Cape Town Beach and Pier
The Cape is very British in many aspects, most notably in its attitude to the seaside. There are very glamorous beaches near Cape Town city which are reminiscent of the Côte d’Azur, and then five miles away you have to pinch yourself to remember you are not at Margate. It’s the latter I hugely favour, of course.
I ended up with very little time to do any street or beach photography on this trip, which in general is much less focused than birds in flight or seascapes, and consists of wandering around for hours waiting for something to happen. But people did come into the scene while I was shooting BIF or harbours, and on my penultimate day I spent a wonderful few hours before dinner at Fish Hoek beach â?? one of the most traditional on the coast â?? and at Kalk Bay pier.
Photographs in this album include: Cape Town beach and pier people at various locations including Fish Hoek and Kalk Bay pier, shot at focal lengths from 28mm to 420mm.
For camera settings, techniques and equipment used in shoots like this, see the Technique posts on mcaughtry.photo.