Photographer’s Note
Beachy Head is a chalk headland close to Eastbourne. It's part of Seven Sisters, a series of chalk cliffs which you can often see in films as a stand-in for the more famous White Cliffs of Dover. Beachy Head is the highest chalk sea cliff in England (162 m), and a notorious spot for suicides as it isn't protected by fences whatsoever.
The lighthouse was built at the beginning of the XXth century (substituting an older, less bright one); it's 43 m high. In 1999, 6 years after this photo was taken, it was moved 17m further inland.
There are some photos of Seven Sisters and Beachy Head on TE, but I think this is the only one taken from the sea. Sailing along these cliffs on a bright day is an impressive experience which I recommend everyone.
I took the photo from a moving tourist boat, that's why I had to crop part of the foreground with the boat's railing; I have no exif data as I was using my old manual Canon reflex.
Post-processing: I worked with the sky on a separate layer. The process was quite typical: noise reduction, levels, curves, saturation, USM.
In the original version (more "contrasty") the lights were overdone. This re-post, made from a scanned print, tries to address that issue.
The original version (with critiques by Woladorsky, Xavis and Ben4321) has two WS with two other POVs: a closer, frontal view of the lighthouse, and a view of the cliffs and the land above them.
I hope you enjoy it.
Have a nice day!
Critiques | Translate
rbcy1974
(20742) 2007-09-20 6:10
HOla Ines
Un paisaje maravilloso,
me gusta mucho la manera en que has capturado el pequeno faro en un extremo del cuadro,
tanto la luz como los coloeres son excelentes.
Un saludo
Daniel
mirarer
(4268) 2007-09-20 6:22
Hola Ines:
Preciosos acantilados, bonita luz, colores muy naturales y buen punto de vista. Buen trabajo.
Mirari.
Felicidades.
xavis
(3174) 2007-09-21 15:52
Hola,
ya me gusto la primera. Esta que esta mejorada me encanta. Estos murallones blancos y el faro al final, rojo y llamandonos bien la atencion.
preciosa,
Hasta otra,
Javier
markogts
(1116) 2007-10-07 6:19
For sure it is better than the original. But I still feel there is something strange here: the sky is too dark, the lighthouse could be more saturated... Don't know, I remain with a strange feeling.
Guntin
(1311) 2007-11-03 4:17
Tienen razón en algún comentario que te han hecho. Los colores son extraños, y por eso la foto me atrae tanto.
El contraste entre el azul oscuro y la claridad de la roca. Entre el faro tan ínfimo y el acantilado mastodóntico.... La foto es muy atractiva!!!! Felicidades!!!
Photo Information
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Copyright: Ines Montenegro (abanibi)
(747) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 1993-07-00
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Canon T10
- Photo Version: Final Version, Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2007-09-20 6:02
Discussions
- To Guntin: Hola (1)
by abanibi, last updated 11-03 06:00 - To markogts: maybe... (1)
by abanibi, last updated 10-13 10:18 - To mirarer: Kaitxo Mirari! (2)
by abanibi, last updated 09-20 10:11 - To rbcy1974: hola Daniel! (1)
by abanibi, last updated 09-20 10:07 - To Woladorksky, Xavis and Ben4321: reposting (1)
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