St Abbs Lighthouse, East Lothian, Scotland
A shot I have been after for a while now which had me visit it at 4am a week last Thursday morning having driven overnight from Preston to get there before sunrise.
What a place this is, truly stunning with some fantastic views although at 4am, you can see bugger all except for the towering cliffs that you have to walk around along the very tight path. I was careful not to fall into the water below while trying to decide on a place to shoot from.
This is an image made up of three different exposures as it is almost impossible to shoot and keep detail in the shadow and highlight areas. I am very happy with how it turned out. If you get a chance to visit it for yourself, do so. The south-east coastline of Scotland (East Lothian) is a really beautiful and dramatic part of the world to photograph.
Coordinates of the car park at St Abbs Lighthouse 55.915990, -2.140593
I will be emailing out a blog tomorrow of my five day roadtrip to Scotland last week. I'm just writing it up now (I hope you all book a week off work to read it, ha, ha).
I hope you've all had a great weekend. Let me know what you've been upto if you fancy :D
Canon 5Ds
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f8
Between 2 and 15 seconds
ISO1600
Gitzo GT3542XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
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St Abbs Lighthouse, East Lothian, Scotland
A shot I have been after for a while now which had me visit it at 4am a week last Thursday morning having driven overnight from Preston to get there before sunrise.
What a place this is, truly stunning with some fantastic views although at 4am, you can see bugger all except for the towering cliffs that you have to walk around along the very tight path. I was careful not to fall into the water below while trying to decide on a place to shoot from.
This is an image made up of three different exposures as it is almost impossible to shoot and keep detail in the shadow and highlight areas. I am very happy with how it turned out. If you get a chance to visit it for yourself, do so. The south-east coastline of Scotland (East Lothian) is a really beautiful and dramatic part of the world to photograph.
Coordinates of the car park at St Abbs Lighthouse 55.915990, -2.140593
I will be emailing out a blog tomorrow of my five day roadtrip to Scotland last week. I'm just writing it up now (I hope you all book a week off work to read it, ha, ha).
I hope you've all had a great weekend. Let me know what you've been upto if you fancy :D
Canon 5Ds
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f8
Between 2 and 15 seconds
ISO1600
Gitzo GT3542XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
UK & Iceland Landscape Photography Workshops, 1-2-1 Private Tuition, print sales and camera club lectures available
website: www.melvinnicholson.co.uk
email: info@melvinnicholson.co.uk
facebook: www.facebook.com/melvinnicholsonphotography
flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/melvin_nicholson
youtube: www.youtube.com/c/melvinnicholsonphotographycom
tripadvisor: Search for Melvin Nicholson Photography
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