TURNING TIDE AT HARTLAND QUAY

These rocks look best just after high tide when separated by water but still wet. A neutral density filter gave a long shutter speed to smooth out texture in the water , enabling the viewer to concentrate on the jagged rocks. This intriguing geology comprises sandstone and shales deposited in the Carboniferous period, subsequently folded and contorted by the Variscan Orogeny some 300 million years ago and now eroded by pounding Atlantic waves.

F/16, 20 seconds, ISO 100
Accepted: Smethwick 2023