I’ve shared several shots from my trip to Northumberland in recent weeks. It was a great trip, but the final day was probably the most challenging in terms of photography. The sky was clear blue with not a cloud to be seen the entire day. Only at sunset did a few clouds appear on the horizon, but they created more of a haze than anything that looked attractive.
The only benefit of having a clear sky for photography was when the sun was low at the end of the day. This produced a beautiful orange light on the landscape with deep, long shadows. As I was in the Bamburgh area (again), I headed to the dunes to photograph the beach. From past visits, I know the light would catch the grass on top of the dunes while the elevation provided a fabulous view down the length of the beach.
Here is one of my final images of the day, just before the sun fell below the horizon.
This was captured using a Nikon Z7ii with a Nikon 24-120 lens at 30mm. It’s a handheld exposure of 1/15 at f/13.0 and ISO80. I’m not sure why I used f/13.0 as I would typically shoot a scene like this at an f/11.0 aperture. I think I may have accidentally changed the settings.
Anyway, it’s a wonderful scene. Although the beach looks empty in this shot, it was packed. As soon as you zoom in, you can see everyone strolling up and down, enjoying the evening sun. An excellent end to an excellent trip.
I hope you like the image and have a great weekend.
The Lightweight Photographer 
Lovely image Robin, one of your best.
Thank you. I wasn’t sure about this shot, but I think that’s my intense dislike of blue sky.
The light on the reeds, leading to the castle on the hill was what caught my eye. The sky was fine with me. I live in Australia, I’m used to blue skies. Regards, John Taylor.
Beautiful image. I love the way the light hits the grasses and the soft muted color of the sky.