RAINFALL FISHING
A peaceful but rainy evening which had some spectacular shows of colour as the sun went down
A peaceful but rainy evening which had some spectacular shows of colour as the sun went down
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This Photo was taken along the coast of a local area called Quinns rock in Western Australia, a popular place for fishermen and people with dogs walking on the beach. This was a groin that is one of several along this section of Beach. I had an assignment for a fishing magazine which I used to write articles for.This particular day was a bit of al sorts with the weather and was heading to be a nice and unusual sunset. so I headed for the beach for a session of fishing to write about and this is one of my favourite shots of the evening.Time
It was heading into a midsummer, this time of year gets some great weather every so often while the weather is humid this time of year gets some spectacular sunsets. It was around 7.15pm in the evening with clouds gaining in the distance along the coast. I was ready with my fishing gear all set up but when I saw the sunset I had to get the camera out and get some shots. I thought to myself, even if I didn't catch a fish that evening, I still had some great shots. The evening didn't just end up with some wonderful pictures, it also ended with some good fish to write an article about. I still have a copy of that magazine and the article with this picture in it too.Lighting
The lighting was perfect to capture this shot for the Artical I wrote. The ISO was low so as to get some detail in the failing light with an f. at f/3.2 so as to get plenty of light in and the shutter speed was just enough to get a nice contrast of the rain, This was taken on an old Olympus camera I had for a short lived time. as I killed it with salt water on a fishing trip with a fishing TV presenter while filming and photographing... The boat got flooded with a wave of sea water and my camera had no protection... this was pretty much one of the last shots I got from that camera, before it's demise to Davey Jones lockerEquipment
I was on the beach for this shot holding as still as possible while hand held. It was an Olympus Digital Camera, an SP500 UZ camera with a fixed lens. No flash just what remained of the failing light from the sunset. I didn't get anything too expensive at the time due to the short life of most of my cameras. lots of fishing trips that ended with water on the boat even when the camera was protected somehow they used to die periodically, until I worked up to getting a Nikon D60 to travel around with while filming... it was and still is the perfect lightweight digital SLR camera that took some beating for picture quality and was able to handle the test of time on my adventures through fishing shows and travel shows all over Western Australia.Inspiration
The inspiration was more so to do with the article for the Fishing magazine but even more so for the fact I had not seen such a wonderful sunset with streaks of rain in the distance giving such a nice scene of sun and rain together. To top it off I got the full story in the picture of the fisherman on the rocks wanting to catch a fish despite the threat of rain in the distance heading our way.Editing
With this shot I didn't have to do much post processing due to the fact I had all of the shot set up before I took it. I did a small adjustment on the contrast but nothing else was needed. This was before I had Photoshop or Lightroom, so it was all camera.In my camera bag
When I travel I try to keep things to a minimum. I made do with the Olympus camera just on it's own as it had a fixed lens... but as time went on I eventually got My SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses... in this case I had most of what I needed on my Nikon D60 with two lenses. one was the Nikon 18-55 and a 55-200 it covered a lot of basis while travelling and was nice and light. I had everything I needed for the Aussie outback in my Lowpro backpack. Nowadays I have an upgrade of Backpack. It has a waterproof outer layer with and inside layer too. it hold my now D7000 with three Tamron Lenses. One is a 90mm Macro lens and just recently I have a 18-270 tamron lens and the 150-600mm Tamron lens this has covered all I need for what I shootFeedback
My advise on this kind of shot is, to get to your spot early enough to capture it just at the right time, and take your time with getting the shot right. Check out the different options of scenery you have for the area and work out your angles. Most of all, make sure you get the right settings on your camera for what you want, play around a bit to see what light you prefer It Might take a bit of time to capture the shot you want, but it is well worth it. and for those that don't have to climb big sand dunes to get to the spot your shooting from... use a tripod!! it's took several attempts to get the shot I wanted, due to being a bit unsteady.
