Thursday 12 December 2019

Portrush East Strand

A while back a few of us film users in the Club went down to Portrush for an evening's shoot. It was a nice evening for it - a little bit of swell in the sea.  I stuck the Hasselblad on a tripod (rare event, be noted)  and after metering set a shutter speed about 1 second for this shot:

Portrush, looking towards East Strand.  On Ilford Warmtone fibre paper.

The sky got burnt in a little, just to bring out the cloud detail - otherwise it's a straight print.  I spot-metered the darkest shadow area under the railings and closed down 2 stops, so there's a bit of detail still visible there.  I've not idea why there are steps cut into the stone - presumably years ago there was some sort of building or shelter there, long gone.  The white things in the middle distance were seabirds either resting or feeding on the water.

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