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Coves, Creeks, Harbours and Inlets around the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands

Featured Work

The Severn Sisters - The Classic View! - HDR by Arrowman

This view is featured in the last scene of the movie “Attonement” A 3 Shot HDR Processed in Photomatix Pro / / Seven Sisters Country Park / Found at the point where the South Downs meets the sea, the Sisters were created when ancient rivers cut valleys into the chalk, creating seven peaks. Haven Brow, the highest of them at 253 feet (77 metres), stands majestically to the west of her other sisters who in order are called Short Brow, Rough Brow, Brass Point, Flagstaff Point, Baily’s Brow and Went Hill Brow. Under the sea at the foot of the cliffs are a number of gullies and ridges – varied marine life such as sea anemones, snails, and sponges can be found there. Now part of the Heritage Coast, an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ and also a ‘Site of Special Scientific Interest’, the beauty of the area will be protected for generations to come The area has a long and interesting history, including some fascinating shipwrecks, which you can discover on a series of shorewalks. SSCP is a great place to explore on foot, by bicycle or by canoe, particularly along the spectacular meanders of the Cuckmere River.
Tobermory Harbour by ratscat

Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Highlands, Aug 2009. photo cropped and saturation increased 10% with Paint Shop pro Photo X2 NIKON D60 / AF-S 18-55 DX VR Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000) / Aperture: f/5.6 / Focal Length: 55 mm / ISO Speed: 200 / FEATURED WORK – SMUGGLERS HAVEN – OCTOBER 2009 COPYRIGHT
Staithes - North Yorkshire by David Lewins

Staithes, a fishing village towered over by a headland, with alleys and little cottages. Once over three hundred boats fished from using traditional fishing coble designed to be launched and landed on the beach. The village is much as it was. Here Captain Cook worked when he was young. Also well known for the traditional Staithes bonnets once worn by local women. EOS 1D MkIII, Sigma 12-24mm
guernsey harbour HDR by mark connell

St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, uk
Untitled by James Ingham

This was taken in Newquay harbour, on the north cornish coast. Only an hour earlier it was host to a dramatic lifeboat launching. Canon 450 d / f 3.5 / 0/8 / iso 400.
Autumn view of Skerries by Martina Fagan

Skerries North County Dublin Ireland view from the beach at 20:40 in the evening, Setptember 1st. / Canon 1000D / f/18 / 2.5sec / ISO-400 / 0step / 18mm(18mm-200mm) / Pattern metering / / ©MCN:CK9D5-4TXMH-D9VBS
Scarborough Illuminations by Paul McGuire

Shot taken on 09/09/09 @ 05.48 / The shot is of Scarborough’s South bay and Grand hotel at Dawn. Canon 400D / Aperture f5.6 / Shutter 5.0sec / ISO 200
Golden sunset. by Steve plowman

Sunset at Treyarnon, Cornwall / /
A Summers Day by Arrowman

The Sussex Downs, between Eastbourne and Brighton. The Seven Sisters cliffs are made of chalk that formed where the South Downs meet the sea. The cliffs are receding at about 30-40cm each year on average. The process is intermittent with major falls occurring after heavy rain or rough seas, often two of three times per year. Where these falls occur they protect the base of the cliffs from the sea and usually there are no falls in the same places for eight or nine years until the sea undercuts the cliffs again.
A Pastel Evening by Iain Phillips

TheRiver Crouch, Essex, again from the slipway at Hullbridge, but facing in the opposite direction. I wasn’t sure whether to upload this one, but decided in the end that I quite like the muted tones.
Lulworth Cove by RedHillDigital

Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is a natural, horse-shoe shaped cove, part of the ‘Jurassic Coast’ world heritage site in south Dorset, England. Although something of a ‘tourist-trap’, few visitors stray more than 400 metres from the car park and most of those that do follow the path west over to Durdle Door. This shot shows the eastern ‘arm’ of the cove and is taken from the coast path high above the pebbly beach. Just to the east of the cove is the Fossil Forest, a rocky ledge along the shoreline where fossilized remains of trees from the Jurassic period can be seen. As with most coastal areas of Dorset, Lulworth was involved in smuggling. Men were lowered by rope to one of the caves near the Fossil Forest, and boats came close enough for them to unload the contraband and stash it in the cave until it was safe enough for them to load it onto horses and carts to be taken over Bindon Hill. Even the local women helped and often they stored kegs of brandy in their cottages. Date: 27th September 2009
"Corbiere` in Blue" by Bradley Shawn Rabon

Oct. 2009 / Featured in the group Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue) / Featured in Canon DSLR / Featured in Dimensions / Featured in Your Magic PLACE / Featured in Smugglers Havens La Corbière can be found at the extreme south-western point of Jersey, in St. Brelade. It is probably the most photographed landmark of the channel island, and is known for its lovely panoramic views and the extreme tidal activity. Victorian engineer Sir John Coode is responsible for the design by which the lighthouse is built. It was the first lighthouse in the British Isles to be built of reinforced concrete and was lit for the first time on the 24th of April, 1874. The beam of light has a reach of 18 nautical miles. which is a brilliant distance. The lighthouse finally became automated in 1976 and was no longer manned. Canon EOS-1Ds Mark ll / 28-300mm IS zoom lens / f/29 / Shutter 15 seconds / Cokin ND 8 Graduated filter / ISO 100

Recent Work

Piering into the Distance by Iain Phillips

A view of Southend Seafront from underneath the Alexandra Yaght Club, with the good old pier just visible in the background. There’s a lot of boats on the platform above… I couldn’t help wondering just how sound those upright timbers are!! Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Nikon D60, ISO 100, f11, 50 seconds. B&W 10 stop filter.
Just in time by bobculshaw

Literally just in time – 2 minutes later and there was full cloud cover! Shot at Budle Bay, north of Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, June 2009. 3 frame HDR, _2,0,+2 EV’s, tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 3.2.6 and tweaked in CS4 Canon 400D,Canon EF-S 17-85mm lens at 33mm. ISO 100, f22. PLEASE VIEW LARGER Copyrighted with myfreecopyright.com ref: / MCN: CFQA4-LGFH1-4XCNB
Boscastle Harbour, Cornwall by Jason Connolly

Shot of Boscastle harbour on the Cornwall coast during my holiday there 2009.. / Shot with a Nikon D300 and Sigma 10-20mm lens /
Mullion Cove, Cornwall by Steve Smith

Please View Large On our recent visit to Cornwall one of our stops was to Mullion Cove where we saw this wonderful olde worlde cottage nestled on the side of the harbour. Nikon D300 / Sigma 24-70mm
Autumn evening on Skerries coastline. by Finobub

Taken along the skerries coast in north Co, Dublin. / Ireland. Image taken in RAW and worked on in Picasa 3. Nikon D90 / Lens / AF-S DX / Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR / f/5.6 / 1/125 sec. / ISO-200 / 0 step / 25 mm / 4 / 37
Holed Out by George Swann

An old discarded crumbling boat by the side of one of the many creeks that dominate this part of the North Norfolk Coast (Burnham Deepdale) Olympus E-P1
Isle of Whithorn Harbour by WatscapePhoto

Isle of Whithorn harbour in Dumfries &Galloway. OLYMPUS E500 / ZUIKO 4/3 14-45mm
Evening Sun at Paddy's Hole by Phillip Dove

Paddy’s Hole sits just off Teesmouth, and although it has been photographed many times by a vast number of photographers, often looking peaceful and serene there is a lot more going on behind the wall than most people could imagine. / Huge tankers and ore carriers are passing constantly. Not a mile away is Corus Teesside works with one of Europes largest blast furnaces, and around the Tees Bay there are chemical plants, oil refineries and a nuclear power station. / But this just adds to the fascination of the place.
Kilnaughton Bay by WatscapePhoto

Kilnaughton Bay and Carraig Fhada near Port Ellen on the island of Islay in the Hebrides. CANON A-1 / CANON FD 35-70mm Multimap Reference
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Brand New Group. …I have started a new group to showcase Pastel paintings , the group is Pastel Portraits, Florals, and Still Life. Here...

I have started a new group to showcase Pastel paintings , the group is Pastel Portraits, Florals, and Still Life. Here / So any artist out there who use hard , soft, oil, or pastel pencils will be welcome . If anyone would like to join me as cohost please BM me . / Irene .
Another Skerries evening by Martina Fagan

Another shot from my fave seaside town of Skerries North Dublin / ©MCN:CFR8R-EXQ9G-2ERNC
Whitby West Pier by Phillip Dove

Dawn at the West pier at Whiby, North Yorkshire. The sun didn’t quite make it through the rain clouds, but the wet boards from the rain and sea swell brought out the detail in the timbers that made up for the lack of colour in the sky.

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Please Note. Membership is open to all, but artwork submitted must be from the UK, Ireland, and the Channel Islands.

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Welcome to Smugglers Havens, the group where you will find all the beautiful little Coves, Creeks, Harbours and Inlets around the UK, that could have been used by smugglers. If it is navigable, then it is eligible.
So on your next trip to the coast, let your imagination run away with you, and look for those ‘Olde Smugglers Haunts’.

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