Nookspix

Easter Saturday Sunrise at Winkipop 2022

This sunrise just happened to come along as we we were waiting for the 2022 Rip Curl Pro to commence at Bells Beach

This sunrise just happened to come along as we we were waiting for the 2022 Rip Curl Pro to commence at Bells Beach
Read less

NIKON D7500

settings

Aperture 11/1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 270/1

location

Torquay, Victoria, AU

upload_date

Jun, 2022

Views

451

Likes

+177

Awards

Achievement in Originality

Zenith Award

Top Pick Award

Staff Favorite

Halfway22 Award

Peer Award

+71

Absolute Masterpiece

+22

Top Choice

+11

Superb Composition

+10

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Superior Skill

Emotions

Impressed

Relaxed

Top Ranks

Top 30 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Same photographer See all Behind The Lens

Erskine Falls, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

Found this little guy in the main street in Lorne

Whitehaven Beach is on the eastern side of Whitsunday Island on the Great Barrier Reef. They say the best camera you have is the one that you have wit

Sunset on first day of winter 2022 on the Victorian Surf Coast

Sunrise at Winkipop while waiting for the Rip Curl 2022 surf comp to start at Bells Beach

This is the swing bridge over the Erskine River in Lorne on the Great Ocean Road.

Discover more photos See all

the wheel icon park orlando friends image stack long exposure by ZechBrowning75

Start of a high school cross country event by vndrpttn

Colleen standing powerfully under a 3 light look by jacobmarsh

Still New Year is much more popular than Christmas in Russia. The flagship Red Square is full of swishing flashes and colours. by olgaloginova

A juvenile Bald Eagle, Crested Caracara and Vulture in Central Florida. by bobsphotos

Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear Sow with a fresh catch of a Silver Salmon in the ocean at Lake Clark National Park, Alaska by jozi1

Follow me fully here:

https:--www.instagram.com-sosayweall_photography-

@sosayweall_photography by sosayweall

Behind The Lens

Location

Winki Pop (Winki) is the surf break next to Bells Beach (Bells) on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. When it's on, Winki is a world class wave with rides lasting as long as 250 metres or more. The Rip Curl Pro was scheduled to run at Bells on Easter Saturday.

Time

This shot was taken at 6:53 AM on Easter Saturday (16 April 2022) and is one of a series of 90 shots I took between 6:50 and 7:07 AM. With that for a sunrise it was hard to take my finger off the trigger.

Lighting

There was a heavy fog just before first light and that created the lighting for a most spectacular sunrise. This shot was taken from halfway along the beach at Bells shooting back into the east.

Equipment

This was taken on my fairly new Nikon D7500, 200-500 lens, tripod mounted, ISO 200, f11, 1/200 sec in shutter priority.

Inspiration

Well, luckily the surfing comp at Bells was delayed until the afternoon because of the poor surf conditions so we had to find something else to shoot. Had the surfing been on, we would have been facing the south-west and might just have missed this sunrise altogether.

Editing

Only very minor post-processing (sharpening) using Pure Raw 2 with nothing added or removed. There are no layers, no cloning, no combining of images etc.

In my camera bag

My kit now comprises D5300, Nikon 18-140, Nikon 35mm f1.8, Nikon 55-300, D7500, Nikon 200-500mm plus the obligatory tripod, monopod and remote shutter release.

Feedback

Be lucky enough to get out of bed early on the right day and be in the right place at the right time with the right gear and don't forget to look behind you because you might miss the shot of the day and not even know it.

See more amazing photos, follow Nookspix

Nookspix

Nookspix

Easter Saturday Sunrise at Winkipop 2022