Bellevue Hill Sunset..
Kylie suggested a change of direction this week as we're on a mini break, a getaway away from the coast .. We haven't ventured into the hinterland of NSW before, so why not?
I've seen plenty of images over the years of fields of canola and the cherry blossom in bloom in and around Cowra.
I had heard over the socials that the season was off to a late start this year, but a get away is still a getaway :-)
Did pass a couple of promising fields of canola about an hour out of town but locally it's fields of green for now ... I can appreciate now how spectacular how it should be in person and we'll be making future trips back out this way for sure.
Wanted somewhere to sit and have lunch after we arrived and finding the high point usually pays off as it does in Cowra - Bellevue Hill has some brilliant panoramic views from the east thru to the northwest.
The cloud overhead at lunchtime was for me at least pretty exciting - very high whispy cloud with mares tales flowing from horizon to horizon.
Coming back for sunset was a given at this point which just left the rest of the afernoon to explore and relax.
Releasing these ones in reverse order as I really wanted to show the finale first .. it was something special with the glow in those clouds hanging around well into dark.
The boring technical bit..
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 7-14/2.8 Pro
20 frames shot as 5 exposure brackets:
ISO200 -3ev 7mm f/11
ISO250 -2ev 7mm f/11
ISO500 -1ev 7mm f/11
ISO1000 0ev 7mm f/11
ISO2000 +1ev 7mm f/11
Raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 8, panorama stitched and taffy pulled in Affinity Photo 2.5, colour graded in Nik 7 Viveza and Color Efex, tweaked in Topaz Denoise and finisjhed off back in PhotoLab.
Bellevue Hill, Cowra, NSW
Bellevue Hill Sunset..
Kylie suggested a change of direction this week as we're on a mini break, a getaway away from the coast .. We haven't ventured into the hinterland of NSW before, so why not?
I've seen plenty of images over the years of fields of canola and the cherry blossom in bloom in and around Cowra.
I had heard over the socials that the season was off to a late start this year, but a get away is still a getaway :-)
Did pass a couple of promising fields of canola about an hour out of town but locally it's fields of green for now ... I can appreciate now how spectacular how it should be in person and we'll be making future trips back out this way for sure.
Wanted somewhere to sit and have lunch after we arrived and finding the high point usually pays off as it does in Cowra - Bellevue Hill has some brilliant panoramic views from the east thru to the northwest.
The cloud overhead at lunchtime was for me at least pretty exciting - very high whispy cloud with mares tales flowing from horizon to horizon.
Coming back for sunset was a given at this point which just left the rest of the afernoon to explore and relax.
Releasing these ones in reverse order as I really wanted to show the finale first .. it was something special with the glow in those clouds hanging around well into dark.
The boring technical bit..
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 7-14/2.8 Pro
20 frames shot as 5 exposure brackets:
ISO200 -3ev 7mm f/11
ISO250 -2ev 7mm f/11
ISO500 -1ev 7mm f/11
ISO1000 0ev 7mm f/11
ISO2000 +1ev 7mm f/11
Raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 8, panorama stitched and taffy pulled in Affinity Photo 2.5, colour graded in Nik 7 Viveza and Color Efex, tweaked in Topaz Denoise and finisjhed off back in PhotoLab.
Bellevue Hill, Cowra, NSW