New Year, New Storm

Well little opportunity to do anything but weather related shots at present, new year and another storm presented itself at Porthleven.  As it was New Years day there was a large amount of storm watchers out and Porthleven did not disappoint.  Could of done with more light but high tide was 4:30pm, still the days are getting longer now. I can safely say this is the biggest storm of the year so far!

Three Bitterns at Marazion

With a small clear weather window, I head to Marazion today for a couple of hours.  Within about ten minutes off getting there I had seen three bitterns not a bad start, lol.  However typically it went quiet after that.  Occasional good light shone on the resident birds so some images of them also.
Pictures added also of a couple of cormorants at Porthleven taking shelter from the stormy conditions.

Stormy Conditions at Porthleven

These images were taken on the 27th Dec at Porthleven. Not the biggest waves I have seen there but hopefully they give you a sense of size that can be achieved. (these being about 50% of the size of the biggest storm waves I have seen there) Porthleven is one of the most popular places for storm watching and produces an epic spectacle when conditions are right.

Large Sea Swell at Lands End

Well the predicted stormy weather arrived as expected so I decided to look at Land End to see what conditions were like there on the 27th December.  Quite stormy, but I think the worst of it had gone further north. Still some nice images of the Longships Lighthouse.

Cury Hunt visit Helston on Boxing Day

Cury Hunt visited Helston on Boxing Day as they do every year, showing off the horses and hounds in Coinagehall street near the monument. Although difficult because it is crowded there are opportunities for some decent images. And before anyone starts I was there in a photography capacity only, and not as part of a hunting/anti hunting debate!

Stormy Sea conditions and road flooded again in Helston

Well low pressure continues, hence the wind and rain and there is some hail just came down now as I type this.  So the road is flooded as usual between Helston and Porthleven must be an easy fix, think it is only a drain that gets blocked with leaves!

Porthleven at high tide was a nice size but I have seen it a lot bigger in previous years. Could be good again this weekend. Tide and light should be good for photography, although it will be chucking it down, so not for fair weather photographers, lol.  Little bits of rain and lots of wind today and the light was often a little awkward/interesting.  Still here are some images which I will probably edit later when I have processed the better ones.