What Sunrise?...

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What Sunrise?...

Postby Remorhaz on Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:10 pm

Joined the FOCUS crew down at Milsons Point on Sydney Harbour for a dawn and sunrise shoot under the bridge.

The early morning started with a 4:30AM arrival under the bridge (yeah daylight savings started the next day... sigh...) - the cloud cover was complete and it was drizzling - not looking promising. However the company couldn't be faulted and I even tried (and failed) with a bit of pre dawn lightpainting (the ambient from the street lights and other city lights killed everything).

4:45AM - about 45 minutes before sunrise - the light pollution from the city lit up the low cloud cover for some colour in the sky

Sydney from the Park
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and check out the great colours and clouds we got in the sky with sunrise!... yeah right!... :)

Grey Harbour Dawn
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With these last two I was getting desperate :) - I was trying to do something clever incorporating something from this ferry pier into the composition to try and rescue the situation... I know "trying" being the key word here and "clutching at straws" perhaps being more telling :)...

... any suggestions (other than "delete" :)) - maybe something for next time...

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Re: What Sunrise?...

Postby aim54x on Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:37 pm

kudos for the effort...shame I dont really have any advice for you.
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Re: What Sunrise?...

Postby Reschsmooth on Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:02 pm

I like the B&W and the third is good, but I feel the windows on the left detract from the image. Would a crop work?
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