Waiting Patiently

Waiting Patiently was taken in an old-fashioned seaside café in Sea Palling.  It was December and very cold, and we'd gone inside to grab a mug of hot tea and a bacon butty.  I was confronted with mother and son eating in glum silence opposite each other, with an extremely expectant Lakeland Terrier looking on.  I had one chance to take the picture, so it was a question of very rapidly choosing some camera settings and firing the shutter before they realised what was happening.

This is the original image, straight from the camera.  It was processed in a mixture of Photoshop (a bit of cropping and cloning in the background) and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2.  Canon 5DmkII, 17-40/4L, 1/25s @ f/5.6, ISO1600.

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Sea Palling

After the sunny and breezy trip to Happisburgh, we all headed off for a well-earned bacon sandwich (or equivalent) at a wonderful cafe in Sea Palling.  I couldn't resist the scene opposite our table, where a rather beautiful Lakeland Terrier was showing the kind patience and - let's face it - unjustified optimism for which all dogs are famous.

Sea Palling itself is rather bleak backwater, and is one of the areas on the Norfolk coast which was devastated by the floods of 1953.  The cafe had lots of fascinating pictures on its walls, some of which can be seen in the picture above.

The desolation of the place seemed to call for the same gritty treatment which I gave to West Kirby a few weeks ago.  Like it or loathe it, this processing demonstrates what Sea Palling "felt" like to me.

Braving the conditions were a couple learning the ancient art of kite surfing on the beach.  Very impressive and exhilarating, even for an observer.  As can be seen, the wind was such that it was sometimes difficult to remain earth-bound.  The lady, in particular, had to be held down in order to avoid being carried out to sea!