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Location
This photo was taken in Woolongong in Australia. I was travelling from Bundaberg to Melbourne to catch the Spirit of Tasmania ferry to go to Tasmania.Time
I arrived late in the evening the night before and set up camp. It had been a long road trip. I woke early before dawn, the following morning and started to drive. The sun was coming up and I just had to stop and get my camera out. With the combination of the colours and fog it took my breath away. I took several photos of this particular scene.Lighting
The light is natural and early morning. I love Sunrise and Sunset lighting, because of the colours they produce. I learnt about the golden hour with this photo.Equipment
This photo was handheld, on a canon 550D which was my first DSLR, because I took a lot of this scene with different settings on manual, shutter speed, ISO, Apeture, are all different. I am not sure which this one was. I do this for most of my photos where the scene or object is stationary and back then I was learning my camera, and how each setting changed what was happening in the photo.Inspiration
When I took up photography, I wanted to just only take sunrise and sunset photos as they are my most favourite times of the day. I had this idea that I wanted to take the perfect Sunrise/Sunset photo.Editing
This photo has no post-processing photo from what I can remember. Back then I was new to photography and I never knew post-processing and I kept trying to take the perfect photo in camera. I have since learnt that post processing is not a "dirty word", is not cheating and is acceptable. As I have learnt over time that even in the time of film photography, that some post processing had been done. I have come to embrace post processing and do more of it now.In my camera bag
Of course I have my camera, Canon 750 D, a few lenses, a tripod (honestly have 3 different ones) for different scenarios. Have a lighter one for hiking, a smaller one for still life, table top work and a heavy duty one that is for more everyday use that may be in windy conditions.Feedback
When I first started out, I new nothing and wanted to try everything and got overwhelmed with it all. I used auto for a short time and then learnt about manual and never looked back. I use to take a photo in auto and take notice of the settings and use that as my starting point when in manual, I would then adjust the settings up or down, use different apertures, shutter speeds etc. I read a lot of camera books, magazines, and followed a few photographers and listened to and read what they had to say. I also joined a few Facebook groups for photography in may local area. I also joined the physical local photography group and went on field trips and meeting with them and learnt more. I then started entering local show photography competitions and had some success and this helped me to look at criteria of the categories and know what judges/people are looking for. If there was a critique on the photo I would take notice and takeout on board for the next photo. One thing is for sure the with photography you never stop learning and your can take it at you own pace. I still want to take the perfect sunrise/sunset photo without any editing (if possible). I have however expanded my repertoire to shoot anything and everything. I look at things differently now, "I do not just look, I see, I imagine, I shoot, I create."
