Phare de Men Ruz

It's always hard to photograph a famous location of which there are already thousands of photos to be found online.

First of all it's hard to arrive at such a location without too many compositions already in one's head. If you repeatedly see photos of such a location on the various platforms online, those compositions just get embedded into the subconscious mind.

And then there is the part where you want to take a photo that can hold it's own or even stand out, which is much harder when there are already thousands of photos to compete with.

Well, Ploumanach Lighthouse is such a place and when I headed out to photograph it after a grey day I didn't expect too much.

But conditions changed quite fast that evening and I'm glad I spent the afternoon to do some scouting already, so I knew where I wanted to take a photo. The tides where just right and I think I came away with a decent enough photo to show it here.

Perhaps the best known coastal view of Bretagne (Brittany); the Pink Granite Coast with Phare Men Ruz. It was also my #1 wish when I visited the area. This section of coast with its pink/orange rocks and boulders, glows beautifully in the sunset golden hour. This was taken at high tide with the waves crashing in quite dramatically. I doubted whether to post the long exposure or the short exposure. Both look good. For comparison I will post these versions on my Instagram account @aisfoto23.

[#14 on explore 13/11/21]