Spring has truly sprung, and May Day bank holiday weekend is upon us in the UK. The May Day celebration traditionally marks the end of the winter months in the Northern hemisphere, and dates back to pagan rituals.
The weather is good so I get on my bike, and armed with a long telephoto lens ride the seven miles or so to the entrance of Poole harbour, Dorset, to photograph the various ways people enjoy all that water and sun.
There are numerous craft - powered or sail - of all shapes and sizes, prepared to dodge the Sandbanks chain-link ferry that connects the peninsula with Studland and the Isle of Purbeck; plus the occasional car ferry passing on its way to or from continental Europe.
Jet skis (top) are a popular choice but are outweighed in number by yachts taking advantage of what would appear to be ideal conditions (middle) as they sail out to sea, passing Brownsea island in the background.
But it's the optomitism of the ice cream sellers (bottom) that intrigues me: they won't sell many going at that speed. To be fair they were on their way to their pitch, anchoring off Sandbanks beach, where supposedly people could swim(?) out and buy refreshments: it remains a mystery as to how customers were to get their goods back to the shore once the transaction had taken place.
All images: 300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14E II teleconverter - VR off. Monopod.
Top: 1/4000 second at f/5.
Middle: 1/1600 second at f/5.
Bottom: 1/2000 second at f/5.
ISO 320.
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