Sunsets in Hunstanton, Norfolk.
24th October 2018
The town of Hunstanton on the north Norfolk coast is a very popular tourist destination and rightly so, known locally as ‘Sunny Hunny’ it is a very nice place. It has extensive beaches, good chip shops, (fundamental requirement), it is clean and well-kept and has some amusements for the young and also the young at heart. Our main reason for visiting, however, was for the remarkable sunsets over the town’s beach and these sunsets are different every evening. They vary from intense crimson and gold affairs to a subtle diffused yellow and blue and it is a pleasure to spend these evenings looking out to sea.
I attempted to photograph a few of these sunsets by waiting on the beach with an incoming tide. In one area the beach has a pavement of rocks in segments leading down to the sea. I set up here on a few evenings waiting for the sun to set, most people take photographs from the top of the cliffs but I found there was unwanted foreground in my shots from that position. To get a good sunset here the conditions have to be just right, I found a clear blue sky with blazing sun is no good because the sun’s dying rays have nothing to reflect off and also when there is a low band of cloud along the horizon this just blots the sun’s rays out. The best conditions are a light patchy cloud formation from the horizon leading up into the sky above, then the sun’s rays can break through and create lovely sunsets.
The bottom two images below are the 'after glow' after the sun had already set for fifteen minutes.
In all images a circular polarizer was used to dampen down the sun and cut down refections on the water.
Up to five stops of ND graduated filters to balance the exposure between the intense rays of the sun and the beach and sea.
I attempted to photograph a few of these sunsets by waiting on the beach with an incoming tide. In one area the beach has a pavement of rocks in segments leading down to the sea. I set up here on a few evenings waiting for the sun to set, most people take photographs from the top of the cliffs but I found there was unwanted foreground in my shots from that position. To get a good sunset here the conditions have to be just right, I found a clear blue sky with blazing sun is no good because the sun’s dying rays have nothing to reflect off and also when there is a low band of cloud along the horizon this just blots the sun’s rays out. The best conditions are a light patchy cloud formation from the horizon leading up into the sky above, then the sun’s rays can break through and create lovely sunsets.
The bottom two images below are the 'after glow' after the sun had already set for fifteen minutes.
In all images a circular polarizer was used to dampen down the sun and cut down refections on the water.
Up to five stops of ND graduated filters to balance the exposure between the intense rays of the sun and the beach and sea.