Archive for the ‘Ocean’ Tag
I had the opportunity to photograph the Gasolina Pin-Up Girls on the weekend – check out there facebook page for more about them.
We had a lot of fun they are great to work with and being on the Sunny Gold Coast what would be better then a Beach shoot.
We turned one into a “Merry Christmas” Card for their website
We also took the opportunity while they were still in swimsuits to get some waterfall shots.
These shots were all taken with a Canon 6D and 100mm Macro lens, showing what a great portrait lens it is as well.
We will definitely be catching up with the Gasolina Girls again soon for some more shoots.
Cheers Dave
Each year I try and photograph New Years Eve Sunset, and then New Years Day Sunrise.
First we will start with the New Years Eve Sunset – everything worked for this shot, the light, the colour/the camera settings – and instead of processing the ‘Raw’ image as I normally would this is a Jpeg straight from the camera, besides a border and a Water Mark totally untouched.
OK, woke up at 3.30am – was concerned with the low tide, heavy cloud moving in and high winds from previous day if it was worth going or not – thinking going back to bed a good option – looked outside – little tree movement – winds had dropped – see a few stars – ok, so looking promising, although the bed was also looking very tempting still. So where could I go where the low tide would not overly unfluence the type of photos I could take – only option realy was Manly Boat Harbour – as no rocky headlands within driveable distance in the time I had before sunrise at 4.55am.
I get there, ok not too bad, still alot of heavy cloud on horizon, but little wind.
Took a few predawn shots, but nothing exciting and closer to sunrise we see a bit of colour and then it is gone.
The two following images were taken in that brief period of colour.
Ok, this one required quite a bit of work, and was created through a HDR style merging of two images, with a little colour enhancement.
The second one taken a few minutes later looking back to the left of the previous one, the colour is starting to fade, so again a little enhancement in photoshop to get some of the colour back.
Hope you enjoy them, and a Happy New Year to everyone.
Cheers Dave
A few more from last Sunday, these were taken from the Viking Surf Life Saving Club at Currumbin, while were having a lovely breakfast of sausages and eggs.
Was a beautiful morning down there, once the clouds cleared,the sun came out, and the waves were huge, with a big high tide pushing through, great for some spectacular surfing displays
We got up at 2.30 am last Sunday morning to head down the Gold Coast ( about an hour away) for a Pre – Christmas meet up of a Photography Group, I am randomly involved in.
So after an uneventful drive down there, except having to go through the McDonalds drive through twice, as we decided our first purchases might not be enough to sustain us until brekky much later in the morning, we were greeted by a very cloudy sky ( not predicted).
Below are a few of the photos I did capture on the day.
Canon 7D and Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens
Cheers Dave
It has been while since I have blogged for various reasons – and have had some ongoing camera issues – well some of the issues might be me – so went out yesterday morning for a “testing ” session and ended up at Nudgee Beach.
I spotted this Grey Faced Heron in the Mangroves, and he behaved and did not fly away when I interrupted his hunting, insteadt just flew up into a tree for a clean while I loitered around below him.
Looks like I still have some issues with focussing – so more work to be done there.
But happy with these images.
Cheers Dave
The second post of the Pelicans from Inskip Point, this time from a flock of 11 as they flew over.
Quite an impressive sight to see.
All taken with 7D and 70-200mm Lens
Cheers Dave
Inskip Point had an abundance of Bird Life, so may continue posting them for a few days ( and also because I have had to work and not gone out and taken any more photos since (except a quick sunset last night).
So bird of choice for today, I thought should be the Pelican, it is Saturday here, and they seem a very “saturday” sort of bird.
Is there any photo that says weekend better then a photo of aYacht, Pelicans, sand and water?
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Okay, there should be more Pelican photos, but not saved on this hard drive, will have to do a second Pelican post then sometine later.
All taken with 7D and 70-200mm Lens
Cheers Dave
