Twenty Twelve has raced by! Over the past few months I've struggled to get out and do as much photography as I would have liked to. Fortunately, my mate Kane came back for a weekend in December, and this meant two things 1) a sunrise photography session, and 2) breakfast and coffee.
We decided to photograph a new location, the Bogey Hole, a historic Newcastle landmark. It was built in 1822 (likely by convicts, but I'm not 100% sure) for Major James Thomas Morrisset (Military Commandant), as a personal bathing pool. When I say built, what I really mean is that the bathing pool is actually a gigantic hole cut into the rock platform, a remarkable and impressive feat. Today the baths are a most likely shadow of their former self, but they retain a certain rustic charm.
I have visited the Bogey Hole before, but I've not had a chance to photograph it. Kane and I scouted the location on arrival. The tide was high and large waves were crashing into the rocks and washing over the rock platform. For the sake of our gear...I mean our safety, we decided to keep some distance from the waters edge. We selected our spot and started to set up. As I began to compose my shot, I was particularly drawn to the contours and lines of the rocks. I locked in my composition and waited in anticipation of the sunrise. Unfortunately there was quite a bit of cloud on the horizon and it blocked the sun as it breached the horizon. We waited patiently, hoping the sun would burst through the clouds. Indeed the moment came and we were finally rewarded with some colour in the sky and clouds.
After capturing the first shot, we decided to change spots. We had the idea of trying to capture some motion blur in the water around the rocks. The following image is actually a composite of two shots taken a few seconds apart. The first image had a big splash as a wave crashed into the rocks in the background, and the other had a cool streaky pattern in the water as it washed over the rocks in the foreground. After a bit of Lightroom and Photoshop trickery I managed to blend the two imaged. This is what I came up with.
This is definitely a spot I will be heading to again. There are a number of other compositions that I would like to try, pending the tide and waves. So stay tuned for more from the Bogey Hole.
Cheers
Roy
PS. I've cracked 2000 views. Who would have though?
We decided to photograph a new location, the Bogey Hole, a historic Newcastle landmark. It was built in 1822 (likely by convicts, but I'm not 100% sure) for Major James Thomas Morrisset (Military Commandant), as a personal bathing pool. When I say built, what I really mean is that the bathing pool is actually a gigantic hole cut into the rock platform, a remarkable and impressive feat. Today the baths are a most likely shadow of their former self, but they retain a certain rustic charm.
I have visited the Bogey Hole before, but I've not had a chance to photograph it. Kane and I scouted the location on arrival. The tide was high and large waves were crashing into the rocks and washing over the rock platform. For the sake of our gear...I mean our safety, we decided to keep some distance from the waters edge. We selected our spot and started to set up. As I began to compose my shot, I was particularly drawn to the contours and lines of the rocks. I locked in my composition and waited in anticipation of the sunrise. Unfortunately there was quite a bit of cloud on the horizon and it blocked the sun as it breached the horizon. We waited patiently, hoping the sun would burst through the clouds. Indeed the moment came and we were finally rewarded with some colour in the sky and clouds.
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| Rock platform at the Bogey Hole, Newcastle |
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| The Bogey Hole, Newcastle |
Cheers
Roy
PS. I've cracked 2000 views. Who would have though?
