Rodney Campbell's Blog

Sometimes even in the greyest of sunrise conditions you can get really lucky. As it was this morning at Coalcliff on the coast between Sydney and Wollongong where this amazing golden yellow rock was sitting like a huge dragons egg shot down from space.

Splashdown

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 29 mm, 1.60 sec at f/11, ISO 100

It was my friend Gerry who found this fantastic rock whilst wandering along this pebbled beach at Coalcliff. Sitting amongst all these fabulous small rounded black pebbles right at the waters edge.

Frozen Whirlpools

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 19 mm, 1.60 sec at f/9, ISO 100

Everything was coming together perfectly for these shots. It was a nice stormy moody morning which perfectly suited the theme with the dark stones and sand on the beach. The ocean was dark and of the deepest green which contrast fantastically with the bright wash of white frothing water. We had dark menacing clouds and a nice swell pushing waves crashing over our Dragons egg onto the beach. With each surge of waves and water it would rush over the rock. Then with it’s rush back out to sea the water dragged the round black pebbles back over each other with this fantastic clattering sound which even now I can still hear in my mind.

It really did look like some ancient meteor splashing down from the skies right at our feet. It was wonderful stuff and exactly the sort of break we needed after our very uneventful sunrise.

Dragons Egg

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 19 mm, 1 sec at f/9, ISO 100

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.

Golden Egg

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 19 mm, 2 sec at f/11, ISO 100

A fantastic find – cheers mate – a perfect way to end our session at Coalcliff.

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