Seascapes - night
There is a time before the sun rises and sets when the sky evolves through an array of beautiful hues that colour the world below them.
There’s not enough light for “normal” photos, but there is the opportunity for long-exposure photography, where the camera shutter is left open for a prolonged period.
These photos reveal a hidden world of amazing colour that appears black as night to the naked eye, and the movement of the stars, ships, clouds and waves is seen.
Pett Level - Remnants 1
At Pett Level there can be seen the remnants of the old sea wall structure. Decaying, eroding, they make abstract sculptural shapes in the surf.
Nikon Df 28mm F-22 128 secs iso 125
Anvil Rock 2
Here you can see the entire Anvil Rock. This photo captures quite a choppy sea with a long reach to the waves.
Nikon D850 35mm F-22 208 secs iso 160
St Leonards rocks
The tide was going out on this May morning. The waves crashed through these rocks.
Nikon D850 35mm F-22 173 secs iso 160
Goat Ledge appears
The rocks where historically goats were grazed emerge from the sea on a crisp spring morning.
Hastings pier in the background.
Nikon Df 50mm F-16 123 secs iso 100
Pett Level - cliff beach
This area of Pett Level is next to the cliffs and has much debris from the cliff face.
Dungeness power station is on the horizon.
Nikon D850 35mm F-22 275 secs iso 250
Hastings pier - blue hour
This photo, taken about an hour before dawn, is a perfect illustration of the blue hour. To the naked eye it’s just dark. But to the camera, set for a long exposure and intense blue permeates the scene.
Nikon Df 50mm F-16 115 secs iso 100
The gibbous moon
The waning gibbous moon traverses the sky before the sun rises over Hastings.
The rocks of the Goat Ledge are just beginning to appear from the sea.
Nikon D851 35mm F-16 42 secs iso 200
Pett Level - Remnants 7
The moon gently illuminates the decaying structures at Pett Level.
Nikon Df 35mm F-22 75 secs iso 125
Pett Level - Remnants 5
Pre-dawn light illuminates the old structures at Pett level.
Dungeness in the background.
Nikon Df 50mm F-16 70 secs iso 100
Pett Level - Remnants 6
At Pett Level there can be seen the remnants of the old sea wall structure. Decaying, eroding, they make abstract sculptural shapes in the surf.
Nikon D850 50mm F-22 3 secs iso 320
St Leonards mist
A slightly misty morning in St Leonards gives a subtle colouring to the waves as they blend into a mist with the long exposure.
Nikon Df 28mm F-22 128 secs iso 125
Pett Level dawn
This is near the village of Pett Level, where Jacob Epstein had a workshop and David Bowie made the Ashes to Ashes video.
Rough seas with a long exposure give a great deep mist.
Nikon D850 85mm F-22 18 secs iso 64
St Leonards Ledge dawn.
Early pre-dawn light illuminates the ledge rocks at St Leonards.
A waning moon in the background.
Nikon Df 50mm F-16 13 secs iso 125
Channel Rock
I don’t name many rocks. This one is outside Marine Court. I caught it here as the tide was on its way out, early morning, with slightly choppy water.
Nikon D850 35mm F-22 45secs iso 100
Anvil rock 1
I don’t name many rocks. This one is outside Marine Court.
I caught it here as the tide was on its way out, early morning, with slightly choppy water.
Nikon D850 50mm F-22 65 secs iso 80
Setting full-moon
The setting moon cast a lovely warm glow over the rock and surf on this summer morning in St Leonards-on-Sea.
Nikon Df 28mm F-22 128 secs iso 125
Pett Level - Remnants 2
I love these needle-like objects that seem to descend into the sea.
Dungeness can be seen in the background.
Nikon Df 50mm F-16 77 secs iso 100
St Leonards dawn
An early dawn light breaks over the rocks at St Leonards-on-Sea.
Hastings Pier is in the background.
Nikon D850 35mm F-14 142 secs iso 160
Marine Court blues
Night is setting in. There was just a tiny bit of light left in the sky when I took this shot. The tide is way out.
Nikon D850 50mm F-16 9.2 secs iso 125
Camber Sands - wreck
At Camber Sands, a boat wreck is revealed at low tide. The sun has just set.
Nikon D850 85mm F-22 15 secs iso 64
St Leonards Ledge 1
The rocks at St Leonards are called ledges. They are slowly revealed as the tide goes out.
This long exposure was during rough waves, which gives a mist-like effect.
Nikon Df 105mm F-16 65 secs iso 100
Pett Level - Remnants 4
At Pett Level there can be seen the remnants of the old sea wall structure. Decaying, eroding, they make abstract sculptural shapes in the surf.
The moon rises in the background.
Nikon D850 50mm F-22 15 secs iso 64
Pett Level - Remnants 3
At Pett Level there can be seen the remnants of the old sea wall structure. Decaying, eroding, they make abstract sculptural shapes in the surf.
The moon rises in the background.
Nikon D850 200mm F-32 4 secs iso 250
St Leonard moon
A summer moon shines through thin clouds over the shipping lane of the English Channel.
Nikon D850 35mm F-1.4 9.2 secs iso 400
