Beach and streetlights

The story behind this image

This is the pebble beach at Penmaenmawr on the North Wales coast.

During the day it's not particularly photogenic, but at dusk, if the tide is right, then the scene come alive with lights, colours and reflections.

A good trick when photographing scenes with streetlights is to use a small aperture, such as f16 or f22. This creates the starburst effects you can see here.

Image data

Filename - beach lights 02.jpg

Camera - Canon 5D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @24mm

Exposure - 30secs @ f16, ISO400

Location - Penmaenmawr, North Wales

This image - 800x640px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - Small aperture chosen to give starburst effect from lights.