Summer photography is often characterised by deep shadows and bright highlights but if the sun is high and diffused, the tones can cluster together. Increasing the exposure pushes this clustering to the right of the histogram producing images that are dominated by light tones. The results can been seen as either lacking contrast or, preferably, having a painterly finish:
A black and white conversion is often the first port of call for wispy clouds in blue skies:
At several places on the beach there is water run off from the cliffs leaving mottled and streaky ash coloured patterns in the sand:
In other places branching patterns are created:
In the dunes above the beach I spotted patches of Restharrow (Ononis reperis):
The cliff face shows evidence of intense geological folding:
This area is characterised by Devonian mudstones and sandstones of the Porthtowan formation and the slates and siltstones of the Mylor State formation (ref: iGeology app). These are some of the patterns and colours close up:
Having finished on the beach we stopped off at Hell's Mouth: a cliff top view which demonstrates how potentially unstable the rock formations are in this area:
This is an amazing YouTube clip of a rock fall at Hell's Mouth recorded four years ago.
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