Surf’s Up
I had a very good friend visiting from the USA this week. I met Marianne at university in Stirling, Scotland in 1985 and we have stayed friends ever since. She was on a flight back from India and Nepal and managed to arrange a 4 day stopover. I drove up to Heathrow on Saturday morning (leaving home at 3.30 am :-/) to meet her early flight. We didn’t stop talking on the four-hour drive back to Cornwall and we were both a little nonplussed I think about where those 30 years in between went to. Visiting Wheal Coates on Sunday we had a lunch date with my parents in Porthleven on Monday.
Ever the photographer, this was my first opportunity to test my new Nikon D800e. I recently exchanged my D800 for the D800e. The main difference between the two models is the D800e doesn’t have an anti aliasing filter over the sensor. As a predominantly landscape photographer this shouldn’t cause me too many problems and the removal of the filter does bring about a noticeable difference in the sharpness of the images which was exactly as hoped for.
Following lunch and a walk on the sea wall at Porthleven we stopped by Praa Sands on the drive home. Despite the nip in the air, it was a beautiful spring afternoon. Dog walkers and surfers alike, enjoying the sunshine..
70mm f/11 1/100 sec. ISO-100
58mm f/11 1/320 sec. ISO-100 .6 ND Grad
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Cornwall Photographic 