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october 2004'defiance' by alan brown
I discovered this secluded beach some years ago while on holiday in Spain. I had photographed the scene before but on this particular visit it was blowing a gale as can be seen by the spindrift flying from the wave tops.
The heavy storm clouds out to sea had made the horizon as dark as night and, sure enough a few minutes after taking this shot the rain came lashing down and I had to beat a hasty retreat to the shelter of my hired car. It has always puzzled me how these two trees manage to survive, growing in such close proximity to the sea with salt water lapping around their roots.
When I entered the print in a competition a couple of years ago I remember the judge saying “ It’s a very nice print but, I wish the author would have removed the large stick in the foreground, it’s distracting”. I didn’t agree with his comment at the time, and still don’t. I had included it purposely as I think it provides a certain balance to the composition. Besides, the ‘large stick’ is a length of heavy armoured cable well and truly buried in the sand.
Nikon F3, 24mm lens, Kodak I.R. film rated at 800 asa, no filtration applied.
