This is Torcross at the southern end of Slapton Sands. The shingle ridge and the village are vulnerable to a combination of high spring tides and strong or gale force east or south east winds. The defences were built after a severe storm in 1979 damaged many of the houses you can see, smashing...
Just a short walk across one field (half way to the estuary) to catch the pre dawn. The trees are a line of Small-leaved Limes (the Linden tree), prehistorical pollen records suggest this had been the commonest tree in the UK, now rather uncommon and a sign of an ancient woodland. Most were...
OK, so it's only just 09:00 hours and here I am posting my photo for the day. I went out to my Landrover earlier to get my wellies for a morning walk and suddenly saw my photo for the day forming as the sun rose. It meant waiting a few minutes on what has been our coldest dawn this winter, and I...
More grey, featureless skies today, so back to the minimalist approach and seek out something more graphic in nature.
Nothing much else to say really, a case of letting the photograph speak for itself.
I had thought about photographing at this spot later in the morning with a different viewpoint trying to catch the ebbing spring tide flowing under Newbridge. However having had my breakfast and one cup of tea the sky looked just too good to resist and since this site is hardly more than a mile...
With the clearance of this mornings flat grey cloud and drizzle I drove the 5 miles to Slapton and took a series of photographs I had planned beforehand. I then had a snack and a pint of cider in the Queens Arms and found I had to waste some time in the memorial car park waiting for a local Post...
Another unremitting grey day, there was the promise of a sunny period or two after lunch but judging by the sky, no chance, so here's a safety from late this morning when I took a short walk down to the creek.
A piece of junk really, not sure that I've done it justice. A shot in a few days time...
As I walked one mid winters morning, it was a grey and uninspiring day (with apologies to Laurie Lee). A few minutes up the lane past my cottage and I joined the 1000 year old royal carriage road. I didn't take many photographs this morning, most were different to one another and none really...
I had attempted a shot at this location, just 300 yards from my cottage, on day 1. Then I had aligned the camera at 90 degrees to todays shot, also included more background which was not really out of focus enough given that this lens only opens up to f/5.6. Also conditions were overcast and the...
After yesterdays dramatic seas it was a much quieter day today. It being Friday I had my usual lunch of fish and chips washed down with a pint of cider in the Queens Arms at Slapton, but caught an earlier bus and did some strolling around photography before it clouded up.
Slapton was already a...
This guy grabbed my attention on my way to todays SIJ shoot, but he ended up in here and not in the SIJ. He's in a steep field on the leeward side of the Start Point peninsula, although very exposed here if the wind turns easterly.
This is Peartree Point looking back towards Start Point Lighthouse. This is a good area for Atlantic Grey Seals and I was amazed that what I took to be a piece of driftwood bobbing around just beyond the rocks that are immediately in front of my position turned out to be a seal, then I saw a...
These two masts rise 450' into the air and the transmitter was opened by the BBC in 1939. The nearest mast is the transmitter, the far mast the reflector. In 1944 their roles were reversed and this became the only transmitter in the UK to broadcast radio services to the troops serving with the...
The 09:15 from Dartmouth, due Plymouth 11:32 taken passing through East Charleton at 10:15 with Julie at the wheel, thankfully only about 3 minutes late since I'm out in the elements in my neighbours garden.
I had four shots on the shortlist today, all trying to catch the storm, but I'm not...
This gate has seen better days, the pillar will outlast it I suspect, however it still functions as I had to go through it to set up for this shot, another with the Voigtlander 12mm Super Wide-Heliar at f/8, processed with Bibble Pro 5.2.2
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