 Westdale Bay I/V 12 April, 2007 Westdale Bay, Pembrokeshire. This is one of five images that will hopefully show the changing nature of this wonderful bay albeit within a very short time scale. It's situated near the village of Dale and is reached via a relatively short walk along the coastal path. One of my favourite photographers, Rupert Heath, has made a series of studies of this bay with his large format gear. He's often featured in Outdoor Photography magazine and we met on Tuesday at his exhibition in St David's. The quality of his work printed at 30 x 20 is superb. He said that he'd made many visits to the Bay and had yet to capture it fully. I went during Sunday morning and the first thing that struck me was how red everything was. I guess it must be due to the iron in the soil. The earth, the rocks, the cliffs, and the sand are all infused with it. It's a large sweeping bay with a headland reaching out to the right and to the left (behind me in this shot) a significant number of jagged rocks marching out to sea. I returned on Monday evening to a totally different scene - an incoming tide and a more dramatic light. As this was taken at about 10:30am, I used a 0.9 ND grad to hold back the sky and cliffs, and a 0.9 ND to keep the shutter speed down (and combined with ISO 50). I also climbed out along the rocks to set up in the shadows to keep any flare at bay. Self at deceptive media. [1.3 sec @ f/16 - 17mm] Comment (14) | Permalink |
