Waves from Adam Bowie on Vimeo.
Shot with my Pixel 2 earlier today as high winds and rain battered the coast.
North Norfolk
Brancaster Beach
Brancaster Beach from Adam Bowie on Vimeo.
Up early this morning to head to Brancaster beach along the North Norfolk coast and capture these images. The beach is vast as you can see and to the east of it, there’s a channel, Norton Creek, which separates the mainland from Scolt Head Island. The channel itself leads into Brancaster Staithe where many boats are moored.
The island is quite enticing to get to, but despite being just about reachable at low tide, it can be dangerous and there are plenty of stories of people being trapped or worse.
On the tip of the island is the wreck of the SS Vina, a ship that dates from 1894 and was used as target practice during the war. Today, despite efforts to salvage it, its position means that it’s hard to reach, and it’s visible at low tides.
Early Morning on the Beach
Early Morning on the Beach from Adam Bowie on Vimeo.
I was up early this morning to shoot this with my drone. I’m fairly pleased with it, and the weather was lovely after a miserable day of rain.
Bank Holidays
What do you do on a Bank Holiday?
Go for a bike ride? Visit the seaside? Go for a swim?
All of the above?
OK – this is really just an excuse to play with an action camera – specifically the GoPro that will spend most of its time on my Brompton.
The Salt Marshes of North Norfolk and the Supermoon
I spent a few hours out in Blakeney and Cley next the Sea, flying my drone today, and shooting both some stills and video of the landscape there. The marshes remain busy in the winter with many birds either passing through or spending the winter months amongst the marshes. The colour of the salt marshes themselves is quite spectacular, and can really be appreciated from the air.
The marshes around Cley are home to tens of thousands of starlings during the winter, and although there are bigger and more spectacular displays elsewhere, it’s always impressive to see. When the starlings finally rest amongst the reeds, the sound is extraordinary. These are not quiet marshes. I also spotted a barn owl out hunting in the twilight.
I was waiting for the “SuperMoon” to appear beyond the windmill at Cley (The Photographer’s Ephemeris is your friend for this), and although I was strictly speaking a day early for the full moon, you can barely tell the difference and the weather was likely to be much better today. (To be completely honest, the effect wasn’t quite as good as I’d hoped as I needed to be more distant from the windmill to make the moon look larger. It’s all an optical illusion when you see supposedly massive moons in photos and video.)
Salt Marshes from Adam Bowie on Vimeo.
A few more photos here, but the rest are over at Flickr.
