Botany Bay National Park Sunrise (keep your feet dry)

[biggerry]

I have been meaning to get back to Botany Bay National Park for many years, i visited there yonks ago (before i was interested in taking pictures) and was amazed at the great cliffs. Hence I plan to do a sunrise there, conveniently enough the Flickr sunrise mob are also heading down that way but are going to Cape Solandar, however i am more interested in doing the little lighthouse which is set down on a little hill close to the cliffs.

If any one else is keen drop me a PM or txt me.

Its a bit hectic getting there and will involve quite a walk (think malabar style for those silly enough to have attended) in the dark, however you can keep your feet dry since its up on the cliff. Obviously there are a number of hazards, cliffs for one, no fences and a fairly rough walking track so take this into consideration.

The location i want to get to is just on the northern side of the lighthouse, I also want to check out the Lighthouse for a potential star trail location (it basically has a good southern view with little light pollution)

Given that sunny rise is around 7am now its the perfect time for these longer expeditions - tide is irrelevant for this location but a big swell would be nice, however looking at the forecast its only going to be 1.6m

Saturday 16th is preferred, but could also do Sunday.

[ATJ]

Gerry, you will probably have to walk all the way from the front gate as I don't think NPWS open the gates until at least Sunrise.

[biggerry]

Gerry, you will probably have to walk all the way from the front gate as I don't think NPWS open the gates until at least Sunrise.

correct, already accounted for.

[surenj]

I may bite....

[biggerry]

shoulda gone this morning, the sunrise was epic...

intermittent rain forecast for tomorrow, could be really good or pretty crap..

[Steffen]

I may bite....

I better stay away then…

[biggerry]

well it was a huge turnout





Suren working the crack.

[Mr Darcy]

I dunno Gerry. I think I am just hard to please.
#2 the skies are just bleah. #4 they seem overcooked. Somewhere in between perhaps? Also I would like to see the trig station (?) cloned out.
#3 I like as a record shot. Shame about the crack though. Perhaps you should talk to Leek about where he gets his models. His are certainly easier on the eye than yours.
#1 nice sunrise. Maybe pushed a little too far into saturation. Or was it like that? I know they sometimes are. I was up at the other end of the night working on star trails, so I didn't see the sun come up.

[zafra52]

I prefer the 1st one, but all of them
are very good.

[biggerry]

I dunno Gerry. I think I am just hard to please.
#2 the skies are just bleah. #4 they seem overcooked. Somewhere in between perhaps? Also I would like to see the trig station (?) cloned out.

see the one in the 52 image thread, that was the sky about 5 minutes before that one was taken, the sky was dark and cloudy as shown then turned to a mild continuous grey.

thats a lighthouse i could clone it out, but i reckon it does not draw that much attention atm anyway.

#3 I like as a record shot. Shame about the crack though. Perhaps you should talk to Leek about where he gets his models. His are certainly easier on the eye than yours.
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and thats all it is, a record shot, which crack are you not liking i thought people would have more objection to his third leg...

#1 nice sunrise. Maybe pushed a little too far into saturation. Or was it like that? I know they sometimes are. I was up at the other end of the night working on star trails, so I didn't see the sun come up.

yep, it was like that - the one with the cliff half red was like it as well, very little processing - just pure chance on how the sun rose and was blocked partially by the headland/clouds.

this is what the predawn view looked like.



and for kicks and giggles - later on on the walk back..

[Murray Foote]

Wooo, he wouldn't want to hook a whale shark.

[biggerry]

Wooo, he wouldn't want to hook a whale shark.

in this shot he had hooked something...i did not bother hanging around to see though, this dude had more sense then some others on the waters edge...balls of steel i reckon...

[surenj]

Had a good morning despite a little rain... A little more bush whacking under our belts.