CAPTURE NEW HORIZONS

I discovered a new beach here in East Lothian yesterday evening as I went for a walk near Billsdean Creek (that's the name on the OS map) to try and find the natural arch that a fellow photographer had posted on Facebook.   With the High Tide approaching I decided to abandon the walk around the headland to the arch as I didn't want to be the cause of a Dunbar Lifeboat callout, so I settled for taking some images in around the shoreline as the sun set behind Torness Point.  I have several images to process from this short foray along the East Lothian coast but this picture of a large rock sat at the edge of the shoreline caught my eye.  The golden light from the setting sun to the left and the reflection in the water makes this, for me, a standout picture when viewed in Lightroom. The shot was taken on a Fujifilm X-T1 and a XF18mm f2 lens.  The camera was handheld so I could get the low angle close to the water and is gives the rock, which was about 3 feet /...

East Beach stretches along the front of the East Lothian town from Cromwell Harbour at the west end  along to the Golf Course to the east,  The beach is a mixture of sand and rocks, with rock pools providing great entertainment for children at low tide.  The sea wall is lined by houses, providing a great backdrop to the town's main beach front. Last week I went down to East Beach to catch the sunrise at 6:15am and on the way back I stopped to take some images of the general beach because it is not an area I tend to visit that often with the camera. Half way down the beach is an old groin, a wooden barrier that was designed to stop the beach being moved by the strong tides.  Unfortunately this has fallen in a state of disrepair and the beach at the western end has been worn away, exposing some of the sewage pipework. However the worn wooden structure makes for an interesting photographic subject. The pebbles, rocks and other seashore items...