Clevedon revisited…

Clevedon and its lovelly Victorian era pier is not that far from home and each time I visit it seems to have the most amazing sunsets! Maybe I’m just lucky :-)

Clevedon Pier Sunset

It had been a stinkingly hot early August Sunday with temperatures in the low to mid 30’s with little wind at home. Hot weather indeed for the UK :-) That’s the sort of heat that just saps energy so I’d stayed indoors most of the day catching-up with some processing which is where I hatched the plan to retreat to the coast where, hopefully, it would be cooler.

Arriving in Clevedon, a couple of hours before sunset the temperature was still very warm but it was made bearable by a gentle sea breeze. I arrived with lots of time to spare as I wasn’t quite sure what the light would do although I had a strong suspicion that due to the heat and clouds sunset could be nice. About a 1/2 hour before sunset it started to look like something magical might occur, but it was only as the sun approached the horizon that the clouds started to turn a little orange. But over the distant horizon and Wales was a slightly thicker band of cloud - a band reminiscent to that in my previous sunset photograph of the pier. A few minutes after dropping behind that cloud and the horizon the clouds overhead were illuminated from below and turned the most magical yellow/orange colours. It was an awesome sight :-)

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic photography opportunities this year have been limited so it was fantastic to witness such an amazing scene. Its just these sort of events that make Landscape a rewarding photographic genre - all the hard work and lows instantly forgotten! Printed this photograph is glorious. It’s almost minimalist; the soft pastel sea with its hint of orange transitions almost seamlessly into sky and plonked in the middle is the architecturally wonderful pier. I love it and for that reason I’ve made it available in my Limited Edition Prints shop.

Andy