Blue Hour, RNLI Wooden Jetty, Lytham, Lancashire

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Since returning from New Zealand and Australia a month ago, I have not been out with the camera shooting just for myself. This is not entirely uncommon with landscape photographers during the summer months but in my case, I had/have a lot of admin to catch up on since returning from my month away travelling.

The demands of running a business, as well as putting the polishing touches to my 2020 workshops has left me with little time to head out but yesterday I felt the urge to do so. So I checked the tide height at this local iconic spot (this wooden jetty complete with the 'lamp stand water marker') and sure enough, the tide height was perfect for a sunset shot so off I went eager to scratch my photography itch.

I combined the trip with a drink in a local pub beforehand with Chris Beard, a good friend of mine and photographer too before heading across the road to capture the sunset. Now the sun dropped way over my right shoulder so there was no colour to be captured although it was a gorgeous sunset with lovely pinks in the sky reflecting in the incoming tide complete with several Herons all walking around by the shoreline in the water looking for food. It was just lovely being outdoors and among nature.

The tide slowly comes in at this location until it reaches around six foot from the end of the jetty then the bugger rushes in rather quickly. You do not have a lot of time to get the shot you want. Perhaps five minutes and that's it. You also have to be careful that the water does not rise from under the jetty and soak your camera bag through. I got away with wearing waterproof leather hiking boots but had I stayed around any longer, wellies would definitely have been needed.

Anyhow, this shot was taken using a Kase 6 Stop ND filter and it performed brilliantly as always.
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Canon EOS R
Canon 16-35mm f4 @ 16mm
f13
15 secs
ISO50

Kase 6 Stop ND Filter
Benro TMA48CXL Mach 3 Tripod
Benro GD3WH Geared Head
3 Legged Thing QR11-LC L Bracket
Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag
Kase Filters
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Taken in: UK / England / Fylde District (show map)

Taken on: July 3, 2019

Tags:

Lancashire

Jetty

Wooden Jetty

Boardwalk

Estuary

Water

Tide

Long Exposure

Canon EOS R

Benro TMA48CXL Tripod

Benro GD3WH Geared Head

Mindshift Backlight 26L Bag

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Camera: Canon EOS R, f/13.0, 15 sec, 16mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R
Lens:	EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	15
Focal Length:	16mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)
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