Early morning at Noosa NP

StephenM (Stephen) · #1 30-11-2009, 09:57 AM

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 (Mike) · #2 30-11-2009, 10:00 AM

Nice work Stephen, lovely effect.

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

Dennis · #3 30-11-2009, 11:03 AM

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

Cheers

Dennis

matt · #4 30-11-2009, 11:07 AM

Nice work, Stephen.

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

lacad01 (Adam) · #5 30-11-2009, 01:03 PM

Good stuff

Gotta get me one of them filters

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #6 30-11-2009, 01:23 PM

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 (Stephen) · #7 30-11-2009, 01:29 PM

Thanks a lot guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by iceman

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

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!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis

Were these taken in the Granite Bay region in the national park?

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!

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt

Nice work, Stephen.

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by lacad01

Good stuff

Gotta get me one of them filters

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 (Stephen) · #8 30-11-2009, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

Thanks Jeanette! Glad you like them.

Cheers,
Stephen

[1ponders] (Paul) · #9 30-11-2009, 01:38 PM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis

Were these taken in the Granite Bay region in the national park?

Now why aren't I surprise that you know of Granite Bay Dennis

You'll get shot taking a camera round there on a busy day.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #10 30-11-2009, 01:42 PM

And what would you know of Granite Bay Paul?

[1ponders] (Paul) · #11 30-11-2009, 01:51 PM

Local knowledge.

Dennis · #12 30-11-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

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

Now why aren't I surprise that you know of Granite Bay Dennis

You'll get shot taking a camera round there on a busy day.

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?

Cheers

Dennis

[1ponders] (Paul) · #13 02-12-2009, 12:04 PM

It is...Alex is the really naughty beach

StephenM (Stephen) · #14 03-12-2009, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

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

Thanks Paul!

Quote:

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

It is...Alex is the really naughty beach

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