Sunderland Point, a photo from Lancashire, England

Photographer's Note

Good Morning Everyone,

This is a very attractive sculpture showing seabirds in flight on the coast at Sunderland Point.

I'm sure that many people who live in the U.K. have not heard of Sunderland Point. Sunderland Point, is a small village among the marshes, on a windswept peninsula between the mouth of the River Lune and Morecambe Bay, in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire. It was used as a port for slave ships and cotton ships but its importance declined as other ports such as Lancaster were opened up.

Sunderland is unique in the United Kingdom as being the only community to be on the mainland and yet dependent upon tidal access. The only vehicular access to the village is via a single-track road from Overton 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away crossing a tidal marsh. The road is covered by water at every high tide. Among other effects, this results in the children of Sunderland sometimes being required to arrive late at school in Overton or to leave early to avoid being cut off by the tide. - Wikipedia

I took the photograph with my mobile phone

Thank you for your interest, Bev :-)

ChrisJ, snunney, Fis2, holmertz, jhm, ikeharel, ikeharel, tyro, macjake, alvaraalto has marked this note useful

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Tue (72006) 2019-02-11 1:59

Hello Beverley,
A beautiful view of the water of the bay and some small boats near the coast. The light was attractive, it looks as if it were a cold, but still pleasant autumn day with some fine clouds and a lovely sunlight. The monument is very well included in the foreground, too.
Lars

rbassin (27404) 2019-02-11 2:06

hello Beverley
Bien cadré avec la sculpture en avant plan, donnant sur une très belle côte.
Bonne netteté et belle lumière
Amicalement
Roland

lousat (121125) 2019-02-11 2:08

Hi Bev,in effect i never heard nothing about this place,but i'm not english..ehehe...a very curious artwork in this beach,the quality coming from your mobile is excellent and i like the view too. Happy Birthday for Yesterday and have a nice week,Luciano

ChrisJ (152524) 2019-02-11 2:10

Hello Beverley,

I like the fish sculptures abruptly changing into bird sculptures about 1/2 way up. Good sharpness and the chain link fence and shoreline add depth and perspective. Tfs!

notrap (7762) 2019-02-11 2:14

Hello Beverley,
interesting note, I guess the children of Sunderland Point don't mind to leave school sometimes earlier than their comrades!
Good composition of your photo, the birds standing out against the clouds.
Kind regards,
Elvira

snunney (130965) 2019-02-11 2:17

Hello Bev,
You are right I have never heard of Sunderland Point, though I probably didn't live that far away when I was growing up in Liverpool. Interesting story and a well conceived composition. The unusual sculpture makes a good focal point and frame. Good rendering of the colours and textural details despite the rather poor light.

Fis2 (142795) 2019-02-11 3:25

Witaj Bev!
Curious place, nice view.
Interesting sculpture makes impression.
Good POV and perspective.
I like colors and sharpness.
Well done.
Nice new week.
Krzysztof

holmertz (83424) 2019-02-11 3:28

Hello Bev,
The sculpture is very elegant and you placed it well. The entire composition is well balanced, which makes this such an attractive photo in spite of the relatively plain view. For me this contribution is equally dependent on the statue and the very interesting note.
Kind regards,
Gert

jhm (191483) 2019-02-11 4:37

Hello Bev,

Reaction to my picture about Bruges market.
Only on Wednesday is yet market, official is the market on Saturday on 't Zand, end of the shopping street.
Saturday was very calm in Bruges no much tourists.
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This is also the first time that I hear of the Sunderland Point.
But a lovely panorama view about the area.
Of course, the statue is the real eye catcher on this nice winter picture in February.
The birds are splendid made in metal.
Also nice depth and perspective through your choice of the angle.
Excellent composition.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

Silvio1953 (191367) 2019-02-11 4:40

Ciao cara Bev, lovely composition with beautiful sculpture in FG, wonderful colors, excellent perspective and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

ikeharel (98874) 2019-02-11 5:13

good result to the cell-phone, as I reckon long ago, Beverley - there are advantage for those small devices, one is the no-need to carry full gear...
The sculpture is awesome, nicely erected above the bay scenery in low tide.
Have a nice new week,
Ike

Nicou (188578) 2019-02-11 6:26

Hello

superbe vue et statue quelle iamge et ocmpo quelle vue ces oiseaux tout en finesse quei font comme pour s'envoler en bor d'eau avec ce rendu sur l'eau ces chaines quei font des courbe et la perspective à gauche sueprbe.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

mesutilgim (115528) 2019-02-11 6:34

Hello Beverley,
Nice capture of this roadside art, fishes climbing towards the flying birds.
Taken with perfect pov and layout. Good sharpness and simple framing. Many interesting and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

mauro61 (53411) 2019-02-11 8:47

ciao Beverley,
ben inserita la scultura in FG a dare forza all'inquadratura.
Bella e tranquilla scena con la luce ben gestita,
buona serata
Maurizio

tyro (29026) 2019-02-11 15:31

Hello Bev,

I must confess that I'd never heard of Sunderland Point before so your note and photograph are of particular interest to me as I love to learn more and more about our native lands. And I suspect that many people looking at this will (like me) initially think of the city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear.

This image is of remarkable quality considering that it has been taken with a mobile 'phone! Perhaps the contrasts are a little severe compared to what you get with your camera, but your composition is perfect with strong diagonals and the sweep of the coastline and the perfect placement of the intriguing sculpture. Excellent detail and sharpness too.

Excellent!

Kind Regards,

John.

P.S. I note from many of your recent photos that your camera is often listed as a Canon G12 - is that now your main camera or do you still use your Nikon DSLR - or, if I remember correctly, also a Fujifilm XT1?

carlo62 (81031) 2019-02-11 22:53

Ciao Bev
il paesaggio è bello, soprattutto per me che amo questi panorami, ma la scultura offre sicuramente un elemento di grande interesse alla tua foto.
Eccellente composizione.
Saluti
Carlo

macjake (92637) 2019-02-11 23:37

Hi Bev
I'll have to read the note for sure on this one. What do we have here. Interesting read, especially the part about the roadway being covered up by the tides every day! Perhaps another road should be built, but I guess there aren't enough people living here to make it worth while? unique sculpture, it seems to fit the motif of the local area, with seabirds. lovely rustic location. nice shot! cheers
Craig

alvaraalto (38742) 2019-02-12 5:09

Hello Bev,
In fact, Sunderland Point should be as famous as Mont Saint-Michel.
But how beautiful this sculpture with the flying birds, it is of course less spectacular.
I think that the artist thought of Escher for a moment when designing these birds.
Excellent picture
Have a nice day, groet Rob

jemaflor (125811) 2019-02-13 8:37

Hi Bev,
Nice depth effect with this perspective, interesting sculpture, well photographed, tfs