Late afternoon glow
Late afternoon Winter sun peeking through a gap in clouds, created a lovely warm glow on the chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters and highlighted the white water a...
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Late afternoon Winter sun peeking through a gap in clouds, created a lovely warm glow on the chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters and highlighted the white water atop the breaking waves as they reached the shoreline.
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Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture 11/1 ISO 100 Shutter 16/10 Focal Length 41/1 
Seaford, East Sussex, GB
Jan, 2023Views
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Location
This photo was taken on the beach at Cuckmere Haven, where the River Cuckmere meets the sea. It is part of the Seven Sisters Country Park. The river is flowing out to sea from bottom left of photo, while the small waves are breaking as they wash into shore, this view looking East at the start of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs range with the far piece being towards Belle Tout lighthouse that is now a hotel almost within sight of Beachy Head.Time
This was taken mid-afternoon on Boxing Day, so only about one hour before sunset would be due to occur.Lighting
There were several clouds in the sky to my right and the sun was occasionally peeking through between them. I had taken some photos looking towards those clouds and the rays of the sun and looking out to sea, but suddenly the sun shone through more of a gap in those clouds and created this wonderful glow on the cliffs etc - so I turned my attention and camera towards this instead. I quickly noticed how the sun was highlighting the white water of the breaking waves and wanted to capture that as part of the interest in the photo.Equipment
My trusty Canon EOS 7d mk2 was fitted with the Canon 24-70mm f4 zoom I possess and securely mounted on my tripod. The properties for this photo show I was using the zoom on 41mm, while using ISO 100, and a 1.6secs exposure to give me f11. I was using the Variable ND Filter that I bought last year from Lens Crate, a filter I am still experimenting with, which allows me slower shutter speeds and therefore gives the chance to capture the movement in the water. I was trying to judge when to press the shutter, as I had the camera set to 2secs timer to assist in reducing the chances of movement and I had the mirror locked up while also using 'live view' as I find it a great way of seeing what I am composing.Inspiration
Think I answered this question in my' Anything worth sharing about the light' answer above, as the ever changing conditions revealed the scene I have captured here as I paused briefly after shooting a different subject 90degrees to my right.Editing
Unusually nowadays, I only shot this as a jpeg and not in RAW. I did boost the contrast a little, but the colours here are what I was looking at with my eyesIn my camera bag
Apart from the kit mentioned earlier, I also have a Canon wide angle zoom 10-18mm in my camera bag plus a few other filters. I do possess a Canon 100-400mm zoom f4.5-5.6that I use for Motorsport mainly, but I don't usually carry that in the bag particularly when on walking trips because of the lens' weight.Feedback
The whole area around the Seven Sisters is particularly photogenic, though there is need to be very wary of rock falls in some parts and to most definitely stay away from the cliff edges when walking along the cliff tops. The Seven Sisters themselves can be walked along their entire length from Cuckmere Haven here to Birling Gap, which has a National Trust car park and can obviously also be the starting point instead. There are also great views along the Seven Sisters from Hope Gap and from the cliff tops on the Eastern end of Seaford Head - these accessible from Seaford seafront parking at the east end of the promenade, or by walking from the car park at South Barn on the outskirts of Seaford (though parking there gets very busy).
