Rock and bridge, a photo from Cornwall, England

Photographer's Note

Another picture with my old camera out the series Cornwall.
This photo you see is taken in Newquay, a very busy and fine resort in Cornwall. It's a typical English resort with only a few people from other countries.
During our stay over there we saw this beautiful bay and we couldn't resist to take some photos of it. We took place at the edge of the rugged beachhead and enjoyed the lovely view of the afforest rock - the "Island" they called it over there . Above your head you heard the screaming sea-gulls whilst a fresh sea-breeze stroked your hair. The rock on which a little house is built - now a private house but a few years back there was a small tearoom - is connected with
the mainland by a small smooth rocking suspension bridge. The bay itself is one of the seven beaches of the town, named "Towan Beach".
When the weather is fine and sunny the whole environ is a real paradise for the many visitors.

This picture I have cropped an the left side to a better composition.

The colours are really.

I hope you like it.

Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot S10
Shooting Date/Time
6/09/2004 11:12:23
Shooting Mode
Landscape
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/350
Av( Aperture Value )
5.6
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
Exposure Compensation
0
Digital Zoom
None
Image Size
1600x1200
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
Parameters
Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Color saturation Normal
File Size
703KB

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jayita (191) 2004-09-29 1:53

The bridge in between the rocks are very spetacular and like a bottle neck. shadow on the rock surface is also nice. well done.

Hanssie (11022) 2004-09-29 1:56

With the old camera..... therefore the picture is a little bright. The composition however, is very nice, a good view on the rock and Newquay and I like the fence and green in the foreground. So again, nice picture, John !

carper (96) 2004-09-29 2:21

Oke John critisch,
Er is te veel licht hier. Dit is op te lossen door bijvoorbeeld clarify 2 te gebruiken en hij wordt meteen een stuk beter. De onder zijde van de foto, dat schaduw randje, Ik zou het er af halen, maar ook dat is persoonlijk. Dit is de critiek.
Nu de lof. Uitekende compositie, van af de juiste plek genomen, jammer dat er die dag niet een mooie lucht aan de horizon zat. Goed werk John

kent_s (1911) 2004-09-29 4:10

A spectacular place and well catched. However I would have cropped a little more on the left, leaving out the fence but kept the green on the rock to keep the depth in the picture. Well Done

jrj (34843) 2004-09-29 4:43

Exciting details in here John. Great landscape to see. But a bad thing that the photo is very overexposed (at my screen) and maybe also too sharpened..

Jean-Luc (5488) 2004-09-29 5:10

Il semble qu'il y ai un problиme avec les couleurs..peut-кtre une trop grande surexposition?
L'endroit est fantastique et mйrite cette belle photo!

rabani (9645) 2004-09-29 6:03

A slight over exposed and therefore not so saturated as your other pictures where the colors are strong and vibrant. Certain countries have very strong sunlight or the sky is not so helpful which you have to be aware of John. I usually carry ND filter and Polarizer to help me get the colors.

supereira (9576) 2004-09-29 6:06

Good colors and contrast between them.Good light, texture and shadows.Good POV,framing and prespective.Great photo!

oochappan (4880) 2004-09-29 6:53

Goeie compositie John ....
Out of WS, geen probleem, ga naar
http://users.pandora.be/oochappan/files/brug_1aab.jpg
misschien kun je daar iets mee aan. Een droom eiland.
Groeten Henk

hdl (7035) 2004-09-29 7:09

Jaja, dit is weer een goeie compositie. Mooi panorama en toch wel mooi huis op die rots. Volgens mij willen die mensen absoluut niet gestoord worden vandaar een ingang over het water? Gaat John daar toch wel geen foto nemen... best wel grappig. Geen krot trouwens. Goed gedaan alleen lichtjes overbelicht achteraan.

manny (22032) 2004-09-29 7:53

Colors are a bit washed-out on top right but it might be the age fo the picture that makes it such. A good composition though.

Spoony (3539) 2004-09-29 8:43

The bridge detail is absolutly adorable! Thanks for sharing.
Great perspective and nice colors. Maybe with too light... ;)
Well done john.
Spoony.

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elihesamian (26149) 2004-09-29 9:35

All said about overexposed & ...
But it captured witha great POV,and fine composition,details are nice,...beautiful place,too.and amazing rock in water with a beautiful bridge,thanks for showing us,John.
Yours
Mohammad

Georges (11185) 2004-09-29 10:30

Impressionant ce pont et surtout cette ile j'envis ici ses occupant car le lieu est terrible a mes yeux.
Dommage pour cette forte lumiere mais on fera avec .
Bravo John et merci de la visite.

burdallet (0) 2004-09-29 10:57

The lower/right corner need to be cropped

nwoehnl (122) 2004-09-29 12:57

Hi John - the shooting perspective and the motive are well chosen, but I think two things didn't come out ideal in this photo: (a) it looks too bright overall, with the whites of the buildings in the back appearing overexposed. (b) I think there should be a little more sky, and on the opposite side a bit of the foreground could be taken away.

Rockyboy (20598) 2004-09-29 16:29

Missschien te veel lucht maar een goede compositie. Ik hou van deze brug aan recht. Goed gedaan!

Oldtree (2457) 2004-09-30 1:28

Very beautiful place. I like your composition.

Cornwall is a very nice area with lot's of spectacual places.

ChrisJ (171888) 2004-09-30 5:18

Looks slightly oe, but well composed.

Jeppe (18654) 2004-10-01 16:59

Wow - very special place - I like the sight of that bridge and the house on the cliff - you got this with a good light/shadow as well - thanks John.

Endy (1025) 2004-10-01 22:45

Wow nice point of view John! This bridge provides us a scale of the height of these cliffs. Your composition is interesting with a lot of unusual element especially this little high island containing this resort.

Well done!

usnadir (804) 2007-11-28 3:33

absolutely stunning shot of a very interesting bulding and bridgethe water color is fantastic.
best regard
nadir

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Amaz (11475) 2009-04-11 13:09

Hi John,

nice natural colours and great compo!

well done!

brgds

ikeharel (113453) 2010-11-21 7:50

One of your earliest photos, John.
Excelent POV over the rock and bay, I like the beautiful scenery from seaside.
Natural colors well collected.
Have a nice week ahead,
Ike

gus72 (3719) 2012-07-14 20:07

Hi John !!
I am worried about your next series Your best of 2012..... you better start taking new photos..... in the meantime I have great pleasure looking at some of the oldies..
the coast in Cornwall is very pretty and this scene is rather beatifull.
Well taken.
Cheers
Gus

Miguel82 (47110) 2013-06-06 6:08

Amazing place John and very nice area to visit
Good pov, excellent sharpness and exposition
Kind regards

serp2000 (47063) 2016-03-11 11:46

Hi, John,
I have never been in this part of UK, but I rwally like this photo. Wonderful landscape, great choice of the point of view. I see this is one of your first photos published here. Good exposure for debute photo ;)
Best wishes, Serghei

pajaran (116011) 2019-11-14 6:30

Pozdrav.
Interesantan i lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Lepa litica i kuca, lep most.
Lepa kuca za odmor sa lepim pogledom na more i grad u pozadini.
Lepo pokazano.
Dobar tekst o koriscenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.
Zelim vam lepo popodne, sve najbolje.
Paja.

mkamionka (74577) 2020-09-30 12:38

Hi John,
I have never been to Cornwall. Yet. I live in England for 8 years already but this is the region which is at the opposite end of the country and requires about 8-9 driving from where I live.
And it is not cheap so in fact it is cheaper to go to Spain or Italy.

Very photogenic spot, which I have to remember for the time if I finally decide to go there someday.
You had a nice weather and respective colors.
I see it was before you switched to Canon 5D yet.
Nice reportage from your trip,
M

jmdias (115280) 2021-12-07 10:40

john

curious as this big rock was used as the base for a house, for sure a special house with a great view and its own bridge; TFS.

take care

jorge