Day at the Beach

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Day at the Beach

Making the most of the School Holidays at the beach in Surfers Paradise while blanketed by the thick layer of dust

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  • Juilee Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    this is like fairy land… the pinkness of the sky is just on another planet… the colour seems to have changed for Qld…. great shot…..

  • drec replied

    It was strange with the sun directly over head as a small blue circle, all windows and water reflected a blue-ish tinge. I’ll be out the door soon to see what happens for sunset.

  • Adam Maund

    Adam Maund

    Cool. I ducked out at lunchtime and shot just near my work in Nerang. Looks much the same (without the trees, buildings and beach, obviously)...

  • drec replied

    Lawrence Drive? Just drop that in next to Cavil Ave – won’t look out of place.

  • Virginia McGowan

    Virginia McGowan

    super Drec! love the comment by Adam LOL

  • drec replied

    Thanks. That Adam is a funny bugger.

  • KenWright

    KenWright

    Got a shot this morning from a mate in Sydney, looked the same, you Ausies don’t do things buy halves! ;-)

  • drec replied

    Sydney got the best deal though, dust storm at sunrise… I’ll be back out for a sunset shot and I’m really hoping the skies will pop due to all the dust particles floating around. Tomorrow I’ll clean my sensor.

  • morpheus71

    morpheus71

    Excellent shot – seems ‘other wordly’

  • drec replied

    Might make one ‘Other Worldly’ in photoshop. Got a couple of ideas.

  • poupoune

    poupoune

    Sandstorm are very odd and you’ve done a fantastic work!

  • drec replied

    Thank you. I’ll be coughing up the dust for a couple of days now.

  • Adam Maund

    Adam Maund

    Yeah man, they’re on flickr FYI.

  • drec replied

    Saw the Sydney set and now the QLD one.

  • Jason Asher

    Jason Asher

    Cool drec, I wasn’t even game to take my camera outside up this way.. bit crook though so didn’t really feel like heading out anyway.

  • drec replied

    Cheers.Had the wet weather gear on and a filter for protection but the body still managed to get dust on it. I’ll clean my sensor tomorrow – depending on dust around.

  • JennyDean

    JennyDean

    wow, tis great light drec, maybe a bit spooky but very effective!

  • drec replied

    I’ll post one straight out of camera, this I removed some of the yellow cast slightly.

  • Adriana Glackin

    Adriana Glackin

    A totally awesome sight, I love how you’ve caught this massive dust storm – now for the clean up…yuk!

  • drec replied

    Was a sight though I’d prefer Sydney’s conditions. Saw plenty of enterprising kids washing car windows at traffic lights.

  • Tony Middleton

    Tony Middleton

    Spectacular image drec and I’m sure it’s not the last that we’ll seen from this impressive event.

  • drec replied

    Thank you. I have never experienced anything like this before. There must be some huge hole in the ground somewhere for this to cover a fair sized area of land. Might look for some satellite images.

  • Ann Van Breemen

    Ann Van Breemen

    A different kind of Gold today, that’s for sure. I didn’t even go outside except to take a photo from the balcony. Hope it’s gone by tomorrow.:)

  • drec replied

    I saw a couple of stars out and there’s still fair bit of dust floating around from the wind. Sunrise might be colourful.

  • Liz Spittall

    Liz Spittall

    Amazing golden light!!

  • drec replied

    Kind of surreal today.

  • Gavin J Hawley

    Gavin J Hawley

    Nice one mate, a bit of a different view of the Goldie.

  • drec replied

    Certainly was. Still didn’t stop the beach goers.

  • Kathie Nichols

    Kathie Nichols

    I checked out the surfcam on the intemet, some amazing scenes by the beach today!

  • drec replied

    The surf was pretty clean outside Surfers, wind was blowing off shore and the blanket of dust was stretching out towards the horizon

  • Luca Renoldi

    Luca Renoldi

    spectacular!

  • drec replied

    Thank you. Was a strange day.

  • Vicki Ferrari

    Vicki Ferrari

    Incredible, aye Drec? How is your camera?!! Fantastic shot!!

  • drec replied

    Few spots of dust on the inside, nothing really major as I have my Digital Survival Kit on stand by for events like these.

    Think not having my bigger zoom working 100% helps with me not changing the lens by the beach too.

  • Louise Cooke

    Louise Cooke

    oh wow, how freaky!! A great capture of something you probably won’t see again! Or maybe you will. Thanks for sharing – I’ve been hoping to see some dust storm images :))

  • drec replied

    Was a weird experience. I sat out and waited for the dust to roll in thinking, this won’t be the best to breathe. I doubt I’ll see one like this for a long time.

  • carlosramos

    carlosramos

    Spectacular image, fantastic capture !

  • drec replied

    Thank you.

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    brilliant

  • drec replied

    Thank you.

  • Rochelle Buckley

    Rochelle Buckley

    Wonderful capture – love it :)

  • drec replied

    Thank you. Not as colourful as your way but still an interesting site.

  • William Bullimore

    William Bullimore

    Excellent capture of the dust storm.

  • drec replied

    Thank you. It was a strange day to be out and about.

  • Brendan Schoon

    Brendan Schoon

    WOW, fantastic capture, great phenomenon this dust! Excellent composition and the DOF is truly excellent! Very well done.
    Brendan

  • drec replied

    Thank you. Not the best conditions for cameras but had to be done.

  • Christian Hartung

    Christian Hartung

    awesome shot, well done

  • drec replied

    Thanks, was a fun experience.

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