Horsey Windpump in IR

On the way back from Happisburgh, we stopped at Horsey Windpump for a few shots.  Again I took both full colour and IR images.  However, the normal colour images are not that interesting, so here are some of the IR shots.

 

Happisburgh

A couple of weeks ago I visited Happisburgh (for those who don't speak Norfolk, that's pronounced Haze-bruh).  This is an area where the power of coastal erosion is on clear display.  The soft cliffs are in full retreat, many houses have been lost to the sea and it's a matter of when, not if, for the others.  We arrived at high tide and couldn't get near the old wooden sea defences that we were hoping to 10-stop.  Whilst trying to find other routes down to the beach, we walked over what had once been a static caravan park.  The satellite view on Google maps showed dozens of vans and a u-shaped service road.  All that remained was the odd broken caravan and two stubby sections of road, each ending at the cliff.

At least the Lighthouse is still there. And easy to get to.  I had seen many images of it shot from a field.  The field typically containing ripe wheat or barley.  I was expecting a bit of a hike to find that viewpoint, but it was actually right by the carpark.  What Will Cheung calls a Cavalier shot, because you can take it out of the window of your Vauxhall Cavalier. 

This year's crop was sugarbeat.  Less interesting than wheat or barley for normal shots, but superb for IR

 

Great Yarmouth

Some imaged from the second day of my recent trip to Norfolk with the CCC.  Several of our group spent much of the day in Great Yarmouth on the sea front, trying to capture a seaside town out of season.  Every so often the sun would break through the clouds to give some beautiful light.  That kind of light is the reason I love to visit the coast in winter.

Seals at Horsey Mere

A few of us from the club spent last weekend Norfolk.  wee started our couple of days with trip to Horsey to see the seals.  Unlike Donna Nook, at Horsey there is no opportunity to get down on the beach amongst the bigger seals.  Instead you are restricted to the path through the dunes.  But many of the seals, especially the older pups, can be quite confiding, coming up onto the path.  The light was very contrasty which made for a tricky morning's photography.