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Wynding Bluffs, The Wynding, Bamburgh
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photographic record
- date
- 30th May 2009
- location
- The Wynding, Bamburgh
- lens
- 110mm Schneider Super Symmar XL f/5.6
- speed
- 1s
- aperture
- f/45
- tilt/swing
- -
- rise/fall
- -
- nd filters
- 0.6S
- other filters
- -
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On one evening on a family holiday to Bamburgh, the wind was blowing a gusty 20mph and had managed to shift quite a bit of sand against some of the nice rock features just past the end of the Wynding. The mini sand dunes that were created reminded me the larger African dunes and I decided to try to create something that brought out this foreign feel. I had to work very low (burying my tripod in the sand in an attempt to get the rocks above the horizon) and was covered in sand at the end of the process. The small blip on the horizon is Holy Island.
Northumberland is stunning in many ways but it's unique weather system gives it some of the most stunning sunrises and sunsets in the country. It must be something to do with the fact that the prevailing wind crosses the rugged hilly country and these hills dissapear very close to the coast. Whatever it is that causes the phenomenon is a welcome bonus to what is already a beautiful place.
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