Sunrise over Mooloolaba

[1ponders] (Paul) · #1 27-09-2007, 11:21 AM

It doesn't happen very often, not sunrise; me getting up in time to see it

, 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

) 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.

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 (Mike) · #2 27-09-2007, 11:27 AM

Nice ones Paul, I like #4 the best.

Dennis · #3 27-09-2007, 11:38 AM

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

Cheers

Dennis

h0ughy (David) · #4 27-09-2007, 11:47 AM

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

[1ponders] (Paul) · #5 27-09-2007, 12:31 PM

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"

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

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #6 27-09-2007, 07:57 PM

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 (Phil) · #7 27-09-2007, 08:04 PM

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

joshman (Josh) · #8 27-09-2007, 11:00 PM

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!