Whereas most images I process have been left largely untouched, this one has been seriously messed with. It was an awful photo, really bland and insipid, so I did what I could to make it worthy of publishing. Whether I succeeded or not, I am not sure. I like the view, I like the composition, but I am not sure if my heavy-handed editing has added or not. It isn't often that you get a beautiful red sunset over Durdle Door. The weather on this little part of the coast can be completely different to how it is just a mile or so inland. But the skies looked promising as I made the drive down to the coast and I was sure that when I got there, there might be something worth photographing. What I did find when I arrived was that the place was absolutely deserted. Durdle Door at sunset is usually littered with photographers, all standing in the same place to get the same shot and it makes life difficult for those of us who want to get a shot of something other than a close up of the 'door'. Seriously, they all stand in the same place, like lemmings, all trying to get that one shot. Sometimes I just watch them, all standing there and never moving to get a different composition. Some of them can be there for hours. Still, on this occasion, the place was empty. That was until Kevin started to make his way down the hill. I didn't know Kevin at the time, but we got chatting and he seemed like a really nice guy. From North Wales, near Snowdon in fact, he had ventured down here for a training course and decided to photograph some of the local places whilst here. How I could have done with him when I was up in Snowdon a week or so back...
The Path To The Sun
