Sandsend, Yorkshire '13

I have been paying regular visits to Yorkshire for the past year or two, it's a lovely and beautiful place but they're are other things that interest me moreso...like the analogy between the cliffs and what's in the foreground here.
This is Sandsend on the west coast and in the far distance you can see Whitby Abbey and it's pier, and lighthouse...

Strong compositional elements, accentuated by the choice of BW and the square crop. Execution is of course very good. I have enjoyed this photo Paul, thanks for sharing.

Nice, Cem. I like the way the rock in the foreground echos the clouds building up at the top.

Paul Abbott said:

I have been paying regular visits to Yorkshire for the past year or two, it's a lovely and beautiful place but they're are other things that interest me moreso...like the analogy between the cliffs and what's in the foreground here.
This is Sandsend on the west coast and in the far distance you can see Whitby Abbey and it's pier, and lighthouse...

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This is very nice - I can see exactly what you mean about the analogy - though I'd say it's more like a rhyming element in the photograph. Normally I wouldn't even try a literary comparison but this one just seems to require that word to fit.

Sam

Paul Abbott said:

I have been paying regular visits to Yorkshire for the past year or two, it's a lovely and beautiful place but they're are other things that interest me moreso...like the analogy between the cliffs and what's in the foreground here.
This is Sandsend on the west coast and in the far distance you can see Whitby Abbey and it's pier, and lighthouse...

Click to expand...

Paul,

Thanks for opening my eyes to such view of Britain! Of course, I admire your monuments and architectural interpretations of London.

I must admit openly, I know shamefully little of the natural beauty of England except, of course London, Brighton and Stratford on Avon. Oh, I do admit a visit to Glasgow, education in Birmingham and one stint at Edinburgh castle, but no prison time. But such scenes as these, the North Country, The Lake district, the Scottish Highlands, Welsh Moors and so much more, utterly missing from my experience.

I plan to make up for it and use pictures in OPF to help me make a better itinerary.

Asher

Hey Asher, it's nice to hear that you've spent time in this country at least, you still sound like you've gotten around and seen a few places, nonetheless.
East and West Yorkshire really does have it all and it's the largest county in the UK so it has room for it.
Anyway, I plan on taking more pictures of the place too. My biggest dream is to travel around the whole of the UK and photographing it's monuments and statues...I'm busting out of London now.

Excellent Paul! I can feel the wind and taste the salt in this. Good dramatic light.

Thanks, Jarmo. These Yorkshire folk are tough people, they don't think twice about heading for the shoreline on a cold March day, kid's too. No doubt your folk are too in this respect eh...
There is a person in the water represented as just a little dot in this re-sized photo, below the abbey ruins. It's not a dog at all either...