Pastel sunset

New Brighton Beach, Wallasey

This long-exposure image was taken with the sun setting to the left of the lighthouse, which has resulted in soft side lighting and warm pastel hues being spread across the scene. This is a location that’s most commonly shot at low to mid tide, but shooting a long exposure at high tide allowed the sea defences to be used as a lead-in line.

Long-exposure images are often converted to black and white to avoid the difficulties of removing the colour casts created by ND filters. But it’s always worth trying to remove the colour cast using White Balance and Curves in Lightroom or other raw processing software: the results can be stunning.