Whitby Beach by Paul Freeman

Thursday, 17th April 2008

Whitby Beach

by Paul Freeman

On holiday at Whitby and finally managed to get out by myself with the camera as my girlfriend was tired! The sun was beginning to set so I went for a walk on the beach and took this photo.
The water and the patterns on the beach caught my eye; I was also lucky that there were people walking on the beach to give the image scale.

Equipment: Canon 400D, Sigma 10-20mm

Paul Freeman

29 Comments

Britney Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 2:17 am
This is beautiful and looks completely surreal.
G. Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 2:58 am
beautifull…. those rocks, the sky and composition is so great!
Eileen Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 4:53 am
I have seen some beaches in my time, but this, this is amazing. Great shot, Good Show. EZ
Chris Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Although the people give scale, it would be quite impacting without them because the sky, sea and foreground would all merge into one giving a surreal effect.
Katie Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 5:39 am
It looks like it was photoshoped a little, was it? Either way amazing photo!
Gerry Pacher Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Hi Paul
This is really a great composition and I like this surreal effect in the foreground.

Great work.

Kind regards, Gerry
Terry Everson Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 6:41 am
What a glorious photo. I like the way you have framed it and the exposure for that time of the day looks perfect. It would make a great poster. Regards from Terry.
Andreea Teodorescu Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Very impressive, great colors.
Ahmed Sharif Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 7:23 am
lovely atmosphere!!……… such diversified colours…….. really love this……
Anurag Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Is it HDR, or a combination of multiple bracketed exposures?
It seems you have spent a lot of time tweaking this up PP. Does give it a most unusual painterly look, though a bit unnatural but still pleasing to the eye, specially with that face like feature towards the right side. Kind of an eerie feel to the whole shot, what with the reflection of the sky being brighter than the sky itself! - Would love to have your feedback.
Reuben Chircop Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Very nice shot, although it looks surreal it is still a very nice shot.
Pauline Jones Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Great colors and textures, a very good beach scene.
Craig Wilson Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 8:21 am
One of the best on Earth Shots for a long time! Beautiful scene, the colours tones and details are excellent.
Ann Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I live in Whitby and have never seen this part of the beach looking like this except in paintings, which is what this looks like. You obviously have some excellent post processing skills. Congratulations on a great looking image. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe would have been proud.
David W Bailey Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Fantastic job this is beautiful.
a. Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
This is an amazing photograph. I love everything about it. It is one of my favorites so far! It reminds me of an old oil painting. Congratulations!
Marie Dunphy Harding Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Great shot,though it doesn’t look like a photograph.
I love that deep blue on the rocks,but that too looks almost unnatural.
Tom Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Nice shot. Good composition. Lovely scene. Looks overpostprocessed though.
Renee Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Wow very incredible photo! Congrats and thanks for sharing!
Azu Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Precious!!!! Incredible colurs.Very very beatiful.
CharlieT Says:
April 18th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Very nice photo indeed.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:
April 18th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I love this kind of photos. Very good sky, lovely colors and great composition. The people indeed give a sense of scale. Good one!
Jacob Maentz Says:
April 18th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Such a surreal image, it looks like a painting. Great job!
lackar Says:
April 19th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
The place is nice. But, a little uncomfortable. I don’t know why.
Ottoman Says:
April 19th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
This is a great example of the kind of thing I would do almost anything to be able to capture. Nice pic!
Srirama Raja Says:
April 21st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Wow!! great color.
Kinan Jarjous Says:
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 am
I have a 400D and I couldn’t ever pull off a shot as wonderful as this! Vivid colors are awesome.
Ahmed Ibrahim Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Color matching is very nice and attractive
Peter Cooney Says:
May 4th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Amazing shot, like a fantasy world!