Watergate bay the last night and we went out for a nice pub meal. On the way back we stopped off at the Watergate Bay hotel. They have opened a bar called Watchful Mary. It seemed that the night was going to be overcast and worse still the bar was crowded so we huddled up under blankets on the outside seats. As the sun went down the clouds parted and there was a spectacular sunset which lasted around 20 minutes. It was a great finish to the holiday.
We spent a delightful morning in St Agnes followed by a trip to Wheal Coates Tin mine. These pictures are rather special as I have wanted to visit the Tin mine and see it for myself. The scenery is beautiful but the thoughts go back to all those people who worked these mines over the years. This is owned by the National Trust and looks impressive against the natural backdrop of the sea. The colour of the heather adds to the pictures.
I like this assignment that I was given by a 52 weeks of photography group that I am a member of on Flickr. This was to tty out a new way of exploring a landscape. The idea is to create a composite of multiple pictures of a landscape that you’ve taken during a short walk through it. It was a simple job of taking many shots of the Watergate Bay beach landscape. I found lots of views that caught my eye. It was also great fun assembling this selection of pictures.
It has taken some time to sort out the holiday photographs so here they are. First off is our arrival at Watergate Bay. As soon as we had unpacked then we all headed off to the beach to have some fun. It was wet and windy but as the pictures show that did not distract from the fun.
The North Cornish Coast is spectacular, and we visited only a small section of the coast around and to the north of Newquay. My favourites were Watergate Bay and the Bedruthan Steps. Unfortunately, I did not have my filters with me for the steps, but I was still able to capture the water flow in slow motion. There was not that many sunsets but the opportunity to be by the sea was just great and a few pictures tell the story.
We visited the Eden project as part of our summer holidays. This is a place that I had wanted to visit so cameras were packed and away we went. Approaching the attraction, you pass through a scarred countryside of clay pits and then entering the carpark, there is not much to see so it was difficult to understand what the excitement was about. We were early so we quickly brought our ticket and walked through the entrance doors. Wow, the scene is amazing with the outer world biomes dominating the landscape. The core with its prickly roof does not look out of place. So many picture opportunities as you will see below. We started in the Jungle Biome and walked all the way to the top. My camera (Canon 5D) misted up for a while. Exotic plants, waterfalls, views of the terrain all made for great pictures. We also visited the Mediterranean Biome and the Core. For pictures, the Core is interesting with smoke emitting structures and a giant stone seed. My family and I enjoyed the day and we will certainly be back to visit again.
We were fortunate with the weather when we took a short holiday break to Plymouth and St Mawes. August was a hit and miss month with the weather but we were fortunate on our visit. There was one glorious morning when the clouds made a dramatic backdrop to the sunrise. There were many good photographic opportunities that presented during the few days we were down there. Here are a selection with many more on Google+, The West Country photo album
