Back to normal...

The London 2012 Olympics has come and gone; the weather improved from unpredictable wind and rain to what most would consider summer conditions for the occasion, and then, as if cued-in by some unseen higher force, the real British summer returns and everything is back to normal.

In fact, it was a day of two halves (to borrow a cliché from football pundits), with all morning having rain before the sun appeared in all its glory for the rest of the day, from early afternoon onwards. Photographic conditions!

I'm back along the seafront of Poole Bay, Dorset, in the driving rain, looking for things to poke my lens at, and once again looking for detail in the sand. The rain can be challenging as it is difficult to keep the front element of the lens free from water droplets, but it is always worth the effort as there is something special about flat light. Of course, the same light can be had when it is not raining and only overcast, but the wet keeps the beaches largely empty, and I can work undisturbed.

85mm f/1.4D AF Nikkor. 1/100 second at f/4. + 0.33 EV compensation. ISO 640


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