Giants Causeway Sunset
Nathan Dukes, 2018
Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Fujifilm X-T2, 24mm, F10, ISO400, 1/2s
For somewhere as incredible as The Giant’s Causeway, I found it quite hard to photograph. The area has such natural beauty, everything around you competes for your attention.
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The steep cliffs give way to the mystifying hexagonal rocks, all neatly arranged in a perfect pattern from the base of the cliffs to the sea like natural stairs.
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It’s difficult to put on blinders and focus your attention on just one thing, and it took two visits on consecutive nights in summer 2018 for me to find at image I was satisfied with.
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Working quickly at sunset, I was able to capture the turgid waves crashing against the tessellated rocks, and used a graduated filter that gives a purple cast to add colour and drama to the scene.

2020 Nathan Dukes