Lytham St Annes Windmill before & after sundown.

Paul Iddon

Out of the comfort zone, and a couple of landscapes taken tonight. Same place for both.

First one here, as you will see is the windmill at Lytham St Anne's on the Fylde coast. Taken about 15 minutes after the sun had hit the horizon and with the horizon of the sea out on the right hand side at about the 5 o'clock position, there is still a little blue and purple in the sky. In front of the windmill is a vast village green type area, where hundreds of dogs and kids play in the day time. Luckily, most are gone at dusk...

The building on the right of the windmill with the weather vane on the roof, is the former lifeboat station.


C&C as always appreciated.



Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Image Date: 2010-10-24
Focal Length: 45mm
Focus Distance: Infinite
Aperture: f/13.0
Exposure Time: 0.700 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Exposure Mode: Auto Bracketing
White Balance: Manual
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk





The second image was taken 10 minutes before the sun went down and it dropped quite quickly. Shooting into the sun this time, and trying to keep the vast difference in contrast is quite challenging.

Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2010-10-24
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Exposure Mode: Auto Bracketing
White Balance: Manual
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk






Paul.

Toonartist

Both shots are beautiful Paul, great light and composition!! Superb!

Duncan

Paul Iddon

Toonartist wrote: »

Both shots are beautiful Paul, great light and composition!! Superb!

Duncan

Cheers Duncan m8. As you well know, not my usual kinda stuff, lol..

Paul.

Paul Iddon

In between taking the shot from the grass into the direction of the sunset, and the closer view of the windmill looking in the direction that the sun had set from, I took this photo of the windmill from the wooden jetty that travels out onto the mudflats (treacherous they are) taking in a wider view of the land.


C&C as always appreciated.

Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2010-10-24
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/13.0
Exposure Time: 0.300 s (1/3)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: -1.50 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Exposure Mode: Auto Bracketing
White Balance: Manual
Flash Fired: No
Color Space: sRGB
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk







Paul.

Awais Yaqub

1st and 3rd are my favorites, beautiful location.

jackiejay

So beautiful all 3 of them its so pretty their.:)

TreyHoff

Yep....1st shot is great. I like the second one too....better of course if there was a bit more light in front, but as you say, this type of shot is a tricky one!

Paul Iddon

Thanks all, appreciate the feedback.


Paul.