Tag Archives: Sussex

Wave monsters

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Curly

This winter, I have managed to make it down to the coast at least once almost every week. We’ve had some big seas and interesting light, but not at the same time. Until this Tuesday, that is…

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Horned monster

High tide and winds whipped up the surf, creating wave monsters backlit by rays bursting through low clouds.

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No hands!

What a thrill! One of the best photoshoots I’ve had for a while.

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White horses

Like most Brits, I am half-obsessed with the sea; if I could only photograph one thing for the rest of my life, it would be the sea.

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Frills

I live in a landlocked county but, happily, the coast is an easy day trip away.  Back again next Tuesday!

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Giant

For the curious, these images were all taken in Newhaven, East Sussex with a shutter speed of 1/800 to freeze the waves.

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Phantom

I hope you enjoy meeting my wave creatures.

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Whip

“My soul is full of longing
for the secret of the sea,
and the heart of the great ocean
sends a thrilling pulse through me.”

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

Surf’s up

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waves and breakwater

f/11, .5″, ISO 100, 200mm

On Friday, Jenifer and I found time to head down to the coast.  Despite the bitter cold, we had loads of fun capturing the surf at Climping Beach.  A longer post from this shoot is in the pipeline, all about shutter speeds and waves.

Time to catch up with my 365 redux.  365/37 and 39 are from 2009.  Neither awfully good, but it seems I don’t take many pictures on 6th and 8th February in any year except for the year of my original project 365.  In keeping with my ‘rules’, I have attempted a better edit at least.  365/38 is from 2014.  I enjoy flipping reflections and cropping out the ‘original’.

Walton on Thames

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London

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surrey

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Rescues done

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A couple of years ago we spent the weekend at Climping, near Littlehampton in West Sussex. On the west bank of the Arun at Littlehampton we found this old RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat, gently rotting on the shore. I have always been interested in the story of the lifeboats and their crew. If you’re not from the UK, you may not know about this organisation staffed entirely by volunteers who freely give their time and risk their lives to save those in peril on the sea. The bravery of these men and women over the centuries is remarkable. I can’t believe no-one has made a blockbuster movie about them yet. I wonder what stories this boat could tell if it could speak.