Saltwick Bay

Saltwick Bay is situated just slightly down the coast from Whitby Abbey. I first stumbled across the Bay while walking to Robin Hoods Bay and found that on low tide there were remains of a ship caught in a large rock pool.

I've recently re-visited the Bay with my friend Stu, we set off from Leeds at 5.20am and arriving before the sunrise although the was no visible sunrise as it was really cloudy. We spent a couple of hours shooting before the tide came in and got a good selection of photos.

These Saltwick Bay shots are post processed in a totally new way now. What I'm doing now is taking a series of five bracketed shots ( with 1 exposure difference) and then in Photoshop I'm manually blending (using masks) the parts of the images I want to add detail and colour depth. I'm also using the Nik Collection to add slight contrast and more detail to the skies.