Sunrise over Mooloolaba

[[1ponders]]

It doesn't happen very often, not sunrise; me getting up in time to see it :P , so when I promised to take a drive this morning in the wee hours to witness the sun come up (the things we do that get us out of a warm bed in the morning :rolleyes: ) I couldn't miss the opportunity for a photo session.

Now, me taking terrestrial photos is about as common as me getting up to see the sun come up, it's just something I'm not very into, though I really appreciate the art of others.

So here is a rare opportunity to see some of my inexperienced work at imaging the local scenery. Taken from Mooloolaba Beach, the best of a heap of shots rattled off and then lightly curved and framed in PS to enhance contrast. No other processing. It was a pretty spectacular morning. Maybe I should get up early more often. :P

Camera and lense: Canon 300D and 28-90 zoom (standard issue)
Settings: who knows, I was switching back and forwards from automatic to P,Tv and Av and just trying different settings to see what came out.

[iceman]

Nice ones Paul, I like #4 the best.

[Dennis]

Nice work Paul - reminds me of our mini-holiday there a week ago.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

I see you have been suffering with clouds too. Nice images Paul, did you trip up the jogger for ruining a shot?

[[1ponders]]

There was a bit of disappointment on my lovely wifes face this morning as this has been the first cloudy morning for a while. :) Still it was a nice morning.

No I missed him h0ughy, but I took another shot of the same scene and the one with him in it was more "aesthetically pleasing" :P

Yeah #4 is my fav as well, though I'm pretty partial to #2 as well.

[jjjnettie]

It's not so hard getting up early this time of year. You should do it more often.
Great pics by the way. #4 does it for me. Good balance, nice colours.

[acropolite]

Nice images Paul, although it's not that hard to get out of bed in your part of the world.:cold:

[joshman]

wowee!!!!!! those pics are fantastic! i wish i lived closer to the ocean to do sunrise over the ocean.

#1 and #2 are the favourites here! fantastic colours, nice sillouette action happening!