Early morning at Noosa NP

[StephenM]

Hi all,

Here are a couple of images taken at dawn yesterday morning. I used an ND8 filter and shut the aperture right down so that I could use long exposures (30-45 sec), because I wanted to get the "creamy" effect in the waves. First time I've tried this approach, and I'm fairly happy with the result.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[iceman]

Nice work Stephen, lovely effect.

It's a shame the sky didn't open up to give you some more colours.

[Dennis]

A lovely, moody, atmospheric effect Stephen – well done! Were these taken in the Granite Bay region in the national park?

Cheers

Dennis

[matt]

Nice work, Stephen.

Given your stated aim of achieving the 'creamy' look, your efforts were a complete success.

[lacad01]

Good stuff :thumbsup: Gotta get me one of them filters :)

[jjjnettie]

Stephen, they're just lovely.
Inspiring.
Methinks I'll have to head over to Bribie this week and see what I can capture.
Thanks so much.

[StephenM]

Thanks a lot guys!



Thanks Mike. Yes, it was a bit of a shame that it was so overcast. But I only had the one opportunity this weekend, so had to make the most of it!



Thanks Dennis - I has planning to go to Tea Tree Bay, but dawn was already starting when I got to the carpark area (4:15 am), so I ended up taking these from just in front of the car!



Thanks Matt. As I said, this was my first go at this sort of shot, and I'm pleased with the result. Will try and get a bit more foreground interest next time



Thanks Adam. I found it almost impossible to get one of these from camera shops (I guess there's not much demand), but tracked one down on-line without much trouble.

Cheers,
Stephen

[StephenM]

Thanks Jeanette! Glad you like them.

Cheers,
Stephen

[[1ponders]]

Love 'em Stephen. They look great. Very effective.

Now why aren't I surprise that you know of Granite Bay Dennis ;) :lol: You'll get shot taking a camera round there on a busy day.

[jjjnettie]

:rofl: And what would you know of Granite Bay Paul?:P

[[1ponders]]

Local knowledge. :D

[Dennis]

Whoops – is Granite Bay a “naughty” area? I though that the beach further down the headland, the bay after Hells Gates, was the “naughty” beach?:question:

Cheers

Dennis

[[1ponders]]

It is...Alex is the really naughty beach :lol:

[StephenM]

Thanks Paul!



Given that it was about 4:20 am when I was taking these shots, I don't think there was any naughtiness at either beach!

Cheers,
Stephen