Burnham Sands

The following photographs are a further selection from a morning spent at Burnham-on-Sea and can be viewed in conjunction with my previous posts from this location: Burnham Lighthouse Part 1 and Part 2.

Here I concentrate on both close up studies of the beach picking out some of the texture of the sand and the reflected light in the standing water, and then some alternative landscapes using the upper range of the telephoto lens.

First the sand, or perhaps more accurately, mud studies. These follow up this year’s concentration on the broad subject of surfaces and textures. Most are in abstract an format often using the reflected light as part of the composition:

Next is a set of landscapes taken at the upper range of the telephoto lens (150mm). The compositions mainly feature views along Berrow Flats towards the island of Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel with a few looking across the bay in the direction of Hinckley Point power station. That said, I was not really attempting to capture the locations in these photographs and was more interested in the line of the sand, the shape of the pools of standing water, and light reflecting off the wet mud:

For this final set from the morning session, I have selected images looking from the lighthouse towards Burnham seafront. Taking photographs in this direction meant shooting into the light and the altered exposure settings exaggerated the sense of darkness turning the seafront buildings to a near silhouette: