Sunrise at Breeze Bay
This shot was captured just after dawn at Breeze bay at Godley Heads just outside of Christchurch, NZ looking towards Lyttleton. I love the texture of the foreg...
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This shot was captured just after dawn at Breeze bay at Godley Heads just outside of Christchurch, NZ looking towards Lyttleton. I love the texture of the foreground and the sky in this image.
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Natures_Allure_ByKym
July 20, 2014
Lovely capture, John! Congrats on your "Staff Favorite" award ~ very deserving :)
traceprinslooreppin
July 21, 2014
...wonderful capture...a beautiful image, congrats on your Award :-)
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Location
This is a shot looking over the entrance to Lyttleton Port just outside Christchurch in New Zealand. I was up on the Port hills to try and get a decent view of a few other things when I spotted this shot.Time
It was shot in late Autumn so thankfully I didn't have to be there too early, it was closer to 7am by the time the light was looking better and I got this.Lighting
New Zealand has a light quality which is a bit special I think, it can go from being lovely and soft to harsh almost in an instant. I was lucky that this mornings pretty clear with a night warm lightEquipment
I shoot a Canon, this is from my 50D with the 24-105L on it shot at the 24 end of the lens firmly mounted on my tripod and weight for stability. I always shot my landscapes with the camera in mirror lock up mode to avoid mirror shake and use a remote shutter release as well just to remove any chance of me rocking the camera. I also used an ND grad just to pull down the sky a little to try and get more balance there.Inspiration
I just loved the light that was starting to wander over the hills and the rocks in the foreground gave it a bit of interest.Editing
I tend to do minimal post processing, I shoot everything in RAW and then pull it into Lightroom as my catalogue but then kick it out to Photoshop CC and NIK for any tweaking. Here I didn't do too much, I pulled out some shadows and added some detail with NIK software then finished with a little sharpening and hit saveIn my camera bag
Camera - Canon 50D, Lenses Canon 24-105L, canon 50mm prime (love this wee lens) Tamron 10-24 and depending on what I'm shooting I may drag along my Sigma 50-500 which is a beast of a lens and gives a fantastic saturation to reds. Filters I use Cokin slot filters so I have a range of ND grats plus I'm playing with a variable ND at the moment, my trustry Polerising filter, shutter release, 5 in one reflector for those times where you want a little more light in the immediate foreground, spare batteries - always need spares!!! lens cleaning equipment and my speedlite flash gun.Feedback
The best advice I can give is just be there, get out and find places that make you go wow or I bet that looks great in the right light, go figure out what time of day, month, year that light will hit and keep going back and back.
