I love the light in this - golden and gorgeous! And I like the way you put the lighthouse off in the distance. It allows us to see the light shining on it from the clouds.

Golden light and white cliffs...what a charming spot!

Beautiful location. Perspective draws the attention! Love the light and sky.

It is a glorious view. My compliments. And thanks indeed for sharing.

why are you not happy with this shot???!??!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
you must be doing something right this week mister as this is the third one of your shots into my faves!

Maybe selecting the foreground and lightening with levels?...

either that or a crop, taking it out!...

A wondrous capture detail and composition is fabulous!

What an amazing light shot..great work.

This is just fantabulous! I love the perspective, colors and lighting... The sunrays shining down are just purrrfect.
Excellent work!!

Well, your composition is on the money. All those sweeping curves against the strong line of the horizon are wonderful. I'm not sure what time of day you shot this, but a change in the natural lighting might suit whatever it is you'd like to change. This is a very impressive image well worth multiple attempts to bring it to your satisfaction.

Fantastic. I like the light cutting the sky.
Ed.

I love this photo, I adore lighthouses.

The sunlight shining on the lighthouse is inspired. It is as though a spot-light has been turned on. I love the contrast between the foreground and the background and the various curves(the cliff, the path and the road) against the straight horizon. I also like the car and the people by the cliff's edge as they give scale to the scene. The only bit that feels wrong is the top right where the sun is breaking through the clouds and there's too much glare for me.

Is this the light house that's been moved away from the cliff's edge?

Had to fave this as well. It looks like one can reach out and touch Heaven. Wonderful capture.

Sean

Right on! Your camera angle and lighting are impressive. The shearness of that cliff is amazing.

Very dramatic shot, the dark cloudy skies really add to the overall image. The dark foreground contrasts the yellow field around the lighthouse too, very good photo.

As soon as I saw this, I thought of the movie, "Thelma And Louise". Have you seen it? It ends with these women in a car, who are unable to escape the police and refusing to be captured, drive off the edge of a deep canyon. This is indeed a difficult capture from a compositional standpoint, but I think you did right well. I would keep returning under all kinds of different lighting situations. Each time will be a different picture.
Pat

The quality of light is splendid, and combined with the dark clouds you have made a very atmospheric photo out of it. I agree with Bob on the foreground, though. There is just too much dark space. I tried to crop the picture tighter and in my opinion it looks better. In any case it definitely looks a place to visit more than once.
Rob

wow Nigel, what an amazing perspective and angle of shot! ...and the light is kind of magical. Just love the way you captured the people in the shot too! It would be hard to imagine the sheet size of the rockface without them! One of your best! faved and saved and on my desktop!

This pic is phenomenal! The landscape seems so grandiose and the lighthouse such a detail amongst it.

Hurrah he's out of London at last..This is a great shot so the journey was worth it..It won't be long before that lot goes for a swim by the look of it..

What a gorgeous photo. I love how the litehouse just teeters at the edge like that. And the way you captured the curve, and then being that golden colour is totally enhanced by the bloo colour...its really nice. I like the whole thing. Verena

Spellbinding imagery sir, just superb!! Congrats!!

An amazing view! goooooooooddddd shot!

Maybe...just maybe you could crop a little of the dark foreground, but my eye get so set on the golden area and that sky, that I don't even notice the foreground that much. The rays of the sun look like they are focusing all their power on the area around the lighthouse. Wow...this is just plain awewsome, Nigel. I faved it for sure.

Jimbob

Obviously this is great Sir Nigel. Look at all the comments. My grandson gave it a 10 in the VB today. He was really impressed. I will do the same should I get it. I've already faved it. Love the golden light.

Tick

Excellent shot Nigel,the golden light looks fantastic!!
Great job!!!

Taken at the perfect moment. Such nice light and shadows. It looks like the light is shining just for the lighthouse.

A magnificent capture of this gorgeous scene. The color contrasts between land & sea / sky are striking. Beautiful lighting too. Excellent work Nigel. Faves!

What wonderful golden light and an idea of the hugeness of this view is given by the tiny figures and cars. Not the place to take a walk near the edge on a dark night!

I think this is a beautiful shot to be proud of.

The scene is absolutely fabulous, but the effects are too much and unnescessary. I would love to see it again!
Paul

Well, it seems that most of the ppl don't agree with your assessment of your take on this one.

Congrats on the score and on this beautiful photo.

:)PJ

That is One Incredible Capture Nigel.
The scene, the timing, the lighting it's all GOOD.
Thanks for sharing this Breathtaking View.

Faved !

E J

beautiful lightning and a great composition.. i wouldn't get to close I am scared of heights .....great shot:)

pretty incredible. i gather that i'm looking at white cliffs and a lighthouse. you've presented us with a marvelous scene. call me dense.....what are the effects?

Very nice landscape,colors and sky,the picture is really nice.

Well I can only call you "sir" Nigel on this one mate, as it is probably one of my favourite shots of yours to date. I just love everything about it, but the sun rays and golden glow on the grass really make it special for me. A definite fave!!!

Paul

This one is up on my computer right now! What a vaccation I would have on this site!!!

/Helena

Incredible place.
Beautiful capture.
Congrats!

Maybe one critic about the dark foreground. You should show us more of this wonderful sky. Just an opinion.
Incredible light! :-)

Wow! I love this shot. The lighting is amazing and it is such a beautiful place! great picture!

Beautiful golden light, Belle tout says it all. Nice job Nigel.

I don't know Nigel, this looks like a stunning photo to me. I could see how there are several opportunities for this shot, good luck on your next return.

Oh yea, no words are needed!

absolutely incredible. well done.

Another fantastic shot - Couldn't ask much more of the lighting and composition!

this photo is just breath taking, I am very envious of the beautiful view you have. amazing. :)

I can't think of anything you could do better with this pic. The whole picture is like a journey. There is the brightness at the center of the pic, seeming a climax of that journey, but looking off into the distance, you can see the clouds and storm tossed waters that had to be passed over to get to this end, and closer to the viewer, the almost absolute darkness, seeming the future past the journey, that you can plan and almost see, but it is in reality in shadow.

Sorry. The whole pic just struck me that way from the moment I saw it. Awesome job! Into my favorites! Keep it up!


P.S. if you get a chance, take a look at my gallery. Any comments, criticisms, advice, etc. on any particular pic would be more than welcome. Have an awesome day!

Just came across this photo! What an amazing place to visit. So very jealous.

Please, don't change anything on this. It's dramatic enough to take one's breath away.

Truly an amazing capture! Love this one!

I saw something about this building on TV... might have been Grand Designs? Looked like a pretty cool place to live!

very nice pic !

If the world ends on 12/21/12, this is where I want to watch it happen from.