Steetley Pier, Hartlepool, Northumberland
The infiltration of a new location and adventure for the STS started with the troops amassing from Worchester, Wigan and Manchester before setting off in convoy in the middle of the night across enemy borders and into friendlier territories that is Northumberland. Our first destination was Steetley Pier just north of Hartlepool. We arrived about 4am and attempted to get a couple of hours of shut-eye, but this was thwarted by one member who snored not only during this brief window of sleep but throughout the entire journey! I won’t mention any names… but he once won ‘Landscape Photographer of the Year’ - if you’re that inquisitive you’ve only 15 names to google.
Sunrise didn’t look that promising but we headed to the beach way ahead of the official sunrise time in the hope of making something out of the blue hour. To say I haven’t done much photography this year would be an understatement… in fact my equipment has remained untouched that my lenses had developed cataracts!
Initially I struggled to get anything to register on my rear screen (I don’t think my camera copes with low light conditions compared with newer models, but having said that, it was released in 2012). So, here’s my first image from the trip and only the third frame – it’s turned out far better than I thought when I looked at it back of camera.
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