Orion and his dog at the beach

[StephenM]

Hi all,

We had a few nights up at the Sunshine Coast earlier this week, which gave me an opportunity to do a bit of photography. Had a nice view of Orion and Canis Major rising over the beach, which I thought was worth capturing. There's also an earlier shot of Sirius rising.

I'll post a few more in the terrestrial photography section.

Cheers,
Stephen

[iceman]

Beautiful images, Stephen!

[strongmanmike]

Ah ha! some more possible entries in the "twilight" category at the DM awards next year??? :D At least it's not a smiley face :lol: Nice job :thumbsup:.

Mike

[Hagar]

Lovely clear sharp images. Love the reflections.
Well done.

[Garyh]

Love that first one Stephen!

[spearo]

Lovely!
well done
frank

[avandonk]

They are really good images. It is nice to see the night sky properly exposed in 'scenic' images. I always wanted to to a movie of a sequence stills (time lapse) seeing what can be done over a dark ocean gives me ideas.

Bert

[StephenM]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Much appreciated!

Cheers,
Stephen

[NewToStars]

i just love the constellation Orion... i was out at Cloncurry a couple of weeks back and i saw Orion about 20 degrees high in the sky. it is something that i will never forget.

the size of it seamed to stretch 1/2 way across the sky. Beatlejuice and the other star were are Blue and Red as i have never seen them before even at a dark sky night.

[h0ughy]

nice shots - love the first one. BTW did you get much salt spray on the lens?

[Kevnool]

Hi Steven I have looked at this 3 times.
The scene looks so calm yet the water on the left side is like a huge wave rolling in.
Its just got that appearance to me.
Cheers Kev.

[StephenM]

Thanks for the comments Jase, David and Kev. The waves were only about waist-high, and so despite a fair breeze blowing I avoided getting any salt spray on the lens.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Ric]

Lovely captures Stephen that first one is a pearler.

Cheers

[garyp]

Great shots there stephen:thumbsup: The first ones a stunner.

Cheers

gary:)

[StephenM]

Thanks Ric and Gary - glad you like them!

Cheers,
Stephen