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Still Speechless

            Somewhere around 9:20pm yesterday I found myself scraping my jaw off the sand.  I've witnessed some quite wonderful sunsets along this coast and on this beach in particular in my time, but this was something else.  It won't be the only photo I'll be sharing from this adventure as 82 RAW files, all of them competing for attention were downloaded from my camera onto the computer this morning.  In truth I'm as lost for where to start as I was for words as I stood gazing at the sky in total awe last night.  At least with online storage it's possible to keep them all these days, although that may just keep me confused.  It's like staring at a menu when you want to order everything on it.

I'd been toying with the idea of whether to go out at all.  Based on the previous evening, I had a feeling the sky was going to do something exciting, but the sun was shining warmly where I was slumped in my garden chair and I was dozing happily after taking advantage of the chancellor's "Eat out to help out" initiative. You might need to google that if you're not in the UK, but suffice to say it's been well received in this household at least.  

We'd had a long outing the previous day and there were plenty of photos to work through from the last few days.  With the sky clearing and perversely looking less promising than earlier, it took a considerable effort to convince myself that it was going to be worth the journey.  But with time starting to make the decision more urgent the adventurer in me prevailed over the indolent sloth and I dragged myself from the garden chair and very nearly left without my camera battery, which I'd recharged earlier in the day and not yet reinstalled.  

As I arrived I wondered whether I should have stayed at home.  Some low key pastel shades looked like a possibility and at least I could enjoy just being there if nothing else. I do sometimes need to remember that it isn't compulsory to take photos everywhere I go.  But gradually the sky behind the lighthouse turned pink and the wonderful stripes in the clouds became more pronounced.  

What this image doesn't show is the fierce pink and orange tones to the west as the entire bay from St Ives to Godrevy Lighthouse was illuminated by the post sunset glow.  But as I mentioned above, this won't be the only picture I share from this adventure.  Thank goodness I remembered to put the battery back into the camera..........

Taken in: UK / England / Gwinear-Gwithian / Gwithian (show map)

Taken on: August 18, 2020

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/7.1, 30 sec, 70mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.4 (Windows)
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