This one was taking in June from beautiful Albany around the 'setting magic moon' hour. First time shooting from there. The walk out to Bald Head along the peninsula is one of the best in SW WA.
It's one of my favourite spots in WA and one I would choose for that moment of solitude under a moonlit star filled sky, with distance waves crashing and the lovely smell of the sea air.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
King Colin
Mike
Nah mate, NATURE is king! I'm just trying to uncover some of her beauty.
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You sure do get around to get your compositions just right. Amazing geometry. The only luck in this shot would be the clouds fanning just the right angle and direction but all the rest is obviously staged. How do you plan for shots like that? Spur of the moment, coincidence or do you book your holidays in advance?
You sure do get around to get your compositions just right. Amazing geometry. The only luck in this shot would be the clouds fanning just the right angle and direction but all the rest is obviously staged. How do you plan for shots like that? Spur of the moment, coincidence or do you book your holidays in advance?
Thanks Marc. Probably a combination of luck and planning for that one. I've had that spot in the back of my mind as a good candidate for awhile. Just had to wait for the right conditions - time of year and relatively cloud free. The luck part as you say are the conditions on the night....and the primary emotion driver (good and bad).
My main planning tools are Photographer's Emphemeris, Google Earth, Stellarium and the cloud prediction maps from BOM (courtesy Phil Hart's fantastic blog - http://philhart.com/content/cloud-fo...an-astronomers). It amazes me how accurate those predictions are at times - both amount and location.
As for why I do it? I've had a love of nightscape/planetscape art from an early age. Sadly, I can't paint for the life of me, so photography is my only way of exploring that passion.
As for why I do it? I've had a love of nightscape/planetscape art from an early age. Sadly, I can't paint for the life of me, so photography is my only way of exploring that passion.
That would explain why your composition are always structured. I used to read a lot of sci-fi / fantasy arts comics as a kid and have similar landscape visions in my head too. You seem to travel a fair bit too. Have you done photography for long?
