{"id":2084,"date":"2012-02-17T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T10:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gowerphotography.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2012-02-16T21:11:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T21:11:28","slug":"worms-head-gower-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gowerphotography.co.uk\/?p=2084","title":{"rendered":"Worm’s Head, Gower Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few images of Worm’s Head?from a few days ago. I went down to Rhossili to see if a sunset was going to happen, but on arrival I could see a bank of cloud on the horizon that would stop any spectacular colours from forming. There was still enough colour to warrant a few images.<\/p>\n

I have been finding recently that an element of repetition has been drifting into my work and that I needed to try and get some variation into it. Any photographer who knows an area well will find that they have their favourite viewpoints at a location. This allows a regular, successful composition, but can ?lead to repetition in the final result except for variations in the weather conditions. For this visit I decided to ignore the remains of the Helvetia wreck, partly because another photographer was setting off there to make some images, but mainly to challenge myself to find other items to act as foreground interest.<\/p>\n

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Waves are always a source of foreground interest, the problem is you can’t really tell what they are going to look like in the final image. I tend to find that I have to take quite a few images and that it is only when the images are up on the monitor that I can start to choose the best compositions. This is especially true when using longer exposures.<\/p>\n

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With the beach being flat and featureless in most places, there is very little to use as foreground interest. The ripples in the sand, especially after winter storms, can prove useful, but the uniform colour of the sand can make it look a bit uniform and plain. Using wet sand allows reflected colour from the sky to be picked up, creating more visual interest.<\/p>\n

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