A walk in the dark

[Jon]

So after a particularly "fraught" day at work (sounds better than sh*tty) I decided to grab the camera and take my pounding head down to the coast, queue the whole of Teesside grinding to a halt following a nasty rtc, so by the time I got the few miles to the coast it was rapidly heading for pitch black.  Out of spite I decided to have a tramp along the beach in the dark and decided to take some pics, because I sort of needed to - if you see what I mean.  Anyway, here's a couple of shots before the last of the light went

 

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[Denis]

What a great set Festcu, especially the last, the colours in that are really good. There is beauty within an industrial landscape that really doesnt get to be seen often enough. Despite the bad day, promise you will post more like this again!

[ChrisLumix]

That last one is super-dramatic! Very unusual shot, nicely captured.  

[Black Pearl]

Best way to de-stress is take you're camera out, put your eye to it, thus excluding everything in the world outside of the little black box and just concentrate on seeing things for their photogenic potential.

 

I do this as often as i can and it is the ONLY thing that keeps me sane.

[Jon]

I have to say, its a very close second to my beloved motorbike - I'll have to work out how to carry a tripod on the bike and then I'll be the least stressed ever :-)

 

Didn't think I'd get anything tonight so not bad at all.  The red lights in the last one are the offshore windfarm at Redcar, and the idea of the trip out with the camera was that a bit further down the coast the windfarm can be seen as 3 parallel lines of turbines - looks a bit like a runway - and I wanted to see if a decent pic could be made from it.

 

I do like an industrial landscape - there is a particular shot I want to get near hear, but every time i try the armed guards turn up before I get set up!  They are very polite, but they still carry guns (its near the nuclear power station) :-)

[annie]

lovely set festcu...i really love industrial landscape shots, and these are stunning.

 

i like shot three, with that one solitary cloud just hanging there. 

[Kobione]

Certainly a good amount of drama in these Festcu. Very nice to look at.

[colinb]

 

So after a particularly "fraught" day at work (sounds better than sh*tty) I decided to grab the camera and take my pounding head down to the coast, queue the whole of Teesside grinding to a halt following a nasty rtc, so by the time I got the few miles to the coast it was rapidly heading for pitch black.  Out of spite I decided to have a tramp along the beach in the dark and decided to take some pics, because I sort of needed to - if you see what I mean.

 

 

 

and I find the quietness of the evening is often the best time as it can show a colourful world not seen during the day.

[Heather]

i think that rtc did you a great favour, what a cracking set of images

[Barbara]

A great set and I would say a most satisfactory end to what was a crappy day.....These would have made my day

[bugmeister]

That's a lovely set of pictures, and I'd say you were there at just the right time

[Jon]

Thanks everyone, must admit I am quite pleased with these - didn't expect anyone else to like them, if I'm honest.  There were a lot of blurred shots as it was windy as a very windy thing and there was a fair amount of experimentation with exposure times, but thats what I needed to sort my head, its very easy to forget how satisfying it is to get a shot that you like yourself, and it always astonishes me that anyone else likes them

[NannyFerret]

A brilliant set!

I agree with BP too. Photography is a great stress beater, and seeing scenes like this and photographing them has to be one of the mos t relaxing pastimes.