Narrabeen Lake - bike trails by night
Situated in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Narrabeen Lake provides a delightful taste of Australian country while being surrounded by quite populous suburbs. It's circumnavigated by a track which is popular with cyclists and walkers alike.
To capture the wildness (combined with the human amenity aspect) of the place, I wanted a night scene with star trails. But I also wanted the light trails of passing cyclists. Obviously, if I set up this shot in the middle of the track, I'd be in the way - so the only answer was to do it deep in the dead of night (with plenty of moonlight to illuminate the scene), take my bike, then ride back and forth to produce the trails. Not one other person passed during the whole two hours of the shoot; but then, it did finish at about 2am, so maybe that's not altogether surprising.
So far, this has been the only shoot where I needed to take my bike, camera, tripod, stepladder (so the tripod could be set up high above the track) and a bag of lenses.
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Narrabeen Lake - bike trails by night
Situated in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Narrabeen Lake provides a delightful taste of Australian country while being surrounded by quite populous suburbs. It's circumnavigated by a track which is popular with cyclists and walkers alike.
To capture the wildness (combined with the human amenity aspect) of the place, I wanted a night scene with star trails. But I also wanted the light trails of passing cyclists. Obviously, if I set up this shot in the middle of the track, I'd be in the way - so the only answer was to do it deep in the dead of night (with plenty of moonlight to illuminate the scene), take my bike, then ride back and forth to produce the trails. Not one other person passed during the whole two hours of the shoot; but then, it did finish at about 2am, so maybe that's not altogether surprising.
So far, this has been the only shoot where I needed to take my bike, camera, tripod, stepladder (so the tripod could be set up high above the track) and a bag of lenses.
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