The Longest Day

The Longest Day

The sun was just about to dip behind the dunes on the longest day and twilight was descending. The setting was the lovely beach at Wells-Next-The-Sea on the North Norfolk Coast. The two dunes that are visible in the image have diminished in size somewhat, since the powerful tidal surge that hit last December destroyed pretty much everything in it's path. 

The Fuji X-T1 is great to use for landscape photography. I was able to place the camera about a foot above the sand, attached to a tripod, and angle the viewfinder upwards to get a perfect view of the composition. Had I been using one of my Nikons, I would have been lying prone in the sand, not necessarily a good idea, as it somehow manages to get everywhere. A 3 stop N.D. Graduated filter was used to control the still reasonably bright sky, placed carefully along the top third of the image, just touching the tops of the dunes.  

It's an image that I feel conveys a sense of peace and tranquillity, and it was a real pleasure watching the sun sink below the horizon on the longest day in such a beautiful location.