Hayling Island Sunset was
photographed one summer evening in August, on the beach on the
south west corner of the Island. We wanted to photograph the
sunset at low-tide in order to get out on the beach and
capture the ripples in the sand and the pools of water left
behind by the receding water.
This took
months of planning, as low tide and sunset only happn together
around every 3 weeks, and a number of times we had to
reschedule eithdr due to rain or generally overcast skies. So
everything fell into place on this day and the 3 of us trecked
a good half mile from the car park to find a suitable spot
facing west in the direction of Portsmouth and the setting
sun.
The sun actually set behind some
clouds and so we had to suffice with the orange glow it left
behind. I opted for a natural treatments and my editing was
minimal as I didn't want to upset the blance of the oranges
and blues in the sky and have either overpower the other. The
result was some beautiful reflections of the sky in the small
pools and in a large channel in front of us, in addition to
which the sun grazed the top of the sand ripples and gave some
definition to what would otherwise have been a black void on
the photo. |