Burleigh Heads Sunset

July 3rd, 2008

Burleigh Heads Sunset

I drove down to Burleigh Heads tonight to watch the sun set and to take some photos. I have tried this location a couple of years back and was happy with the results I got back then, but I think what I captured tonight is far better than my previous efforts. I do have better gear now, but I’ve also picked up quite a few pointers since then, learned how to use my camera better and have become more proficient with photoshop.

This is just a single frame shot with the 5D and 17-40 F4 at 22mm. I found out tonight that I can’t shoot at 17mm while using my Cokin grad filters as the holder is visible on each side of the photo. 20 seconds worth of exposure, F16, ISO-200.

If any body is interested in exchanging links with me, let me know in the comments section. Cheers.


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6 Comments

Tom Parkes said:

Awesome shot mate,
Great colour and love the ocean.
Well Done.

Thanks the the add too.

on July 3, 2008 @ 10:22 pm

Luke Austin said:

Great shot. I think I like this one most of the three.

Link exchange: http://www.lukeaustin.wordpress.com

on July 3, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

Spool Photography said:

Great colors Beau, the rocks look amazing. When I tried this shoot it was very different looking back in March.

on July 4, 2008 @ 10:51 am

James said:

Yeah nice shot. The wet rocks look great.

Though what are those dots in the top RHS and the banding happening with the sky?

on July 4, 2008 @ 12:38 pm

beau said:

Thanks for the nice comments, guys.

James, the black dots in the top RHS is a flock of birds that were flying around while I was shooting this location. I did think about cloning them out, but decided to leave them there in the end. The banding may be due to a little too much playing around in photoshop. The original file doesn’t show any signs of colour banding.

on July 4, 2008 @ 12:59 pm

mel said:

Love it!!!

on July 4, 2008 @ 2:32 pm

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