Heat Haze
Paul Iddon
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I rarely do landscape photo's so forgive me... 
No editing except for a crop and straighten on this, with a touch of levels.
What it shows is the heat haze looking across the beach at Lytham St Anne's towards Southport, on the North West coast of England and I kinda like the abstractness that the heat has created.
The structure is the old pier a few hundred yards out across the sands. Only one storey of the jetty can now be seen but there were originally three storeys and a deep channel passed in front, suitable for steamboats which took passengers to Lytham, Southport & Blackpool.
When a new shipping channel to Preston was created in the 1890s the old channel silted up and the level of sand on St.Anne's beach rose by over 20 feet. Since then, it is only on very high tides that the water covers the foreshore.
On this day, the sun was intensely hot and we all 3 of us, me, wife, and kid, ended up with obvious red patches where the sun DID shine!
Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Image Date: 2011-07-30 13:03:44 +0000
Focal Length: 250mm
Focus Distance: Infinite
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 0.0029 s (1/350)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: A View of the UK - Paul Iddon Photography
Paul.
No editing except for a crop and straighten on this, with a touch of levels.
What it shows is the heat haze looking across the beach at Lytham St Anne's towards Southport, on the North West coast of England and I kinda like the abstractness that the heat has created.
The structure is the old pier a few hundred yards out across the sands. Only one storey of the jetty can now be seen but there were originally three storeys and a deep channel passed in front, suitable for steamboats which took passengers to Lytham, Southport & Blackpool.
When a new shipping channel to Preston was created in the 1890s the old channel silted up and the level of sand on St.Anne's beach rose by over 20 feet. Since then, it is only on very high tides that the water covers the foreshore.
On this day, the sun was intensely hot and we all 3 of us, me, wife, and kid, ended up with obvious red patches where the sun DID shine!
Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Image Date: 2011-07-30 13:03:44 +0000
Focal Length: 250mm
Focus Distance: Infinite
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 0.0029 s (1/350)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: A View of the UK - Paul Iddon Photography
Paul.
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Comments
I find myself drawn to the hunched over figure walking on the beach and wonder if the pier in this case if detracting a bit from the photo. Shooting the haze with nothing but sand and the distant skyline and this figure walking along would really hit that hot/hazy feeling IMO.
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