Double the fun

Any break - however small - with the current monotony of the cloud blanket that has parked itself over the country gets serious consideration for a photo shoot, so in the pre-dawn I set off once again in the hope some spectacular images at day-break.

Initially it looks hopeful, but after some 45 minutes of expectation the best I get is a splash of colour (above) before the light has goes and it starts to rain. I take some shots all the same, grateful for what nature has been all-too-reluctant to offer in recent weeks, then decide I'm not going to waste the outing altogether and walk the seven miles along the coast to the harbour crossing ferry before getting the bus home.

Two thirds of the way into the walk I glance to my left and note that waves are producing interesting patters on the beach and the sky has, indeed, become interesting. Not wasted after all.

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2023

Okay, the second half of last year was a wash-out from a photographic point of view. The unusually high summer temperatures put me off going outside unless necessary, and my reacquaintance with music (and the electric guitar) took up most of my energies from then on.

When I did find the time and inclination to get out somewhere with a camera, more often than not the light was less than inspiring. Add to that, the last week of 2022 and I was laid-up with the Covid-19 virus.

Today is my first day out of isolation - and out of the house since Christmas - and the dawn light gives me something to point a lens at.

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