As The Shadows Follow The Sunset
Canon 50D | ISO 100 | f11 | 60.0 | 10mm | Lee 0.9 Soft Grad | ND400
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Whilst Santa was relaxing from delivering presents I thought well, I should head down the Urangan Pier for sunset.
The sunset is directly ahead and you can see a faint glimmer of the light on the water to the right.
I figured a nice long exposure to get the clouds in movement was a good idea as they were moving swiftly.
Want to know some history about Hervey Bay?
Hervey Bay is a city in Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane, and lies on the coast of a natural bay between the Queensland mainland and nearby Fraser Island. The local economy relies on tourism, for which whale watching, Fraser Island and Lady Elliot Island and Hervey Bay's calm beaches are the major drawcards.
The first recorded sighting of Hervey Bay was made by James Cook while carrying out his running survey of the east coast of Australia, on the 22 May 1770. “By noon Cook’s ship was in a position a little over half-way across the opening of Hervey Bay heading for Bundaberg. Cook named the bay “Hervey’s Bay” after Augustus John Harvey (1724–1779), later Third Earl of Bristol, a naval officer who became a Lord of the Admiralty the year Endeavour returned”.
Until recent years, Hervey Bay was a string of small townships stretching along the coast, consisting of Point Vernon, Pialba, Torquay, Scarness and Urangan. Until 1990, the towns were serviced by a rail link from the Main North Coast line that diverted from Aldershot and went to Takura, Walligan, Nikenbah then on to Pialba and Urangan. The line was a major freight point for the Port of Maryborough and for the sugar cane industry until road transport assumed the role.
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Lights, Camera, Action
Canon 50D | ISO 100 | f11 | 8 | 10mm | Lee 0.9 Soft Grad
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Whilst Santa was out delivering presents and kids were waking up around the country to open their gifts, I was exploring a new area to the south of Toogoom in QLD.
Mum lives in Hervey Bay which is about 20 mins South of Toogoom, which was why I was visiting this area recently.
The 4 hour trip up gave me some time to think about various things, form some new photography ideas and even think of a few things I've learned over the past year.
I'll formulate those learnings and put them in my New Year's post.
If we're not rained out ;)
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Trading Places
Canon 50D | ISO 100 | f11 | 10.0 | 10mm | Lee 0.6 and 0.9 grads | ND400
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Kane posted a very similar shot recently for his 1 million views!
Well I thought I'd check my views as well and well I'm at 250k - which is pretty good milestone I guess. Onwards to 1 million.
Powderfinger - Trading Places
I could not face
I could not face you
Lost my place
Couldn't I fade away
Feelings hide
Feelings die
Cannot wait
To trade my place again
You save face
When I hang my head in shame
Feelings hide
Feelings die
They could not wait to open you up
They could not wait to open you up
Find out more about Powderfinger below:
Powderfinger is an Australian rock band. The band formed in Brisbane in 1989, and since 1992 their line-up has consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bassist John Collins, and drummer Jon Coghill.
Powderfinger became a commercial success with their third studio album Internationalist in 1998. Since then they have released several hit singles and award-winning works earning them a total of fifteen ARIA Awards. Numerous Powderfinger albums have reached multiple-platinum status, as well as top 5 rankings in the weekly Australian music charts. Odyssey Number Five, Powderfinger's most successful album to date, earned over eight platinum certifications and ARIA Awards in five different categories.
After the release of their first DVD These Days: Live in Concert and a "best of" release, Powderfinger announced a hiatus in 2005. The announcement of a two month-long nationwide tour with Silverchair entitled Across the Great Divide followed the release of their sixth studio album, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence in June 2007.
Across their sixteen year career, Powderfinger has been actively involved in philanthropic causes. In 2005, Powderfinger performed at a WaveAid concert in Sydney, to help raise funds for areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Another performance at the Sydney Opera House in October 2007 raised funds for breast cancer victims and their families. The aim of their recent Across the Great Divide tour was to promote the efforts of Reconciliation Australia, and to promote awareness of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children.
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Double Happiness
Canon 50D | ISO 100 | f11 | 1/15 | 10mm | Lee 0.6 and 0.9 grads
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Kane and I decided that we wanted to stake out Wildhorse Mountain lookout in the hope of seeing a large storm crack over the Glasshouse Mountains. It didn't happen but we got some nice shots nonetheless. 6 hours went pretty quick and was rather cool and not very hot.
This photo may seem a little brown, but it's actually quite yellowish in LR2. Not sure why its playing up in Firefox, must be the HDRing I guess, It's been ageesss ;)
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Everything Falls Down
Canon 50D | ISO 100 | f8 | 30.0 | 10mm | 430ex from the right to create the shadow.
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Kane and I were very lucky to be invited to a special shoot with some local photographers Ben Sound, Mel Brackstone and whatsthatbeeping on Red Bubble last weekend.
Let me introduce to you, Shadowman.
He's a little creation developed by these guys and it involves Ben in a suit in various locations.
Please check out those guys streams on Red Bubble. I'm sure you'll find some fascinating images.
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