The Rewards of Snoring - a photo on Flickriver

            I've just returned home from a weekend away with some golfing buddies, staying in the Dorset coastal town of Swanage, a lovely place. I shared a room with a friend of mine and as often happens in these situations, after a hearty dinner and a few too many drinks, the room will all too often reverberate with the sound of the snoring golfer. I'm sure I'm as guilty as the next person when it comes to snoring but in this instance my friend managed to nod off before me (damn!) and the chainsaw duly started. I then could not sleep a wink and tossed and turned and covered my ears with a pillow, to no avail, I could not sleep. So at 5:30am I decided to grab my camera and go down to Swanage harbour to get a few sunrise shots. Sunrise was not til 6:22 AM and I had a bit of time to kill so I decided to set the camera on a rock to steady it and shoot a couple of long exposures, this being the first shot of the morning. 

As it turned out there was no glorious sunrise to photograph. The dawn light revealed a dull low hanging cloud cover that didn't lift until later in the morning. In the end, despite being out and shooting for more than an hour I came away with very little that was worth keeping. But as any photographer will tell you, just to be out with a camera always makes it worthwhile. (At least that's what I keep telling myself!)

Taken on: September 2, 2023

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