A misty winter sunset

Marine Lake, West Kirby, UK. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Floating

Pointe de Créac´h, Ile d ‘ Ouessant, Brittany

Pointe de créac h, ile d ‘ Ouessant, Brittany, France. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Seascape

Salt and Chalk on Rügen, Baltic Sea, Germany

Chalk Cliffs on the Baltic island of Rügen                                                                                      copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Slowly and inevitably the chalk cliffs move down to meet the sea.

Soldier´s Rock, Islay Scotland

This is another collaboration with Robert Burden who wrote and spoke a poem to my photograph of Soldier´s Rock on Islay, Scotland.

Dusk, Trwyn Eilen, Anglesey, Wales

Dusk, Point Lynas, Trwyn Eilen, Anglesey
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What else can one do at such times, but look, and meditate.

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board’s Pilot Jetty at Point Lynas, Anglesey, UK

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board’s Pilot Jetty at Point Lynas, Anglesey, UK
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Anglesey lies in the approaches to the River Mersey and the port of Liverpool. This jetty at Point Lynas, just next to the small lighthouse, is sometimes used by Mersey Pilots to board their Cutters and go out to the waiting ships to guide them into the River Mersey. Point Lynas is situated on the north east side of the island. I took this shot at 6.30pm., it was already getting dark and the light was failing quickly, which for me, only added to the mystery and beauty of the place.

Leaden Sky, Penmarch, South Finistère, Brittany, France

Penmarch, South Finistère, Brittany, France
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Some of the most interesting landscapes, or in this seascape, are, at first look, the most gloomy. The remains of the concrete pier are, I have to admit, pretty ugly, the sky is one of those “is it going to pour down?” skies, but non the less, the place has a certain gravity – it fascinated me more than if it had had a blue sky and nice fluffy sheepy clouds. But there again, I do tend towards a certain gloom in my photography.

If you´d like to see the full South Finistère Gallery, please click on the link

Misty Sunrise, Rivière de Morlaix, North Finistère, Brittany, France

Misty Sunrise, Rivière de Morlaix, North Finistère
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The tide was out, revealing the mud banks. The sun shone through the early morning mist giving the scene a ghostly feel. It was a wonderful 30 minutes or so until the mist was burnt off and the atmosphere was gone.

The Pink Granite Coast, Côtes d’Armor, Brittany, France

The Pink Granite Coast, Côtes d’Armor, Brittany, France.
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Back over to the bizarre rock formations of the Pink Granite Coast – again they seem to work well in black & white.

The Pink Granite Coast, Côtes d’Armor, Brittany, France

The Pink Granite Coast, Côtes d’Armor, Brittany, France.
copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

I know, it´s in black and white and it does´t look at all pink! But the place lends itself to black and white, I´ve also got colour, so I´ll put one up soon too. I took this with an exposure of 5 seconds.