December 31, 2014
Last Sunrise of 2014
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This is the last day of 2014 and I decided to have my last seascape photoshoot. A friend of mine, Garrie, invited me to shoot and I'm very keen to come. At first, I didn't woke up on time. I made an alarm but somehow it didn't trigger. When I woke up, I immediately pick up my things and rushed to the car. Good thing I prepared all my equipment last night. I made it on time, just 15 minutes before the actual sunrise.
Garrie wanted to shoot at Narrabeen Rock Pool, thus I drove there as fast as possible. Although I made it 15 minutes before time, I noticed it was cloudy. From where I'm positioned, I can say that the sky is covered 95% of the time. If there are breaks at the clouds, it's only minimal. It's all grey than blue.
I didn't see the actual sunrise.
Although it's cloudy and the sun is already on top of the horizon, I still went to my favorite spot and prepared to shoot. The sky didn't disappoint. As I was preparing, the clouds begin to break. They continue to break until the sun's rays are showing. Amazingly, The sun rays still have a golden colour to it.
I immediately reached for my camera, stood my tripod, mount it, prepared the filters and made the settings.
In post, I had to bring back the contrast and colours heavily. The photo you see now is flat with very less color. So I did curves, levels, add saturation and color adjustment layers. I add warth to the sunrays and a bit of bluish tint on the left side of the photo. I used a gradient mask to give that smooth transition. I also did a dodge and burn to the pathway to give that natural contrast.
I shot with:
- Nikon D800e
- Nikkor 16-35mm f/4 @ 35mm, f/11
- ISO100, 30 seconds
- Benro Travel Angel Tripod
- Lee 0.9 Soft Grad Filter
Location:
Narrabeen Rock Pool, Narrabeen, NSW Australia