Best of the Rest - Photography Week 2 (2016)

These are a selection of  images taken during photography week 2 (2016):

Trebah Gardens

During photography week one I visited Trebah Gardens and the entrance fee allowed a return visit within one week. On this occasion I chose better weather to capture the very scenic view through the valley from the pond and bridge to the house:

I also took an opportunity to look at the garden's private beach and learned that it had been used for military purposes during World War 2 to launch the assault on Omaha Beach as part of the D-Day landings. All that remains today is a concrete jetty and it is a hard to imagine how it might have looked at the time. Later, however, I found this webpage which includes a photograph of U.S. ships being loaded from the beach. My image looks broadly in the same direction and provides a passable now and then:

Whilst on the beach at Trebah Gardens I took these abstract images of the rock formations:

Lastly, there is a amphitheatre in the gardens and I took these images of the stonework:

Dollar Cove, Gunwalloe

The trip to Dollar Cove near Gunwalloe was also a revisit from photography week 1. Returning to venues is important in landscape photography as it helps build a picture of the location, the compositions and the best conditions. On this occasion I was hampered by the tide and weather but managed a few shots before sunset. These few images provided a template for some better images taken and posted during photography week 12:

Photo Art

I have mentioned in previous posts how I use photo art as part of a loose 365 project. This particular image of reflections in Falmouth harbour is a multi-exposure blended in Adobe Photoshop:

Falmouth

Between Castle Sands and Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth is a stretch of rocky coastline. The patterns and colours in the mud and siltstone have provided a few interesting abstract shots but on this occasion I decided to make use of the light for some landscapes including a hastily composed rainbow reflection:

Finally, these are two shots at the end of separate days capturing the interestingly shaped MPI Enterprise sheltering in Falmouth Bay: