Downhill Beach

Well the good news is that I actually managed a photo walk yesterday afternoon with my PhotoClub Buddy David.  He had his Fuji 690 with him and I had the 'Blad.  We went to Downhill Beach, the one that the Mussenden Temple towers over.  The beach has a wonderful setting, with Donegal as the backdrop.  It stretches for something like 10 miles westwards to Magilligan.  Eastwards there is quite an amazing set of rocks and small stacks and when the tide is out (as it was yesterday when we were there) you can walk all the way over to Castlerock Beach.  I don't think you can do that at every low tide - perhaps it is especially low at this time when the moon is near its closest to Earth (aka Super Pink Moon, or just Super Moon).   We chickened out actually doing the walk to Castlerock as the tide was on the turn and we didn't want to risk getting stranded in Castlerock, as it would be heck of a walk back to Downhill by road.  But we got some nice shots of the rock formations, which I've started printing this morning.  

This is the first shot I took yesterday, printed on MGV paper.  The stream you see here is different almost every time you see it, due to the shifting of the sands by the wind.  (Note: I've updated this from this first version this morning now that the print has dried):

Downhill Beach, April 2021.  Hasselblad/50mm/FP4/RO9.