St Michael's Mount Flaming Sky
St Michael’s Mount is a spot I often return to in my Cornwall portfolio. I have photographed it through changing seasons, at sunrise, sunset, and under the night sky, and it often produces exceptional material.
On this occasion, I had planned to photograph the sunset but it had been very cloudy. As a heavy dusk set in, the wind began to disperse the clouds, so I set a long exposure over a few minutes to capture the movement in the skies over the mount. The exposure generated streaks across the sky that are mirrored by the concrete causeway jutting out into the sea. It also opened up gaps in the clouds to capture the last of the sun, which had long since dipped below the horizon. Pockets of amber and gold appeared in the sky, complementing the lights that were turning on across the mount and the distant shores of Penzance. The completed study is a moody, atmospheric shot of the mount in the final transition from day to night.
St Michael’s Mount is a spot I often return to in my Cornwall portfolio. I have photographed it through changing seasons, at sunrise, sunset, and under the night sky, and it often produces exceptional material.
On this occasion, I had planned to photograph the sunset but it had been very cloudy. As a heavy dusk set in, the wind began to disperse the clouds, so I set a long exposure over a few minutes to capture the movement in the skies over the mount. The exposure generated streaks across the sky that are mirrored by the concrete causeway jutting out into the sea. It also opened up gaps in the clouds to capture the last of the sun, which had long since dipped below the horizon. Pockets of amber and gold appeared in the sky, complementing the lights that were turning on across the mount and the distant shores of Penzance. The completed study is a moody, atmospheric shot of the mount in the final transition from day to night.
St Michael’s Mount is a spot I often return to in my Cornwall portfolio. I have photographed it through changing seasons, at sunrise, sunset, and under the night sky, and it often produces exceptional material.
On this occasion, I had planned to photograph the sunset but it had been very cloudy. As a heavy dusk set in, the wind began to disperse the clouds, so I set a long exposure over a few minutes to capture the movement in the skies over the mount. The exposure generated streaks across the sky that are mirrored by the concrete causeway jutting out into the sea. It also opened up gaps in the clouds to capture the last of the sun, which had long since dipped below the horizon. Pockets of amber and gold appeared in the sky, complementing the lights that were turning on across the mount and the distant shores of Penzance. The completed study is a moody, atmospheric shot of the mount in the final transition from day to night.