Another image from the Whitby trip and a further attempt at making images of people. This one was taken at Whitby harbour - the couple are sitting on the breakwater and I was on the beach behind, on the Old Town side of the river. That's the East Lighthouse beyond.
The place was absolutely heaving, so I was amazed that I managed to isolate them, although I have to admit to cloning out a woman who was sitting to the right of the lighthouse. Even so, I'm not sure that the image works as it stands - maybe if the couple had been looking at the lighthouse rather than the seagulls something.
Another image made with my Nokia 1020. This one is of Scarborough Castle, taken from the promenade, near the Sea Life Centre. The mono conversion was done in post, with GIMP. Nice cloudscape.
Another image from the Whitby trip. This one was made in the Old Town with my Nokia 1020 - the name appealed to me and it was easier to get my phone out in the dense crowd on Church Street than wrestle my DSLR out of my camera bag. Yet again, the phone made a good job of some difficult lighting conditions, in my view.
So, in this post, I'm going for the big reveal of this year's holiday destination. And it was...ta-da...Whitby, spiritual home of the UK's goths. Not that that's of any interest to us, of course. We were there for the sun and sea, which we got in good measure, considering.
Naturally enough, we found our way to the abbey, where I made quite a few images, of which this is the best.
On the wall in the on-site cafe, there is a large format print of an image taken from just this vantage point, which looks to have been made about 150 years ago, judging by the cowherd featured in the foreground. I've gone for a sepia treatment here as a bit of an homage.
On the day there were a number of other photographers using this viewpoint - one chap with an entry level Canon on a tripod, who gave me a look when I sauntered up, made this image hand held and then sauntered off again. I don't know what I'd done apart from failing to pay the subject enough respect by taking my time over it. Such are the pitfalls of making images on a family outing.
Anyway, I have a few more images from our trip, which I'll post over the next few days.
