New year dawn - still cold

[paulmurphy]

Hi all,

I thought I'd share a few images I'm working on at present

As the cold is staying I went back to re-work a couple of shots



I also shot the beach huts I previously posted in the summer. This time from the land side - I used AWB and got this blue cast as it wasn't quite dawn - I really like it as it reminds me of the cold and how the scene felt to me - I have also developed it with the cast removed and don't like that image as much. Hope you like the scene







Best wishes

Paul

[kingfisher]

this is so beautiful

thanks for sharing

best wishes
gustav

[Winston]

Keep them coming.

[David Kilpatrick]

Paul, I can just imagine spending a cosy night in a beach hut right now and taking a refreshing dip in the sea at dawn. I think the beach huts would burn well enough to restore a warm glow afterwards

Amazing those lights on the huts. That's just so odd. Who is using them now?

David

[Greg Beetham]

Eskimos David, they sublet them to eskimos in the winter...
Greg

ps. That's a great image the second one Murph, I'd like to see it with mayhap a teensy bit less brightening/lightening, just to see if it makes it look even more pre-dawnish...

[Birma]

Hi Murph - I also like the blue tint, early morning feel. #3 is my favourite, the symmetry is really striking. The beach hut colours make the shot.

[Lonnie Utah]

Murph,

The colors are awesome. I'd say work on the composition. Too much distracting foreground in 2 and 3. A crop or a stitched pano would be awesome....

1 works for me.

What lens did you shoot these with?

[Greg Beetham]

Well for me the composition in 2 is close to perfect, the deserted picnic benches in the foreground, the Eskimos tucked away in their huts up on the rise, the breaking dawn in the background, all set in the pre-dawn twilight, up there with the best of Murph I think.
Greg

[paulmurphy]

Thanks all for taking the time to comment.

The huts are available for hire all year round, although they don't appear to being used much at present - and they have multiple restrictions on their use (can't be used between 11pm and 7am, no dogs in the huts - so rules them out for my photographic use)

There is a small wind turbine nearby that may power the lights, these may help act a security features.

Composition is subjective on all images, and I very deliberately chose the composition of the pictures, but I welcome any suggestions as to what would make the pictures work for others as it always helps to see how others view your work.

Best wishes

Paul

[Dr. Harout]

Absolutely beautiful shots.

[Ewannawe]

Pual where are these beach huts exactly? I feel inspired to go and shoot them myself.

[paulmurphy]

They are on the road into Blyth.

If you are coming up the spine road, take the Blyth Beach turn and follow the road down to the sea.

If you come from Whitley Bay through Seaton Sluice follow the road to Blyth and the huts are on your right, there is ample parking at the front.

Best wishes

Paul

[Ewannawe]

Was up that way today and spotted them, high tide & fresh snow. Not a patch on yours though.

[paulmurphy]

Glad you found the huts, I like the viewpoint for the second image, yet another take on the beach huts.

Cheers

Paul

[Birma]

Hi Ewan - I also like #2 - great background with the waves rolling in.

It was super to see Murph's shot on the cover and inside this month's club magazine. Those beach huts are becoming more and more famous .