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jamesholephoto — Buston Links

Published: 2009-02-05 22:07:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 684; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 12
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Description Buston Links, Alnmouth, Northumberland
Something a bit different from me, taken last weekend high up on a sand dune, it was really windy, nearly couldn't keep my filters on the camera!

The blocks on the beach are tank traps put there in 1940s when there was worry that Alnmouth would be used as a landing point by the Germans!

edit : removed tyre tracks, they've been bugging me for ages!
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Comments: 20

DrewHopper [2009-04-08 13:21:51 +0000 UTC]

I love a photo with a little history behind the scene/landscape. You've pulled this off fantastically, the perspective you get from up there is just breath taking, then your exposure and composition are spot on. I want this to get a DD!

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jamesholephoto In reply to DrewHopper [2009-04-08 13:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Cheers Drew, i like a photo to have a story to it too, a lot of beaches up here have tank traps on them! My only concern with this shot is the mess in the sand from the tyre tracks, kinda ruins it for me Thanks for faving this!

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DrewHopper In reply to jamesholephoto [2009-04-08 13:29:26 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, those tyre tracks are a little distracting on what looks like such a spectacular wilderness beach, damn humans haha

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jamesholephoto In reply to DrewHopper [2009-04-08 13:45:19 +0000 UTC]

I'll have to go back before any more damn humans get themselves on there and ruin the perfect sand

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DrewHopper In reply to jamesholephoto [2009-04-08 13:50:35 +0000 UTC]

Indeed

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islandtime [2009-02-18 16:12:02 +0000 UTC]

you can really feel the wind and the sand in the air!

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jamesholephoto In reply to islandtime [2009-02-18 22:02:23 +0000 UTC]

and the sand in my eyes! it was really windy but i was quite high up and out of the sand luckily, thought i'd better protect the camera too! Thank you for the fav too!

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islandtime In reply to jamesholephoto [2009-02-22 06:09:47 +0000 UTC]

Glad you and the camera came away from it unscathed!

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Redtanglewood [2009-02-08 16:39:51 +0000 UTC]

Taken from a great vantage point. The tank traps look tiny. It looks like someone's been playing with a giant Spirograph on the sand!

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jamesholephoto In reply to Redtanglewood [2009-02-08 18:20:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Susan, i love this beach, i go here quite often but i'd never climbed to the top of the highest dune, its brilliant up there, especially when its windy and the sea is a bit rough I think somebody had been riding about on a quad or something, there was just loads of rings, must of been fun Cheers for the fav!

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itsamiracle [2009-02-06 09:09:05 +0000 UTC]

Nice shot! Looks like a spitting sand kind of day. I've had a few myself on the IOW.

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jamesholephoto In reply to itsamiracle [2009-02-07 13:49:13 +0000 UTC]

Cheers Toby, yea it was very windy and the sand was flying all over the place! Thanks for the fav!

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davincipoppalag [2009-02-05 23:46:43 +0000 UTC]

Lovely shot!

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jamesholephoto In reply to davincipoppalag [2009-02-07 13:49:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks David!

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davincipoppalag In reply to jamesholephoto [2009-02-07 13:50:04 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!!

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lostknightkg [2009-02-05 22:22:32 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, i hope to visit an actualy sandy beach, tired of brighton/worthing beaches.

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jamesholephoto In reply to lostknightkg [2009-02-05 22:57:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Kris, I visited Brighton when i was younger, the beaches were different, i quite liked them, all those thousands of little pebbles but i think i'd miss the varied coastline we have up here! Cheers for the fav!

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lostknightkg In reply to jamesholephoto [2009-02-06 20:32:10 +0000 UTC]

I think you should visit again, sure you can get some amazing shots there, specially the abandoned pier makes a great photo

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jamesholephoto In reply to lostknightkg [2009-02-07 13:53:18 +0000 UTC]

Its a bit of a drive all the way down there, but i'll add it to my virtual list of place to visit, that abandoned pier sounds good tho, i've seen some fantastic photos with it in!

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lostknightkg In reply to jamesholephoto [2009-02-09 00:12:33 +0000 UTC]

hahahah my virtual list grows each year!

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