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Arrivals

Evening all. I hope life is good and you're all well.

I'm not long back from a great break over in Crete with the family. Top times.

I took my camera and a rudimentary LP kit but through force of habit rather than much of a desire to do anything. Not sure where my drive to photograph things has gone. Maybe 365 burnout or maybe that I've just got out of the habit due to covid. My knee is a bit knackered at the moment too, so walking very far isn't best. I have an op booked at the end of the month and I have everything crossed it sorts me out.

Anyway, on the last night I decided to hit the beach with the kids. Purely because I didn't want to lug all my gear over there for no reason. Plus the night sky over Kolymvari was absolutely stunning. We hadn't spent any time on the beach during our stay as it was just pebbles but on a brief mooch about I spotted this derelict bunker 2 minutes from the Hotel. On an otherwise baron beach this was the only point of interest and the perfect place to stick an orange light and capture those dark skies. I composed the shot and focused for the stars and got cracking. I googled orange and expanded the image on my phone. Plonked that in the bunker and a phone light propped on a rock out of frame for the side light. I shepherded the kids into position, started the exposure and went behind them with the net curtain, www.lightpaintingbrushes.com orange filter, universal connector and Ryus torch. I wafted the net about for a while as per and finished the exposure.
Cheers to Riley and Olivia for holding almost still and for joining me in the dark.

When I was packing up I felt I could have stayed all night but the free bar was calling. I'm happy I went and hopefully once the nights draw in and my knee recovers I'll be chomping at the bit to get back out again.

Stin Yeia Ma and Happy Days.

Taken in: UK / England / Bradshaw (show map)

Taken on: August 26, 2022

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M2, 56 sec, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M2
Lens:	----
Exposure Time:	56
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 7.5.0 (Android)
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