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25-Aug-2013 AKMC

20130825_30882 Big Ships, Little Boat, Bigger Sunrise (Sun 25 Aug)

Off Wollongong Harbour, NSW

I meant to get some early morning shots of the lighthouse on this morning but the light had already been turned off. I therefore turned my attention to the harbour itself but the results afforded by the backup 28-135 left a great deal to be desired. (In fairness that was partly lens, partly light.) I knew that I needed to do something about getting a proper lens, but the choices were annoyingly many with too many pros and cons to weigh, with the main con being cash. Not that I can't afford a new lens (although that 24-70 f/2.8 is a tad wallet stretching were I to go that route) but it's a cost that I could well do without.

However it did do a few good shots, particularly around sunrise. This, I think, was one of its better ones. I had to play around with the exposure settings quite a bit to get this but that would have been true of any lens.

That's a little fishing boat puttering off to do a day's catch on the right. The two cargo ships would be waiting their turn at Port Kembla, a bit to the south of here.


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Yiannis Pavlis29-Sep-2013 03:23
The colours and imagery are captured and composed beautifully.
Mairéad25-Sep-2013 20:58
I really like this. The ships give it a sense of scale and the colours are magnificent. V
janescottcumming20-Sep-2013 02:01
A wonderful sunrise! So pretty with the bit of cloud going through the sun. The cargo ships and the little boat add some nice interest to this scene. V
Barry S Moore19-Sep-2013 03:16
Lovely framing and reflections. ~V~
Bill Reed18-Sep-2013 20:53
Very nice, sunrise colors are great and the boats make very a very good composition. Good luck with deciding on a lens. Hard choices out there, V
Karen Stuebing18-Sep-2013 20:48
Beautiful composition with the boat on the horizon and the vivid colors of the sunset fading into the foreground except for the line from the sun. V.
Julie Oldfield18-Sep-2013 19:11
Really nice. I like the composition. Colors are wonderful.
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