Silverknowes Beach, Edinburgh

The photo below is part of my ongoing personal project on Edinburgh seascapes. The beach at Silverknowes is an interesting place to photograph. Depending on the tide and sky, it can look very different from one day to another. On this day, the tide was quite high and I was fortunate to be on hand to capture the elongated clouds over the Firth of Forth. The choice of a long exposure further enhanced the effect. I could only manage to take one picture like this, since after this photo was taken the light was gone.

Edinburgh, Silverknowes beach long exposure photograph of Firth of Forth after sunset
Just after the sun sets, one can get some incredible light over the Firth of Forth, as in this picture taken from Silverknowes beach.

I was drawn to the rock at the bottom left to use as foreground interest in my picture, and since the sky looked much more interesting, I made it the dominant element in my composition.

 

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