Inspired by finding the 2011 shot of Spurn Point (the subject of the last post), and realising it had been nearly five (eventful) years since I last visited, on Sunday I plugged the Point’s co-ordinates into the Sat Nav, turned on the engine, and headed due East.
Spurn Point 2015 | Sigma Quattro DP0 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
Two hours in, and five minutes before it was deemed too dangerous to cross, I was stumbling across the sand, silt and mud of the breach that at high tide turns the Point into Yorkshire’s only island. I was now trapped! … at least for the next hour and a half.
Spurn Point | Sigma Quattro DP0 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
Heading down the three miles to the end of the Point my motivation and inspiration were low, the tide too high, the wind too strong, my patience non-existent; I wished I’d headed up the coast, to Scarborough, or to Robin Hood’s bay, but I was stuck!
Spurn Point | Sigma Merrill DP3 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
Rounding the tip of the Point I watched the boats go past, taking their cargo up the Humber, and then began the slow slog back to the car.
Water Tower, Spurn Point | Sigma Merrill DP3 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
Stopping to take some shots of the old water tower, I noticed the sky taking on a pink tinge, but it did nothing to lift the mood.
Spurn Point | Sigma Quattro DP0 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
But as I marched up the sands, the tide was literally turning, the spit widening, the sky becoming more interesting …
Spurn Point | Sigma Quattro DP0 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
… and the last 30 minutes I found myself, as I often do, lost in the moment.
Spurn Point Sunset | Sigma Quattro DP0 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
Spurn Point Sunset | Sigma Quattro DP0 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
Spurn Point Sunset | Sigma Quattro DP0 | http://www.richardjwalls.com
All good things come to those that wait!
Shooting Notes
Sigma Quattro DP0 & Sigma Merrill DP3, ISO 100, all using the obligatory tripod, all post processed using SPP and Lightroom.
Light was slowed down using B&W ND filters.
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