Friday 3 May 2013

Twilight Hunter : Britain

Dear Twilight Hunter,


When you asked for a few snapshots of sunrises and sunsets and twilit skies from my travels, I thought one letter with a few photos would do it.  But I didn’t realise just how obsessive I am with the sky and the sun.  I like to think I can sit just there and watch the sky paint itself, registering and remembering colour and cloud and sound, without the need to resort to a lens or a memory card.  And then I looked through my photos – there must be hundreds, thousands, of photos of the evening and morning sky: sun in the corner, sun in the centre, sun behind a castle, sun behind the ocean, purple on top of pink, pink on top of purple, crooked and blurry and impossible and astonishing.  This note is just the beginning.

The following photographs were taken during a few weeks' hitchhike around England and Wales in June/July 2011.

Evening sky in Chester, England

Sunset in Harlech, Wales


Sunset in Harlech, Wales

Sunset in Harlech, Wales



Sunset at Land's End, Cornwall

Sunset at Land's End, Cornwall

Sunset at Land's End, Cornwall

Sunset at Land's End, Cornwall

Not sunset or twilight - but the sky, at least.  Couldn't resist enclosing it.
Snowdonia, Wales


Summer Solstice Sunrise, Stonehenge

Sunrise in Wales
Let me know what you think.

QM