My First addition for 2012 - Sunset at Redhead Beach

After a bit of a quite period over Christmas, i finally pulled the camera out for a serious shoot. Kane, James and myself headed down to Redhead beach, a spot we've all photographed before. Incidentally, all of us had recently bought fancy lens filters called neutral density filters. I won't bore you with the details, but they allow for some creative options, and this location was a good chance to put them to the test.

We were hoping for a good sunset, as the sun was beaming all day. We got down to the beach and straight away noticed a big dirty grey cloud blocking out the sun. How disappointing! Never-the-less we persevered in the less than ideal lighting conditions.

Thanks to the editing power of Adobe Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 i was able to recover lot a detail and add some real pop. Here's the final product. A nice way to start 2012, even if i do say so myself. Hopefully there will be many more keepers to come.  

Redhead Beach, NSW

Cheers
Roy