Shooting Island Erosion

Grass grows like a fringe over eroded strata.

When I spent a few hours on a small island near my home I was struck by the extent of the erosion. There was clear evidence of relentless stormy seas down through the years. With no shelter anywhere, it's definitely not a place you'd want to be marooned on in a severe gale. I left wondering how much more ground will have been lost several hundred years from now.

I had my Fujifilm X-T3 with me, one very wide angle Viltrox lens and a small versatile flash unit, the Godox iT30 Pro. I'd already made up my mind to use the flash for every shot regardless of the context. I took 68, and captured everything at f8. The less thinking I've to do the better. Keep it simple. Just frame it up and press the shutter.

This single-handed kit was an ideal combination for my location and some of the images I'd planned. But quite often the featureless dawn sky proved very tricky to work with. Lovely conditions for an early morning walk but not at all helpful for an amateur photographer. Where are the moody threatening clouds when you need them?

For very low shots it was a challenge using the screen against the dazzling low sun. Let's face it, at my age if I'd lain down to use the viewfinder I might not have been able to get back up again! (No, I'm not there yet.) But sometimes you have to run with what you're given and the bright empty sky added its own character to the shots I kept.

I left with two keepers—you can see them in the main gallery.

This lady thought she had ruined my shot, but I'm happy for her to be in it.

Maybe it was wild weather that flung this seaweed over the bough of a hardy tree.