AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
CRESCENT MOON OVER CLEVEDON PIER
Described by John Betjeman as “the most beautiful pier in England”, Clevedon is the only surviving Grade 1 listed pier. Constructed of 370 tonnes of wrought iron with cast iron piles and wooden decking, it was opened in 1869. An hour and a half after midsummer sunset, there was still enough light in the sky to show detail in the pier along with a two-day old crescent moon. Careful positioning placed the Moon beside the weather vane, almost as if the pier were an Islamic structure.
F/5.6, 0.6 seconds at ISO 1600.
Accepted: Olympic (Greece) 2020 - Apollo
