Bognor in January

Having been stuck indoors with colds much of January, we watched the weather for a suitable day to go to a beach.  Ideally with rough seas, and a fantastic sunset. Got the stormy seas, but the sunset was disappointing. Tea and cake was good though!   I took tripod, big stopper, filters and 4 lenses, and was determined to use all 4. Mission accomplished.

3.30ish. 18/250 lens

3.40ish 18/250.   Bit of warm glow now, but sun about to disappear behind clouds.

3.45. Macro lens for the rusty bolts on the groins

3.53 and still using the macro lens at F32

John and Martin. 3.55, and now on the wide angle 10-20

4pm. 10-20 lens with big stopper 15 second exposure

4.10 and still on the wide angle. The groins go on forever here. 

4.13 and one other person waiting for the sunset.

4.21 at the other side of the pier. 

4.23 and the sun just about to disappear under the pier

4.40, and sun gone

Big stopper 30 seconds

5.17 and pretty dark but 35mm lens now at at 7.1 just needs 3 second exposure.

35mm and at F11, 15 second exposure

He moved!  8 second exposure

5.21 and really dark now, but 35mm at f4.5 just needs 0.5seconds. 

A disappointing sunset, but good place to experiment.

Lacock Abbey & Village, and sundown at Avebury

A bright crisp day, and enroute back from Wales, spent a couple of hours this afternoon looking around Lacock Abbey and Village, Nr Chippenham in Wiltshire. A beautiful unspoilt 13th century village, often used for TV productions such as Cranford, Pride and Prejudice and Harry Potter to name a few.

The Abbey

An interesting "Apple" tree in the Abbey grounds. (For attracting birds)

Christmas Garlands hang in the Cloisters

The rear view, and lovely light in the windows of the tower

Into the Village, and a look at the Church.

Light streaming in and reflecting on the walls

Through the village, and a very unusual Ford, more like a wet lane. Not ideal for cars but fun for welly clad visitors and dog walkers.

Lunch at The Bakery

Then decided to go on  to Avebury Circle, in the hope of decent afternoon light. Being a holiday, it was heaving at Avebury with families all running around. Not ideal for photography! Looking east towards the circle as we approached from a carpark, a boring blue sky.....

 But THEN looking west  ........some pinky skies

Which got better and better.....

Some strange stone hugging people appearing from the tree clump

With the road crossing between the two main sites, always difficult to get a shot without a van or a car in it. Several attempts at this next one to manage without cars on the road.