Fiery Sunset at Cottesloe Beach

Sunset, Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Western Australia

Photo Details: Canon 5D Mk II + 17-40mm F4 L USM @ 35mm, 1 Second, f/14, ISO125

A few nights ago I witnessed one of the best sunsets I’ve seen for a long time.

Simon Beedle and I noticed some nice cloud in the sky a bit earlier in the afternoon so we headed towards Cottesloe Beach – taking an extremely long scenic route along the coast. We arrived at Cottesloe shortly before sunset. Initially we were unsure whether or not the sky was going to light up. There was some fairly thick cloud cover where the sky met the ocean. But, as the sun got closer to the horizon, the lower cloud burnt off and the sky turned a fiery red colour. Smoke from a nearby fire also caught the suns last light and helped us out a bit.

The light was gone as quick as it appeared, so I only got to fire off a couple of shots. It was extremely cold and windy so I tried to keep the exposure as short as possible, while still capturing a bit of motion in the water. I also had to underexpose the scene a bit to make sure I didn’t blow out the red channel.

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Matilda Bay Sunset

Matilda Bay Panoramic, Perth WA

Photo Details: Canon 5D Mk II + 17-40mm F4 L USM @ 40mm, 2.5 Seconds, f/18, ISO50

A couple of nights ago Simon Beedle and I took a drive around the Swan River and ended up at Matilda Bay to shoot the sunset. We had been watching these amazingly large, puffy white clouds all day, and new that we had to be in the right spot to photograph them.

We were not the only photographers with the idea that Matilda Bay was the right spot, as there were a few of us around with our tripods and large cameras. One of the other photographers turned out to be Mark Stothard, someone whose blog I have been reading for a while, so it was nice to meet him.

It was a tough composition, trying to capture the clouds in frame, while still having some kind of foreground interest…

As always, I’d love to hear your comments!

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Matilda Bay Boatshed

Matilda Bay Boatshed

Canon 5D Mk II + 17-40mm F4 L USM @ 30mm, 120 Seconds, f/18, ISO50

A couple of nights ago I was showing Simon around to a few of the popular local Perth photo locations along the Swan River. We decided to stop by the Matilda Bay Boatshed to take a few photographs at sunset. The clouds in the sky had been quite promising all day and we knew that light was going to be pretty good.

Simon set up his Fotoman 617 and shot a few frames, and when he had done, I took a couple of longer exposures to capture the last light of the day.

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City On The Rise

Perth Sunset Panoramic Photograph

A stunning sunset over the city of Perth, Western Australia.

Canon 5D Mk II + 70-200mm F4 L USM
10 image stitch

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Bibra Lake

I spent this morning down at Bibra Lake taking some photos and testing out my new 70-200mm F4 L lens. I arrived just as the sun was about to pop up over the horizon, and it was freezing. I set up my camera and started shooting as the fog was slowly rising, and was being lit up from behind by the sun as it crept above the horizon. It felt good to be out and about shooting photos, even if it was only 7 or so degrees. It had been a while.

The attached image is 7 photographs shot with the Canon 5D MkII and 70-200 F4 L – stitched together in PTGui Pro.

I’m not too sure about this one, which is why I posted it up here on the blog. It’s currently sitting in the ‘maybe’ folder on my desktop. I like the different layers of colour from the foreground up to the sky, but i’m not too sure about the simplicity of the overall composition.

What do you guys think?

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