Swamped in an orgasmic cove!

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Here is another image just before both the sea and the lonely snappers swamped us. The light after a flat day had burst through and transformed the rocks into beautiful sunlit sculptures, washed smooth and clean by the advancing Atlantic waves. These walls were almost architectural and very imposing.

A Coveted Cove!

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Here is an image just before both the sea and the lonely snappers descended upon us. The light after a flat day had burst through and transformed the rocks into beautiful sunlit scupltures, more perfect than a Barbara Hepworth!

Photography; Mental and physical working space

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Why is it that some photographers feel this desperate need to follow others about? Do they have this panic that perhaps someone else is getting the best shot, like some sort of twisted competition notion :-( Bizarre! Last night I went down to an amazing stretch of coast, rich in landforms and shapes, at least a mile of it. I saw a couple with a tripod and cameras heading for the main area which I had intended to explore, so to give them space and to avoid other togs being in every shot Carol and I moved further along the cliffs and rocks finding other opportunities. However, the other couple kept looking across and then scrambling along the rocks and pools to get closer. Then they'd stop for a few minutes, realise we'd moved further on and then re follow us around. It got to a point where they were literally trying to shoot pictures right over our heads, about 8 foot above on a higher ledge. Apart from being really quite ridiculous in that they could only relax when shooting right next to other people, it became intrusive and basically rude.

When I am out shooting, it is as much about emotional and spiritual escape as creativity and having someone practically breathing down your shoulder when there was so much room for all of us to have our own little space actually became annoying. I have spoken to painters who get really irritated by the general public wanting to come and chat to them whilst they are working as it breaks their metal focus. This situation had similar echoes for me.

The next few images are what I managed before the others jumped down from above us onto the patch of beach I'd been exploring.

Light above the waves

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Everything was turning dark on the Lizard Peninsula, even the bats were out around the church but the hotel above the far cliffs was catching the very last rays of light due to it's elevation above this ancient coastal platform.

Ghosts at Church Cove

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After a day in Falmouth and a sunny walk around Pendennis Point, we decided to head for the sun and the South coast. We ended up in Gunwalloe just in time for some amazing skies over Church Cove. The tide was pushing in rapidly and bats were darting about the church which nestles into the nearby cliffs.

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