Jon Godfrey

14/06/2024

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15/12/2023

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02/12/2023

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16/09/2019

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Clevedon High Tide Sunset
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I haven’t had the time to shoot much recently. It’s been a combination of work pressures and family. On Saturday night, I spotted an interesting sky building so thought I might drive over to Cleveden. I invited Helen thinking should would say no but she jumped at the chance, grabbed a bottle and some glasses. Last time I arrived a little late the shoot was spoilt. This time we go there early.
To my luck the tide was high and coming in and was at its max roughly at sunset. The only with the beach getting smaller it also got more crowded. I decided to shoot long exposure to lose the various kids running around playing. Well, it’s their beach too.
After the sunset, we gradually had to move up the beach to avoid the tide and so it all got a little congested. I actually packed my gear away twice but the sky just kept coming. If it wasn’t for Helen bring the wine I would probably have driven home. It’s a lesson in stay and wait and watch. Relax and enjoy the moment. In this case it really delivered…. then delivered again.
For this image I got down low and focus stacked the foreground. The background is a long exposure. Maybe I should have shot from the other side of the Pier but still it was a stunning sky and a wonderful moment. I haven’t saturated this image. If you’ve seen my Story you will have seen it looked great even with an iPhone.
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A7rIII, 24-70GM at 35mm f14 (focus stacked) ISO100 30sec
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09/08/2019

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Loch Lomond
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I had a business trip up to Scotland this week and had an evening to myself. Rather than sit in the hotel, I decided I would take the hire car an hour north and visit the lone tree at Bay Balmaha, Milarrochy on the bank of Loch Lomond.
Loch Lomond is 71 km2 (27.5 sq mi) and is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area. It’s 153m deep beaten in the UK only by Lock Ness for water volume.
Bay Balmaha, Milarrochy is a beautiful little camp site with stunning view over the Loch. I arrived about 7.30pm after some heavy rain had passed through and, as you can see there were some incredible cloud structure. I was hoping the sun would light them up but this was as good as it got. I’m not complaining. It’s a stunning place to visit.
Midges come out to eat all tasty southerners as the sun drops. They even had a go through my fly net. I had the pleasure of meeting who had the same idea as me. The Midges didn’t like the test of Rick but fed on me instead.
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A7rIII, 24-70GM at 31mm f13 ISO50 5 sec Hoya ND8
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01/07/2019

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Somerset Lavender Sunset
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It’s that time of year for the inevitable Lavender shots but there’s a reason for that. Don’t they look great?!? I planned to take a portrait of our daughter but last night she wanted to watch Love Island! So, my creative escape was by scuppered by a reality TV programme!
There was a reasonable chance of a decent sunset, so I thought I would head over there. My first visit this season. It was a little touch a go but I quite liked the way the light played with the Lavender. It came and went so to get the best affect, I focus-stacked the lavender in the foreground and then took another image for the sky and blended them. It’s a composition but closer to what my eye was seeing then the Camera recorded. I hope you like it. 😊
Look out soon for a possible similar image with this as my background and a portrait… or maybe not. It might depend on Made in Essex or something like that.
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28/06/2019

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Timepiece Sculpture by Wendy Taylor
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I had a very brief trip up to London the other day and a little time left over at Embankment. I walked down to Tower Bridge to find this view I’d seen before on Instagram. It’s located down near St Katharine's Docks. In the foreground is a Sundial sculpture by Wendy Taylor. A steel sundial like a giant washer, on which the hours are marked with raised dots. It is supported on three chains and pierced by a gnomon designed to resemble a large dockyard nail, all of which spring from a single point.
Wendy Taylor was working in a studio at St Katharine's Docks in 1971 when Taylor decided to produce her own work for St Katharine's Docks, then being conserved and redeveloped for offices and leisure. Her selected site outside the Tower Hotel has made this one of the most prominent of London sculptures, and its subject reflects the proximity of the Greenwich meridian, so important for timepieces. It is significant in Taylor's own development of large-scale public sculptures, particularly in her work with chains and industrial objects. It is also one of the earliest and most witty of the large public pieces created in the 1970s and initiated an on-going series of new sundials in public places.
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I didn’t have space for all my gear so this was a quick hand-held snap when there was a brief gap in the crowds.
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08/06/2019

Empire Hotel
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The old Empire Hotel is now residential properties but it’s looking beautiful after it’s recent renovation. It seems to have been covered in scaffolding for ever but the end result is beautiful. I do wish they would light up the colonnades as it really makes this view. Fingers crossed.
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06/06/2019

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Clifton Suspension Bridge
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I have a few more Brighton shots to share but I thought I would break it up a little with my fall back shot from my recent trip to Clifton Suspension Bridge. I love this viewing angle although it does involve climbing a wall so not great if you’re scared of heights.
I’ve shared two versions here but I think I prefer the moody, graining tones of the first one. Some will hate this one, I’m sure, but every now and then I like to go all moody on you.
This shot was taken with the sun quite low before I went down to The Lookout on my previous image. It’s a great place and I need to get back there when we have some dramatic skies. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.
Let me know which one you prefer and if you’d like more from this viewpoint. 😊🙏😊
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A7rIII, 24-70GM at 24mm f10 ISO100 1/250th
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02/06/2019

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Brighton West Pier
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A simplistic image from my Brighton trip.
I would have loved a better focal point for this image. Those who follow my story will have seen a little red sailing boat was slowing moving across the scene. I thought I would line her up in the gap in the ruined pier but when she got to the pier she turned and sailed away again. The life of a landscape photographer!
I quite like the simplicity of this long exposure. I considered adding it from another image but it’s difficult to do well and it might have spoilt it. It’s probably not so suited to the small screen.
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01/06/2019

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Brighton Beach Bandstand
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SORRY!!! I decided to delete and repost this. I much preferred by home edit. I won’t do it again... until the next time. 🤦🏼‍♂️
I had some work to do in Brighton and grabbed some time after to explore the seafront.
I loved the shadows in this image. I had to wait for numerous selfy taking tourists which is why I couldn’t make it dead centre.
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This is an out of camera JPEG just tweaked a little in app.
As I’m sitting in a train I thought I’d share it as it is. It’s a bit of fun. I took some long exposure shots of the West Pier which might turn out interesting, so more to come.
It feels like I haven’t been out shooting for a lifetime. Nice to break the drought, although lugging all this gear plus my work stuff is a drag.
I hope you enjoy it and THANK YOU for the followers and likes if you’re stuck by me despite the radio silence. 🙂