Sunrise at Cove Harbour

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This morning I decided to get up and catch the sunrise down at Cove Harbour, which is located a few miles down the coast from Dunbar and is an oasis of tranquility.  After two weeks of travel and work in Japan and Portugal, Cove was the ideal place to unwind for a couple of hours before heading back to the office to prepare for the next FIA WEC event in China, which I fly out to on Sunday for eight days.

 Once a busy part of the east coast fishing industry, Cove Harbour is now used by a few small fishing boats that catch crabs and lobsters. All of the buildings associated with the harbour are listed and the harbour is owned by Cove Harbour Conservation Ltd.  

 With its old world feel and old building Cove is the ideal location for filming and has been used for major films, TV shows and fashion shoots.  With it's close proximity to Edinburgh, Cove is an ideal location for international companies to use.

 The shots on this page were taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 and the Fujinon XF10-24mm f4 wide angle zoom.  The shot at the top was taken with an exposure of 1/20 @ f5.6, using the Manfrotto tripod and the lens fitted with a Lee 0.9 ND Soft grad filter.

 The shot below was a long exposure of 3 minutes using the Lee 10x ND 'Big Stopper' filter to give the required long exposure.

The final shot was taken on the X-T1 fitted with the Fujinon XF14mm f2.8 prime lens, with an exposure of 1/110s @ f11 from the top of the harbour wall looking east along the coast.

CLICK HERE to visit the official Cove Harbour website

 Please note that while the images on this page are the property of MacLean Photographic they are not for commercial purposes and only for illustrating this blog post. All commercial, film and photographic rights of any kind are reserved by Cove Harbour Conservation Ltd.
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