Hotels by the Sea

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This is a 'holiday snap' style photograph, where composition is the goal. These hotels are on the clifftop above the old town at Robin Hood's Bay, on the coast of Yorkshire, UK, photographed in November, 2007. Fine rotation was used to offset the wide-angle distortion effect which curved the buildings in at the top. The exposure balance between the shadow side of the buildings and the slight burn-out of the sea background is most pleasing, creating a great sense of depth. Sharpened and colour- and contrast-balanced. Fuji FinePix S5600, automatic. Image by Mike.

Robin Hood's Bay

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Did the famous outlaw from Sherwood Forest, down in Nottinghamshire, ever visit the coast of Yorkshire? How would a name from one part of the country become attached to another? There are those who claim he never existed, I would claim that any identity which has so entered the folk and national consciousness has a reality independent of historical facts. I took this photo in November, 2007, at the top of the steep road leading from the new town down to the historic town by the sea. The North Sea looked almost inviting from this distance, but it was not warm weather by any means, and when you got down to the water it was far from friendly. This was a simple shot of photogenic material, but the composition is quite classic. It was cropped to a mild panoramic effect and enhanced slightly. Fuji FinePix S5600, automatic. Image by Mike.