Sunset on one of Gormley's statues Crosby Beach

Portfolio 2009

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December 13th 2009

I had a spare couple of hours this afternoon and looked out of my lounge window at Preston and thought it was going to be a great sunset where can I go !! Sheila mentioned going to Crosby Beach to capture the sunset behind Antony Gormley’s statues. I managed to get there in plenty of time and get set up with my new 16 - 35mm mk 11 L series lens. At first the sunset was slightly dissappointing but I shouldn’t have worried, after a couple of minutes after the sun had set this dramatic sunset emerged. Just a piece of advice, never leave a location just after the sun has set, if you wait a few minutes after a so so sunset they can turn really dramatic.

Technical details

Canon EOS 5D MK II, Canon ‘L’ series 16-35 mm lens, 1/6 sec @ f11, ISO 100 0.3 Lee ND grad filter

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Portfolio 2009