[ d u n g c a r t d o t c o m ]A place for the stuff that leaks out of my head

I Must Go Down To The Sea Again from duncmc via flickr.

It was a cold and bleak on Hornsea beach when I took this back in December. It reminds me of this shot despite the differences.

A Distant Light from duncmc via flickr.

Groynes at high tide on the beach at Cleethorpes. The lighthouses at Spurn Point can just be seen in the far distance to the left of the marker.

Power To The People from duncmc via flickr.

The sun was setting as we drove into Mojave after a long day on the road, and the last rays were glinting off the slowly turning blades of the wind turbines up on the hill. By the time we had checked into the hotel and unpacked the bags the best of the light was gone. A quick walk up the road yielded a few shots of the wind farm silhouetted against the final light in the sky.

Down The Beach from duncmc via flickr.

The beach at Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA, looking south from the pier. Typically smoggy conditions for the time of day/year.

Hmmm, almost a month since my last post. Tut tut.

A Duplicitous Nature from duncmc via flickr.

Another archive shot from my brief foray into the Lake District earlier this year.

Clouding The Issue from duncmc via flickr.

The cooling towers of the mighty Drax power station populate the skies of East Yorkshire with their cloudy emissions.

Losing The Light from duncmc via flickr.

An archive shot of the Humber Bridge from February this year. Again the high tide and stillness of the water made great conditions for photography. I have often been accused of adding the vertical light reflections artificially, but other than a white balance adjustment to remover the orange cast from the street lamps, and tweaking the contrast and saturation, this is as it came out of the camera.

There’s No Time For Dreams from duncmc via flickr.

I had to stop at Brough Haven again on the way home from work tonight. The sunset was a real corker. This long shot of the distant power stations belching their clouds smoke and steam drew my attention. As the sun sank below the horizon the lighting subtly shifted and altered. Of the many shots I took this one stood out from the rest due to the backlighting on those plumes. From left to right the three power stations are at Ferrybridge, Eggborough and Drax. To see how this works on Google Maps go here

You Offer Infrared from duncmc via flickr.

The Humber from Brough Haven, just after tonight’s sunset. Now the evenings are drawing in it’s pretty easy to get these on the way home from work.

Malmaison from duncmc via flickr.

The Malmaison in Gateshead, Newcastle. A strange name for a chain of such swanky hotels as it translates to something like “bad house” from the French. This shot was taken from the opposite side of the Tyne, looking through the supporting cables of the landmark Millennium Bridge.