Beacon by Meowgli

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 08, 2009

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Mornin all.. Last night I decided I was going to take a few shots down in town and wandered over to the pier for a few minutes of messing about on the rocks. I actually dropped my camera and nearly shat myself as it bounced towards the ocean, fortunately stopping almost dead so I could grab it after regaining my balance from the icy shore.. tiny crack in a bit of the casing and a nice battle scratch but it all still works perfectly so I can breathe a big sigh of relief!... already lost 2 tripods to the sea last year.. Anyway the shot is of St Andrews Castle, of which I haven't posted a night image from afar as yet. Again I'd wanted to open the shutter for a number of minutes and incorporate some star trails too, but I guess I'm going to have to wait until I can afford to change all the little accessories and add-ons (grr!) such as a shutter remote to allow bulb exposures... Hope you have a good day! Adam

Comments (29)

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timtripp

7:25AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

exquisite image! sorry to hear about your camera.

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flora-crassella

7:26AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

fantastic, really fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

PD154

8:01AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Excellent night scene Adam, I am sure you know the old trick of using sunglasses over the lens as a heavy ND filter for longer exposures...Bit cheapo, but it does sort of work :)

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jeroni

8:35AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Fanstastic photo

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bclaytonphoto

8:35AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

The camera was telling you to get down close and take this shot !!

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lyron

8:36AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Excellent image!!

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MrsRatbag

8:52AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Awesome capture! Glad the camera was OK...

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G_Mansco

9:18AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Ummm you must take care.... A beautiful and dreamy capture ;O)

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kgb224

9:41AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Awesome capture Adam.

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YARDOBE

10:50AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

...no shot is worth life or limb...ah,who am I kidding?...I imagine E.R.'s around the world have files on "photographer bravado" related mishaps....anyway,it's lovely!

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furuta

10:57AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Fantastic scenery. great image!!

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Kaartijer

11:13AM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Fantastic capture, excellent composition!

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emmecielle

12:29PM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Exceptional image! :)

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Octaganoid

12:36PM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Excellent light and detail from foreground through to background.

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Cosme..D..Churruca

1:31PM | Thu, 08 January 2009

really terrific!

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Meisiekind

2:58PM | Thu, 08 January 2009

My damn heart missed a beat when I read your narrative Adam... It would have been a tragedy to loose your camera. Easy out there Tiger!!!! Now the image - incredibly beautiful... Wonderful work dear friend! :)

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babuci

3:10PM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Fantastic mix of deep blue and bright light. I see the orionbelt, love it!

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dorothylee

3:39PM | Thu, 08 January 2009

Love the lighting and how the water looks. Great composition and subject too. Glad you and your camera survived the effort. This image is just absolutely amazing!

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