Sunset at Forresters…
by Rodney Campbell on Jun.17, 2013, under Life, Photography
In the lead up to an epic evening of light painting – orbs, EL wire, cold cathodes, coloured LED’s, lasers all armed and ready. A model in a flowing white wedding dress, the ocean surging in and steel wool alight – what could go wrong :)…. that will come later 🙂
I joined a number of friends for an evening of light painting (lunacy) at Forresters beach on the NSW Central Coast. It was a very grey old day with heavy overcast skies and clouds from horizon to horizon and when I arrived at the beach an hour before sunset it wasn’t looking all that promising for that sunset shoot before our light painting session.
Whilst the location currently lacked in sky colour, it did have a large array of very interesting rocks leading out into the ocean with the rough swell coming in at regular intervals – perfect for getting the feet wet…
Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.
Mykal Hall working the scene (just before getting unceremoniously swamped :()…
Mykal @ Work
NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 22 mm, 1.60 sec at f/16, ISO 100
As sunset approached the colour in the sky started to appear and just as sunset hit the whole horizon lit with a subtle pinky red glow and eventually we had a huge band of pink and red clouds – the sunset in the west (which we couldn’t see from down below the headland behind us where we were) must have been fantastic and we were basking in the afterglow. Still it was an unexpected and welcome surprise…
Just ten minutes before sunset…
Pink Blush
NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 19 mm, 4 sec at f/16, ISO 100
Just on sunset the horizon below the bank of thick clouds turned bright pink out to the west – it only lasted minutes but was a rare sight to see whilst some heavy swells provided a nice adjunct to the sky in my foreground
Candy
NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 19 mm, 1/2 sec at f/11, ISO 400
and finally as the sun dipped over the horizon behind us a few minutes later the horizon in front dropped to darkness and it was time for the upper clouds to have their fill of pinks and reds
Red Setter
NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 19 mm, 1 sec at f/11, ISO 400
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