Seascape photography in bad weather. Fife Coastal Path, Scotland.

I planned this morning to go to a local beach in bad weather, and capture a moody image in the evening. This is my local beach, where I go often to photograph. This is black sands beach in Aberdour.

Black sands Beach. 10mm, f16, exposure 79s, ISO 100. CPL and a 10-stop ND filter for this image.

When I got there around 1930hrs it was drizzly, and the strong winds were dropping, and with a 90% risk of heavy showers. It did rain about 2000hrs, and used my umbrella to help with not getting my camera gear wet. I used as CPL and 10-stop ND filter for this image, it was the best one I came away from this evening. It was a bit of a faff getting the filters on and off without getting any rain droplets on them, on occasions the filters had a couple of rain drops on them, but I cleaned them off with a soft cloth.

I enjoyed being out, and sometimes I have to go out in the rain, and think about what type of image I would like to take. I just wish it was a bit more windy, to get more drama in the movement in the clouds. There was a little movement in the yachts on the horizon though. The polariser (CPL) prevented glare in the water, which was good, you can see the seaweed in the mid ground, it adds some interest to the scene.

The camera I have is an old Nikon D5100, which is a 16 megapixel DSLR from 2012! Its still going strong, and I think I need the sensor cleaned soon, as there are dust spots in my long exposure images. The lens I had on the camera body today was the Tamron SP 10-24mm, f3.5-4.5.

An old camera, still going strong.

I have had a good couple of trips this week with my camera and I am really enjoying getting out with it. I’ll see what’s next on the cards to photograph, but when the weather is bad, I think I will do a bit more moody sea or landscapes.

This Friday looks really good for little wind, and patches of cloud around Edinburgh and the central belt, making an opportunity to get the drone up, and maybe get some landscape panoramic images. Ill keep my options open and during the next few days Ill plan something.