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Yesterday I conducted my latest Long Exposure Landscapes workshop and one of the places we visited was St Helen's Chapel up the coast from Dunbar.  This is a ruined church that was abandoned in the late18th century.  It is a very atmospheric place with ruined walls and upturned grave markers. Using the X-Pro2 and 10-24mm f4 lens fitted with the Lee Big Stopper and Lee 0.9 ND Grad, I produced some images to demonstrate the techniques I was teaching.  Here are three of the shots from yesterday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC...

Last Sunday I went to St Helen's Chapel which is situated on the cliff top along the coast near Pease Bay in the Scottish Borders, about 8 miles from Dunbar.  This is the second time I had visited the ruins of the 12th Century chapel that was abandoned in the 18th Century. There are a few gravestones still lying around in the grass and the whole site is very poignent and make for great mono images, especially with a Lee Big Stopper fitted to get some movement in the clouds that were scudding across the sky in the high winds.  After taking several shots I moved along the coastal path the take some images of the path and also the view along the coast towards the power station at Torness. The weather was extremely changeable and the rain clouds eventually reached us and we headed back to the car as the rain swept in from the south east.  The rain can be seen on the horizon in the shot below along the coast. CLICK HERE for more information on St Hel...

On Thursday I went for a walk along the coastal path near Cockburnspath to find the ruins of St Helen's Church which is marked on the OS Explorer map of the area (OS map no 346). The ruins date from the 12th century and the church was heavily rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries before being abandoned in the 18th when the parish of Aldcambus was united with Cockburnspath.  The church was dedicated to St Helen and is also known as  St Helen's Kirk, St Helen's On The Lea and St Helena's Chapel. Access is via the coastal path that runs along the dry stone wall and the ruins can also be seen from the road.  The church yard is set apart from the surrounding fields by a stone wall enclosure and a few head stones and grave markers can be seen close to the ruins of the church.  Only three headstones are still standing and one is set apart from the others, that are grouped together closer in.  Markings are still visible on several of the graveston...