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Sunrise Old Harry Rocks Swanage Dorset Photographer - Roydons Photography

Sunrise Old Harry Rocks Swanage – Roydons Photography

June 8, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Sunrise Old Harry Rocks Swanage Dorset. Fantastic location to stand and see the sunrise in fact it is a fantastic location full stop. Out on the chalk headland with views of Poole, Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight.

Long before the sun reaches the horizon to peak its nose over the colours start to brighten the sky. Streaks of orange and gold interspersed with the wisps of clouds. The promise of a fantastic summers day in Dorset. The colours contrasting to the white of the chalk cliffs that form Old Harry Rocks here in Swanage.

Being a Dorset Photographer fantastic sunrises on the wonderful coast are very accessible. Simply means an early alarm and and a short trip or even walk. The views are on our door step. This picture is taken at the famous Old Harry Rocks Swanage looking towards Poole and Bournemouth.

Finding Old Harry Rocks Swanage

Old Harry Rocks is a stack of chalk rocks at the end of the headland that separates Swanage Bay and Studland beach. The charted location for Old Harry Rocks is actually Handfast Point. The headland is reached with a simple walk from either location . From Studland side of Ballard Down there is a footpath from the South Beach car park near the Bankes Arms public house all the way out making Old Harry Rocks very accessible. If setting out to walk to Handfast Point from Swanage then you can stroll along the beach until you pick up the footpath. This route takes you past Ballard point before you reach Old Harry Rocks also passing the Pinnacle, The pinnacle is another stack midway between the two points.

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Please Note: If you do go out to cliff tops take care. Cliffs are dangerous and people do fall and die every year. Silly mistakes near the edge or rocks giving way. Please give extra care and attention when on the coast at all times.

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Chapman's Pool Long Exposure Sunset Print

Jurassic Coast Sunset Chapman’s Pool

May 19, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Jurassic Coast Sunset Chapman’s Pool. One of my top 10 locations for a sunset.

The location is down on the rocks at the far East end of Chapman’s Pool One of my favourite spots at sunset. Captures like this make the walk down worth the effort.

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Our Natural World at its best.
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Visit Chapman’s Pool

To visit Chapman’s Pool drive through Worth Matravers to the car park to the west. (This is not the car park by the Square and Compass Pub, which is worth visiting in its own right). Once parked it’s a simple stroll along a level footpath across a field to a style. Climb the style and then the spectacular view of the Jurassic Coast unfolds. Views of the headlands and seascape laid out before you. You have to descend down to Chapman’s Pool and although there is a path it is a little on the steep side.

Thanks for looking. Prints are of this long exposure sunset at Chapmans Pool are available. For other great pictures visit the prints for sale in the store and if you have a few minutes you can always check out the Gallery

Taken with my Nikon D750.

Milky Way Selfie. Always time for a quick selfie. Just some are more extreme than others at Peveril Point Swanage with Milky Way

Milky Way Selfie Peveril Point Swanage

May 18, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Milky Way Selfie Peveril Point Swanage.

Sometimes photographers can be too serious. All in a row, cameras on a tripod looking at the sunset through a camera but missing the event. The same can be true of any photographic trip. Its always good to take a step back and take in the image of what you are there to actually capture. Especially true of the Milky Way. The scale of the stars just can’t be perceived even through a lens at 20 mm.

With the darkness at Peveril point and some time for the eyes to adjust more stars start to appear. Soon after arrival I knew that a single shot would not capture the whole of the arch. I just had to stand and admire mother nature.

May be a bit of fun with doing a Milky Way Selfie but please check out the Image Gallery for more pictures and as always please feel free to like and share.

If you want to have a go check out a simple guide to photographing the Milky Way. but remember its dark and think about safety.

Clavell Tower Kimmeridge Sunset

May 16, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Clavell Tower Kimmeridge Sunset. We take pictures of the sunsets and enjoy them but every so often one comes along that blows all the others away.

The location on the cliff by Clavell Tower at Kimmeridge bay is spectacular at the best of times but on Saturday night WOW!!

An overcast day that had no intention of giving up a sunset finaly relented at the last moment and gave us one of the best for a long time. As the sun dropped down behind the hills it set the the sky on fire…

This is my humble attempt to capture such a stunning event. I know there have been many others posted so maybe just one more sunset from Saturday will not do any harm.

Our Natural World at its best.

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Rusty Chain Dorset Beach

April 25, 2018 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Rusty Chain. No Sunset. No Waves. No clouds just grey. Out with camera and had a play with some rusty chain that was lying on the slip at Kimmeridge. Always good to do something a little different when out with a camera.

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Walk to Exercise

March 23, 2017 By Roydon With 0 Comment

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Swanage Old Pier Sunset. Not having the car meant leaving work and having to walk the short distance to lifeboat station for the weekly exercise.

The pinks and creamy oranges were glowing across the skyline and this was a great opportunity to take some pictures. This was just one of the stunning sunsets we were have in Swanage. Before I could take more my pager sounded so had to pack up the kit and jog to station. Its only then that you realise how heavy a tripod and camera bag can be.

The Swanage old pier is centre stage in so many photographs. Always a pleasure to be able to photograph the old Swanage pier at short notice.

Swanage Old Pier Location

The old Swanage pier is set to the (south east) right of the current main pier. Just find the seafront in Swanage and look left and you will see the pier. There is a small charge to stroll on the pier. The Swanage old pier is best photographed late autumn and through winter till spring as Divers Down have pontoons in the water near it during the summer months.

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