The winter glow

After a few weeks of rain and wind, finally we've had some good weather for landscape photography. On friday 29th July, i headed down to Cold Tea Ck, Belmont. I have photographed this location before, but nature didn't really turn it on for me that day. I wandered on the the jetty and looked out over the lake...I had a feeling that this day would be better. The windless afternoon produced a glassy lake and the winter glow of the sun as it set proved to be a magical sight. I quickly set up my tripod and worked on my composition, trying to include enough of the jetty to get the reflections on the still water and enough of the sky to get the gradient of colours. As the sun dipped below the horizon, the few slivers of clouds in the sky lit up and threw their reflection on the lake. Overall, i am pretty happy with this image, but would have like a touch more cloud cover to really give this image some pop.

Image edited in Lightroom.

Cold Tea Ck Jetty (Squids Ink), Lake Macquarie