Scars at night

Scars at night

Its usually a bad idea to wander down the sea front with a camera at night during the extended weekend - from Thursday through until Saturday night - too many pubs and clubs with drunks milling around on the promenade. Still, the dog needed walking and given the low tide, I was looking for some inspirational views from the further reaches of the rocks.

The rocks themselves are known as scars, presumably as they run add odd angles from the shoreline and give the appearance of jagged scars running into the water. Local fishermen avoid them and follow a specific channel by lining up two red lights, one on the sea front and on a little further back. In the years before satellite navigation and GPS many ships have floundered on these scars. A list of the wrecks can be found on the Redcar.org website

I set this shot up to emphasise the rocky scars, using a 30 second exposure, using the puddles and ponds the retreating tide had left to capture a little of the reflected light. The green tinge in the foreground is seaweed and sea moss on the rocks themselves.

I took a couple of exposures before a few drunks started shouting something or other, milling around at the nearest edge of the promenade.....time to call it a night.