One of sculptor Antony Gormley's wonderful life size cast iron statues on the beach at Crosby in NW England.
Photographed last month in the company of our own Ryan Hammond from Aminus3 who travelled over to the UK all the way from Arizona in the USA for a 2 day photo workshop with me along the NW coast of Wales and England.
Ryan took a really great photo of his own of this scene which you can see by clicking on this link
Combine a really great subject like these statues on Crosby Beach together with the wonderful light that afternoon and good company and I'm sure that Ryan will agree that the photography was an absolute joy!
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@Marie LC: Thanks Marie!
@Mirjam: Thanks Mirjam!
@Richard: Hi Richard, it's a wonderful place so I'm sure you won't be dissapointed. Generally speaking the best time to visit if you have a choice is around dusk as it's a west facing beach and the sunsets can be magical if you are lucky. Also I'd try to avoid high tide as even the innermost statues can be completely covered by water.
My own preference for photography on any beach, not just Crosby, is to go when the tide is on it's way out as the sand will be much wetter and therefore more reflective of light. There's also a much better chance of finding areas such as the one in this shot where the outgoing water is still finding it's way out to sea from the hollows in the sand.
Oh yes, one last thing - there are patches of the beach with a type of quicksand. It's actually a type of fine mud but it looks like sand and the effect is the same if you are unlucky enough to walk into a patch, as I did a year or so ago. It can be very difficult and messy getting out again. Quite a few people have had to be rescued by the coastguard.
@Hans ter Horst: Thanks Hans!
@Shaahin Bahremand: Thanks Shaahin!
@Paolo Agati: Thanks Paolo!
@Aubélia: Thanks Aubélia!
@omid: Thanks omid!
@Dhaval: Hi Dhaval, I don't think I did use a grad filter for this particular shot. The light was really excellent which helped bring out the detail and I deliberately used an aperture of f16 for a wide depth of field as I was after sharpness through the whole image.
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NIKON D700
1/250 second
F/16.0
ISO 200
32 mm (35mm equiv.)