Richard Irwin - Photoblog
A Walk on The Pier
Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 16 October 2007 in Cityscape & Urban.
This is pier in the town of Whitby. I enjoyed seeing the visitors brave the crashing waves spraying over them as they dashed along the windswept pier to the lighthouse at the end
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
Magic shot, such a cool sky, but it doesn't dominate the shot. Well done!
16 Oct 2007 3:59pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, AB, Canada
Love the sky in this one Richard!! Gives it great scale with the tiny people on the pier. It's what I would call a "sweeping" image!! Bravo!
16 Oct 2007 4:13pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
very nice place - the capture is perfect - great work
16 Oct 2007 4:43pm
Shahab from Qazvin, Iran
Great work Richard!Nicely seprated by line between quiet & stormy sea!Good perspective too.
16 Oct 2007 5:02pm
Sharon from Brooklyn, United States
Very nice. Like the colors and how the waves are crashing against the one side. Looks like a cool place.
16 Oct 2007 8:13pm
Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany
This is so perfect Richard! Excellent.
16 Oct 2007 8:33pm
Amir from Iran
Awesome shot at an awesome location. Location is very important in photography and you have chosen and right one for this. Love the color and extension of dock into water.
16 Oct 2007 8:44pm
Bron from Canberra, Australia
This is magnificent Richard. Perfect. The shapes and textures are VERY nice
16 Oct 2007 9:31pm
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
This is indeed breathtaking, Richard. Wow!
16 Oct 2007 9:48pm
Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica
Beautiful scenery Richard! That pier is a massive structure!
16 Oct 2007 10:20pm
Rags from Plano, United States
Great composition. It is nice that you added people in the image because it gives us a feeling of the massiveness of that place
17 Oct 2007 1:14am
Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States
wow what a difference between the two sides of the pier. nice capture
17 Oct 2007 3:44am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
It doesn't look so big: until you notice those tiny shapes are people. I wonder if this location is the inspiration for the crashing waves shot in the recent Danny Boyle movie, "Sunshine."
17 Oct 2007 1:54pm
@Twelvebit: Very interesting comment, I'll have to check it out. Those waves were going straight over the pier when I went to cross, it was quite scary, but a quick dash and you could avoid a soaking.....but only to be dived bombed by angry gulls at the piers end.....
Michael from Wuppertal, Germany
Stunning view! I think next time I have to visit Whitby!
17 Oct 2007 4:48pm
@Michael: Its a fantastic town, one of my favorites....and the abbey is stunning, and it really does convey that Dracula atmosphere from Bram Stokers gothic novel in some weathers and light.
Claudio from Porto, Portugal
excellent composition in one side all is calm in the other the rage as taken over and all of this under a great sky. fantastic
18 Oct 2007 12:26am
