Focused on grey seal and their pups, I followed a sunburst obliquely and saw Piel Castle from an unfamiliar perspective in a sudden blaze of sunlight. Over salt marsh to the castle outlined against the blues of the fells. From ethereal early fog to darkening skies to interludes of sunlight. In aqueous light, these photographs of Piel Castle have the look of watercolours. The dark castle, mud flats and salt marsh assume colour, and lose it again, all in a moment. So, a photo sequence of drawing with light.
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A hint of blue appears and the sun peeps through early mist. A soft and glimmering light roves over the fells, illuminating crags, then passing and plunging them into deep shadow. Some trees show a skeletal presence, ready for Halloween. The earth has a rich carpet of fallen leaves with a scatter of tiny green crab apples. Each time a beck crosses our track , through Hall Wood, bound for the River Kent, we hear tumbling water. A cormorant, wings outstretched to dry, stands on the shore of Kentmere Tarn, as if it hasn't moved since our last visit. HIgh tide floods the salt marsh fringing Piel Channel, intense blue under a clear blue sky. In the stillness, calls of redshank and curlew ring clear over the solitude of the salt marsh, its maritime flora warm gold in October sunlight. A curlew rises and disappears toward the open channel. Distant water-birds feed amongst the channels of the salt marsh. The coincidence of weather and season colours a lovely October day, the one fine day of the week. South Walney appears so rich and bright, the sea gleaming and streaked with pattern. |
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