This picture was captured late in the afternoon at the end of a November day full of sunshine and showers, one of those mixed weather days when anything can happen. I knew there was going to be a high tide just after sunset and instinctively felt that it would be a good evening for photography. I was down just before sunset as the tide approached and the sky was quite photogenic. As often happens, the longer I waited and the darker it became the better the photographs I obtained. It is a strange paradox, photography depends upon light to make images, but often the best images are made with very little light, long exposures bringing out the best of what little light remains. The time just after sunset, the twilight hour, is, I find, a magical time for photography, especially beside moving water, the air becomes still and the soft light hides many imperfections in the scene.
On this day the dramatic dark shapes of the clouds contrasted well with what little light remained in the sky and I love the way the colours of the sky are captured in the reflections on the water. This was a visit to the beach that was well worth while, not only for the pictures I obtained (have a look at the range AG158 - AG170), but also the experience of just being there, standing alone with the statues, sharing a moment of tranquility and beauty is something that cannot easily be put into words.
This picture was one of the earliest captured that night when the shutter speed was still fast enough to show the individual waves, longer exposures soften moving water.
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