La Perouse Sunrise
Mar, 2015Views
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Location
This photo is of Bear Island Fort, La Perouse and is located off the northern headland entrance of Botany Bay in Sydney, Australia. The fort was completed in 1885 as the southern coastal defense to any Russian invasion of Sydney and the colony of New South Wales. The footbridge seen connects the Fort to the mainland area and the surrounding waters are a popular scuba diving site.Time
This photo was taken in the morning at 8.02amLighting
Sunrise was at 6am, with heavy cloud cover and very poor light. After waiting patiently an opening in the clouds rewarded me with some unusual clouds to play with.Equipment
Nikon D610 with AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR lense fitted with 2 Cokin filters - ND8 Soft Grad and Sunset 1. Settings were 16mm at F22 for 5 seconds. ISO was set at 400. No flash and camera was positioned on tripod.Inspiration
This was my first shoot with a new full frame camera and I was experimenting with some Cokin filters with the aim of creating some warm tones in grey and dreary a morning sky.Editing
I always shoot in Jpeg, have done very little in raw , so I try to do most of the imaging with the camera settings rather than in the computer. As in this case, it required some tweaking with minor tonal adjustments in Lightroom 5 and then added a slight Grunge effect in Topaz Adjust.In my camera bag
Nikon D610, Wide angle AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR, AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR,Nikon TC-17E II 1.7x Teleconverter AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D, Nikon SB700 Speedlight, Lee filters with Little stopper,Coral 3 Hard Grad, ND 0.6 Hard and 0.9 Soft Grad.UV, ND and Polarizing filters, cable release, cleaning kit and not to mention Led head and hand torches.Feedback
Sunrise shoots on an overcast morning are not always guaranteed. You just have to have patience and if there is not an opportunity to take that "perfect shot", make the most of the situation, experiment with your equipment, if you don't like the color you can always convert it to B & W. Best of all, digital is free, so lets all go out there and do a lot of "happy snapping"
