Groynes at Hornsea

Week 1 Groynes at Hornsea.

The weather forecast was not good and with only one day to go to the end of week one (not a good start), I had to get out and take a picture! I decided to head for the east coast at Hornsea. I had seen this 'double groyne' before and thought it would make a good 'avenue' shot on a slow shutter speed, with the breaking waves giving milky highlights and the wooden groynes the darks. The tide was going out so there was not a lot of wave activity. To my surprise, it was beautiful and sunny, not the ideal conditions for a long exposure. I settled on a 4 second exposure at f22 with a neutral density filter and a neutral grad to give me as long an exposure as possible. The shot was okay in colour, but the waves brought up the sand and gave the middle of the shot a muddy brown hue. To give it a bit of mood I went for black and white.