Dawn Light (April 2018)

Only by chance was I up early enough to capture the mist and dawn light in Penryn Harbour. There was a window of about ten minutes before the early morning conditions disappeared and the day started:

I was particularly attracted to the light coming through the windows of a small boat but it was hard to capture this and avoid the yacht masts running through the middle of the composition. May be this is one occasion where the conditions trump the finer points of composition:

In this image the yacht has been deliberately position in the centre of the frame. I think this works as a composition due the off-centre reflection of the sun:

Penryn (April 2018)

Making a change from the landlocked East Midlands, we headed for the coast in Cornwall and a part of the country that we know well and really enjoy. It was also an opportunity to catch up with some familiar photographic locations.

The first of these was the abandoned Andvari in Penryn harbour which lists to one side having slipped off its wooden supports. It also looks like the boat has been stripped on its metal including the port holes and its anchor.

I did photograph this boat a couple of years ago and liked the colours and textures of the peeling paint on the wooden hull. And, as it was near to our accommodation, I thought I would give it another go:

This is a shot from May 2016 which provides some context to the images above:

Penryn Harbour Walk - Photography Week 19 (2016)

In addition to the images of the Andvari, these are a selection of other photographs taken whilst walking from Penryn Harbour towards Flushing.

St Gluvias Cemetery

The harbour path passes through a pine covered cemetery which is part of the historic parish of St Gluvias dating from the 6th century. The chapel and a number of the gravestones date from the mid 19th century:

Dinghies

I passed a number of dinghies lined up on the shoreline and stopped to captured these textures of cracking fibreglass (and a sorry looking one-legged Teddy!):

I often wonder whether images of textures and surfaces have a general appeal. It might be a photographers' (or some photographers') subject only. I certainly get a few curious looks at times and the odd person asking what I am taking pictures of - they seem none the wiser when I explain!

For anyone with an interest I would recommend a great book by Polly O'Neil - Surfaces and Textures - A Visual Sourcebook (A & C Black Publishers, 2008)

Flushing

More surface and texture shots of the workshops on the outskirts of Flushing and a couple of reflections:

Egret & Orchid

I spotted this Egret in Gorrangorras Creek. Even at 400mm it was small in the frame but I was surprised at the sharpness after a large crop. Also nearby was an early purple orchid (Orchis mascula).