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Golden Hour Reflections

Shot this with a cheap Fujifilm camera in full auto mode, while road tripping about 10 years ago. It was in the days, long before ever getting a decent camera ...
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Shot this with a cheap Fujifilm camera in full auto mode, while road tripping about 10 years ago. It was in the days, long before ever getting a decent camera or considering setting up a shot or shooting in anything but full auto.
The shot was taken near Robe, in South Australia and was one of a number of photos that was lost due to buying a faulty hard drive to save everything too, as back up. Luckily, I had posted this to my facebook page so still have a low res copy to share.
Not sure why I like this shot so much, it just seems to impart a still quietness that is somehow soothing, or to me anyway. I just wish I still had the full hi res image to work with.
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Jul, 2022

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Behind The Lens

Location

I was road tripping after a breakup and documenting the trip through photo and film. This was taken on the Eyre peninsula, judt south of Rhobe in South Australia at a spot i chose to camp for a night.

Time

7.15 pm daylight savings Australian Eastern Standard time. Just before dusk.

Lighting

Unfortunately, thete is nothing special about the photo apart from the scene captured my eye. I took a number of shots at this location. This was one of the better ones.

Equipment

At the time, I was using a fujifilm camera on auto everything as I had no idea how to take a photo any other way. It just goes to show that you don't need the latest or most expensive equipment to capture a great moment. I now use a Canon 5D markiii and am learning how to shoot good ph Otis in manual settings.

Inspiration

The sun was going down, I had set up camp and I decided to explore the coast line near my camp for both a photo opportunity and to see if anything interesting had washed in on the shoreline. If there had been and I could use it I would have taken it or taken photos if it was not useful and I could capture it in a artistic way. I didn't find anything but as the sun dipped to the horizon, this scene opened in front of me and I just had to capture it.

Editing

Nope, this is as shot, straight from the camera.

In my camera bag

My normal is my Canon 5d markiii, 50 mm Canon lens, and Tamron 24 to 70 mm lens. That's my go to gear but I also carry, in my gear backpack, 3 macro connectors at 13mm, 21mm and 31mm. A kenko 2x teleplus, converter. A Canon 75 to 300mm f/4 lens. Oh, and both a full size and mini tripod. The backpack and extra gear is carried or taken whenever I go out for a shoot, just in case I come across something other than what my intended subject is, that is worth shooting as well.

Feedback

At the time, when I shot this, my best advice would have bern, take loads of photos. You won't get every one of them looking great but the chances are that you will get 1 or 2. Even now, after upgrading mybgear, I still do this. I never just take the one shot. I always take multiple shots of whatever I'm shooting as well as playing with my settings. Checking the preview and if I like whst I see at a setting, take loads more at that. Im still learning and nothing comes natural yet so I just experiment with setting and focal lengths and decide what to or not to kerp, in post editing.

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