The first photo of the New Year just had to be of Southport Pier. I got down to the pier just before sunset, but the light wasn’t great, just a bit overcast, no colour. At least it wasn’t windy, so I was able to take this long exposure shot just before the pier closed for… Continue reading

On Monday this week I finished all my outstanding work and checked the time – ten minutes to sunset. So, I jumped in the car and headed down to the pier, more in hope than expectation. The wind was blowing a gale – it was blowing so hard that there was a constant drone as… Continue reading

These are the Welsh hills viewed from Ainsdale Beach. Continue reading

I went down to the Pier last week, hoping for a wonderful sunset, but all I got was complete cloud cover. So, what does one do when the sunset’s a damp squib, and you want to bring something home? I wandered down towards the Marine Way Bridge, which comes with its own lighting, and did… Continue reading

And there isn’t one, if you know what I mean? The sun did actually go down, but I, for one didn’t actually see it go down, even though I was watching and waiting for it. The fact of a real, actual sunset event was evidenced by the progressing darkness, but not by any fantastic display… Continue reading