Framedlight

The next and last morning we left at 6.00am again to try for another sunrise at Pett Level. This time dawn was a much gentler occasion and the sky soon became overcast again. We went back to the hotel for breakfast, where I noticed that a lot more people were having the 'full English' rather than the abstemious continental breakfast. There was a little conference room which we used for some image reviews and discussion before going out for the final outing of the day. Back to another set of groynes on the beach to obtain some different compositions. We finally all went our separate ways around 3.30pm. It had been a very well organised workshop with a good mix of locations, and a little classwork stuff with image discussion which is always very useful. Lizzie and Alex did a good job of coping with a wide range of experience within our small group. But first just a couple of views from the hotel itself, The Lodge at Winchelsea and then down to some more groynes. ...

The next morning we went further up the beach at Pett Level where it becomes more rocky and there is a large, crumbly cliff. We had left the hotel at 6.00am in order to  try and grab some sunrise shots. The sky lightened to what looked like it was going to be a dull morning, so nobody thought much would come of sunrise. How wrong could we be, the sky flamed red and a scarlet sun rose above the horizon. Very exciting, and I tried different compositions to extract as much as I could out of the moment. After sunrise the sky dulled and everything looked overcast again. It had been a surprising interlude.