"Old" Saltburn Sunrise Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is my second sunrise post. See here for yesterday’s post. This time I stood on the pier to look back at the Ship Inn, which is comprised of the first 3 buildings (from the right). Situated practically on the beach, you can see the attraction of a visit there on a hot summer’s day. Next-door is the Smuggler’s Museum. The little white building between the fishing boats and the Ship Inn is the mortuary, and at the top of the cliff are the Coastguard’s Cottages. All the little dots on the wet sand are seagulls. As the Ship Inn faces north it is only in summer that it gets any sunlight and that on an evening. I might put it on my list for next summer for some close ups.
What you see here is pretty much all that remains of “old” Saltburn. There would have been more cottages in earlier times. It was famous (or infamous depending on your point of view) for smuggling in the 18th century and became notorious for being the area’s smuggling hotspot, because of the high level of illegal activity. The “King of Smugglers” John Andrew was from a wealthy family and from 1780 as landlord of the Ship Inn he co-ordinated the smuggling activities. He came close to being arrested on several occasions but always managed to evade capture. Don’t you just find it amusing that he was under the nose of the coastguards in the cottages on the cliff above? Anyone interested in more details can look here

In the WS I have a shot taken from the top of Saltburn Bank; a very steep bank with “S” bends.

ajcsousa, eza1701, fabio_ts, carper, bantonbuju, Tue, singuanti, sarju, Ged has marked this note useful

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ajcsousa (1804) 2005-10-12 9:08

Hi Kath,
Beautiful sunset. Great composition. The light and colors are great. Nice WS also. You live in a beautiful place. Well done
Regards, António

Graal (57717) 2005-10-12 9:25

Hi Kath,
here's very nice as previous. Beautiful colours of sunset. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander

eza1701 (3343) 2005-10-12 10:01

Another wonderful sunset photo Kath, you really have caught some teriffic colours in the sky.

The good old Ship in features on quite a lot of photos on the site now.

fabio_ts (13674) 2005-10-12 10:08

Yesterday I've written to you how much these white houses, in contrast with coloured landscape, appealed to me.. and today I'm very happy to can see this compo.. fantastic colors and great definition, beautiful work, all my compliments!!
ciao, Fabio.

carper (64612) 2005-10-12 11:50

not an easy one Kath,
but I like the composition with the backlight, very good point of view,l nice depth very nice job.
gr. jaap

dkeus31 (26144) 2005-10-12 14:34

Hi Kath,
Nice moody picture.
Lovely colors in the sky.
Regards,
Didier

nels (2455) 2005-10-12 15:17

hi kath great lighting great sunrisethe building stand out against the cliffs good ws also

adrian

lukie (0) 2005-10-12 16:07

Hello Kath,

I like it ! Beautiful colours, the one in your WS is good also.

regards,

Luc.

Tue (25608) 2005-10-12 17:13

Hej Kath,
Again a photo with great colours in the sky, it looks wonderful. The contrast between the white houses against the dark background is also very good. Great work, thanx for sharing!
Hilsner,
Lars

dsidwell (9745) 2005-10-12 18:02

This is so very lovely, Kath! The sky is amazing, but I also appreciate the patterns and light on the watery beach, and I also like how the structures stick out against the dark hillside.

toni_al (15430) 2005-10-12 18:07

Hi Kath
Très joli paysage, et une très belle lumière.
Toni

sarju (5308) 2005-10-12 23:41

Hi Kath
I like the way you are taking us for a ride .. first the pier, now the shot from the pier and what a nice story of the smuggler to accompany along with this mail.
It is nice to see a place where time has stood still ... you gotta have a look at the rate at which Toronto is expanding to appreciate the stillness of places
thanks for showing me and btw ... nice colours in the sky and good reflections on the beach
tfs ... cheers .... sarju

bantonbuju (48540) 2005-10-13 3:33

hi kath, i am amazed with this shot - how you have managed to achieve the foreground exposure revealing enough details particularly of the buildings, that's just a perfection in every meaning;
very very nice sunset, kath;
best, jerzy

coco (27786) 2005-10-13 16:06

Hi Kath.
Nice colours and good composition. The reflections over the sand and the water are really nice. Is a good capture. Well done.
Regards.

singuanti (15240) 2005-10-13 20:31

Hi Kath. This is one truly beautiful sunrise. I can't see a thing I would do differently. Actually maybe I'd lighten the shadows a tiny bit. The focus and clarity are both very good. Very impressive shot Kath.

danielswalsh (13312) 2005-10-13 23:02

Hi Kath;

Another photo for me to add to my "Dawn/ Early Morning" Theme.
You managed a great balance between the sky and the low light land area. Good amount of detail, and a nice composition...

Cheers!
- Dan

john_c (24635) 2005-10-14 11:04

Hi Kath,
Now you are teasing us with these superb sunrise shots. What makes this shot special is the generous foreground of packed sand with the water and gleaming reflections. The buildings below are balanced by the structure above and the entire scene crowned with that magnificent sky. A joy to the eyes.
John

Paolo (40694) 2005-10-15 4:08

Ciao Kath, another excellent sunset shot! colors have fantastic pastel tone, the POV was perfect to have a view on the hill and on the sky, and the composition is really amazing.
thanks, ciao

Ged (391) 2005-10-15 6:48