Nature's Valley Sunrise Paddler
This was one of those moments where everything fell into place... just when I was least expecting it to!
I had actually come to Nature's Valley to photograph a particularly attractive rock in the shallows of the lagoon at sunrise. I'd noticed this rock the afternoon before... and was certain that the best moment to capture my imagined composition would be just as the morning sun touched the rock. I'd already decided that this was a perfect location for a nice fat, multi-image panorama... and I had my camera all setup on it's tripod well before the sunrise. There was a hill directly to my right which blocked out the sun as it rose (the hill is on the left in this shot)... but just as the sun peeped over the distant hills... it lit up the early morning coastal fog so beautifully... that I swung the camera round and started shooting that instead. Then... just as luck would have it... this chap paddled past me in his canoe... at just the right moment!
Fortunately I also managed to shoot my pre-conceived rock pano at just the right moment... and so far... that is my favourite image from my trip.
Oh... and by the way... this is a slightly cropped single-frame image. :)
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 20mm, aperture of f9, with a 1/320th second exposure.
Nature's Valley Sunrise Paddler
This was one of those moments where everything fell into place... just when I was least expecting it to!
I had actually come to Nature's Valley to photograph a particularly attractive rock in the shallows of the lagoon at sunrise. I'd noticed this rock the afternoon before... and was certain that the best moment to capture my imagined composition would be just as the morning sun touched the rock. I'd already decided that this was a perfect location for a nice fat, multi-image panorama... and I had my camera all setup on it's tripod well before the sunrise. There was a hill directly to my right which blocked out the sun as it rose (the hill is on the left in this shot)... but just as the sun peeped over the distant hills... it lit up the early morning coastal fog so beautifully... that I swung the camera round and started shooting that instead. Then... just as luck would have it... this chap paddled past me in his canoe... at just the right moment!
Fortunately I also managed to shoot my pre-conceived rock pano at just the right moment... and so far... that is my favourite image from my trip.
Oh... and by the way... this is a slightly cropped single-frame image. :)
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 20mm, aperture of f9, with a 1/320th second exposure.