 Hengistbury Head 18 August, 2006 I guess one advantage of working at home on a Friday is that if the weather changes and looks promising, you can nip out to the coast. Hengistbury Head is a headland near Bournemouth. It’s approximately one 1km in length and stands half way between the entrance to Poole harbour and Hurst spit and forms the main division between Poole and Christchurch Bays. It’s quite exposed and consequently it’s great for kite flying. The light this evening was great when I arrived but by the time I had legged it across the shingle to the groynes at the eastern end, the sun had dipped beyond the headland. This is a place to come back to in the winter when the sun should set over the sea. I had to use two filters to blur the water – a 0.3 ND grad to hold detail in the sky and a 0.9 below the horizon to slow the shutter speed. I’m an idiot sometimes as when I downloaded the pictures, I saw that they were taken at iso 400 rather than 50…so there should’ve been no need for the grad over the lower part. This shot is looking back towards the headland. Christchurch harbour is behind me and to the right and Bournemouth is in the distance. The full res version shows people on beach. F/18 certainly shows up the dust bunnies. Time for a clean (again) methinks. [0.3 secs @ f/18 - 17mm] Comment (6) | Permalink |
