I headed off to the beach today to grab some snaps of the storm that has hit the Cornish coastline. I visited Lands End, Sennan, St Just, St Ives, Godrevey, Praa sands and Porthleven to get some shots. The weather was bad and the light was useless most of the time!
The combination of large spring tides and the on-shore gale that was blowing made this storm have a heavy impact on the county. Tree’s were blown over, towns were flooded by the sea and it’s not over yet.
Remember though, when its safe to get fishing this storm should produce some great sea fishing, so its not all bad.
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November 13, 2009 at 08:22
These are great – my friend has just moved to Cornwall, think I need to make a visit (rods n’all, of course!)
April 7, 2008 at 04:54
Hello
Thanks for your email regarding the storm photographs.
Sure I remember you, we were trying to stand together at Land’s End on that day, doing our best to remain in an upright position whilst the wind buffeted us from every conceivable angle, hell it was blowing a fury that day wasn’t it?!!
You know, I had one guy on a photography forum criticising my own images from that day telling me I should have tried to hold the camera more steady and why did I not use a tripod! Too funny for words, obviously someone not accustomed to hurricane force winds.
The light was absolutely appalling I agree for much of the day, not to mention the amount of wind borne very heavy spray constantly against our cameras.
Anyway, it was a pleasure to meet you that day, I’m glad you got some great images up on your blog here and I hope to meet up with you again sometime, hopefully when the winds are a bit more favourable.
Btw, after seeing you there, I shot over to the Minack Theatre, from there to Cot Valley at St. Just, then up the coast to St. Ives, before finishing off at Portreath, then back to St. Ives again for the high tide at 7pm. Earlier in the day, covered Porthleven and Sennen Cove.
Wishing you a great summer!
Mark
http://www.SkyHighPhotographs.co.uk
March 28, 2008 at 12:05
These pictures are absolutley stunning. They are as good as Ive seen anywhere on the net. A big well done.
Best Regards – Glenn
March 13, 2008 at 14:15
We just about managed to miss the worst of it on the Isle of Man. Great photopraphs, especially like the spray around the lighthouse.
March 13, 2008 at 00:32
Hey there,
Steady but cold hands!! and fighting the massive poer of the wind.
Re: shutter speed, I went for what I could get. The scenes were moving so fast due to 70mph winds there was no need to slow the shutter speed down. the ISO was 200 for all the above images, using a 50 – 200mm lens. Combatting ocer exposure was the hardest feat and getting sharp images
March 12, 2008 at 19:01
Amazing photos. What sort of equipment exposure etc did you use to take those, looks like there was some sort of slow shutter and low iso involved. http://www.andrewmurphyphotos.co.uk
March 11, 2008 at 20:18
Amazing pics, must have taken some steady hands to take those
March 11, 2008 at 14:41
Marc
Yea, most of the images are Porthleven. The seas were huge in sennan but the ligth was so poor I could not get anything of value.
The 4th shot down is pra sands at the Hendra end. It was blowing a gale and it was hard to get s hot through all the sand that was moving accross the beach.
My face is raw today, after it being sands blasted.
March 11, 2008 at 01:08
Great pics of the wild water! Is that Porthleven breakwater getting a battering?