someone put all of that graffiti on those rocks.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Excellent shot. I wonder how it would have worked with a faster shutter speed and less blurred clouds? That way, the clouds with be more defined, like the rocks below.

[Chairman Bill]

Another beaut. Did you use the new Lee 'Good weather in Scotland' filter?

[batmura]

Killer work!

[Rajan Parrikar]

This is a gem.

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Thanks everyone.

Another beaut. Did you use the new Lee 'Good weather in Scotland' filter?

Bill, you kill me, you really do    but this shot wasn't taken in Scotland at all, but 650 miles away from where I now live and down in that very flat bit of the UK called Norfolk.

We go there every year for a week's bird watching and have done so for many years, in fact more than we have been married and we have now been married for 33 years, so it may well be more than 8 years I've been trying to get this shot, but as we only have one week there per year, the tide needs to be turning from fully in to going back out again, just as the sun gets near to setting. Year after year I kept trying, sometimes I could get the one but not the other but most times I got neither, however this year I finally managed to be there and stood in exactly the same spot, just as both things were happening at the same time, which certainly got the old pump pounding away I can tell you  

The boulders are not actually made of rock, they seem to be large lumps of sand held together by the sea grass or whatever it is that grows on them and look a bit like Stromatolites I think, but are most probably not.

Thanks everyone, I really enjoyed making this shot (finally) and I am so happy that you have enjoyed looking at it.  

Dave

[markadams99]

Sunset across the sea in Norfolk? Hunstanton?

[wnichols]

I love the boulders - it looks they are all marching off toward the horizon.  where is this?
Beautiful

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Sunset across the sea in Norfolk? Hunstanton?

Yes sorry, I suppose I should have mentioned that and told you all that this is indeed a shot taken from the beach at Hunstanton.

Turn down the side road near the cafe just outside of the main centre of Hunstanton going up towards the old lighthouse, go down the concrete ramp and turn right along the car park and go right to the end, where you will see steps down to the beach. I took this shot in spring and about 50 yards further along the beach towards the red cliffs. You need the tide to be fully in to its highest about 15 to 30 minutes before the sun starts to get down near to the horizon, you will also need wellies to get into the water a little way and then keep your fingers crossed for a good sunset – oh and you will also need some way to extend the exposure such as using a big stopper etc.

Dave