Landscapes At Spoon Bay

Midday walk at Spoon Bay, Central Coast, NSW. Canon EOS-1Ds, Canon EF 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6.

C0EW1708 by Ray Allen, on Flickr

C0EW1710 by Ray Allen, on Flickr

C0EW1712 by Ray Allen, on Flickr

C0EW1714 by Ray Allen, on Flickr

 

Beautiful location, nicely captured. Did you use polarizing filter?

 

Thank you. No, I didn't use a pol filter. I do have one for that lens but I didn't think of using it. Maybe I should have.

 

Looking good. I like number three the most. I almost always have a polarizing filter with me when I do shots like this. Just helps with the reflections off of the sea.

Gary

 

Here is another suggestion. You may try a bit of long exposure especially where the waves are crashing on the shore like in #2.

 

Thanks, Gary. Yes, I like #3 also. Somebody else thought that rock in the foreground looked like a sea turtle. And so did I.
I will try to remember to use a polariser next time. My bad!

 

Thanks, guys, for all the suggestions. I have a Lee Big Stopper that I could use for some long exposures but it was such a bright sunny day that I did not put the tripod in the car before I left home.

 

We done a Darwin to Melbourne road trip via Western Australia late last year, and I took a load of coastal images, and I found that I kept the polarizing filter on to bring out the colour's in the ocean and cut down glare. I took my Pentax DSLR with me, so sadly no posting of images.

Regards

Gary

 

Wow! That would have been a great trip.

 

The first thought I had when I saw your photos was did you take your fishing gear along.

 

No, Craig, I did not and that is because I don't have any! I get my fish from the fish counter at the supermarket.