Temperatures are dropping across the UK, and Scotland and northern England have had their first falls of snow: The first indication that winter is on the way. It's noticeably colder riding a bike, and it's getting somewhat nippy around the ears, even with suitable headgear, but high atmospheric pressure is giving a good deal of sunshine.
Today I'm using the big stuff: a 300mm telephoto and a converter; part of my shoot-with-a-prime season, and the beaches of Poole bay, Dorset are pretty much deserted. Time for some seascapes.
My best opportunity comes half an hour before sunset on Southbourne beach, and the red navigation markers of the groynes, built to reduce longshore drift, attract my eye. The long lens compresses the scene, making the structures look much closer to each other than they actually are. The headland of Hengistbury Head (and Warren Hill) are in the left background, while the dark band of hills beyond that is the Isle of Wight.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14EII converter. 1/250 second at f/8. -0.33 EV compensation. ISO 400. Monopod.
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