A Hard Days Work

Artist: LeighN
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A Hard Days Work

Lifeguards – South Cronulla Beach, Sydney, Australia. After a long day keeping the beach safe, these lifeguards take a well earned break.

This image grabbed me as I was walking along to do the Esplanade walk in South Cronulla. Lifegaurds are such an iconic part of Australian life and the sight of this lot having a break, some catching a few zzz’s in the afternoon light, some having a laugh and a few still keeping an eye on the surf, meant I had to take a shot.

The HDR part came about as I took the shot quickly and only had a single Jpeg. Given the light and textured concrete and wall, I wanted to capture all that and so decided to see how sucessful HDR would be from a single Jpeg.

Nikon D90, Nikkor VR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 @ f6.3, 32mm, 1/160 sec, ISO 200, hand held, HDR’d in Photomatix from a single Jpeg exposed 5x at 1 EV intervals, iPhoto.

A Hard Days Work belongs to the following groups:

! 100% !, All About Your Best Work, Australia! You're Standing In it...., Australian Contemporary Photography, Australian Landmarks and Icons, Australian Travel Photography and Writing - 1 per 24hrs, Canon Vs Nikon (1 per day!), Digital Photography, DSLR Users Only - 1/24 - Camera & Lens In Description Please., First Things, Friends of RedBubble, Kairos, New South Wales Photography, Nikon D90 Users, Nikon DSLR Users Group - 2 uploads per 24 hours, People and Portraiture Photography, People At Work, Photographers of Redbubble [Check the new rules], Shameless Self-Promotion, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Sydney, Take Me Higher (Dynamic Range), The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beginner's Corner (profile page must contain photography experience), The Human Condition, The Shire (Sutherland Shire, NSW, Australia), THIS IS AUSTRALIA and Travel and Adventure Available for sale as

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Kelly Robinson

These are the guys who work for free too, so they do deserve a break
LeighN replied

Too right!
alexkess

Really well caught!
LeighN replied

Thanks Alex.
AFogArty

Iconic image, well done leigh.
LeighN replied

Thanks!
Greg Nairn

For a quick grab shot – you composed it beautifully! All the yellows work really nice together – the colour is awesome.
LeighN replied

Thanks Greg, I’m pretty happy with the colour too :)
Intrepidarts

Top shot nicely place Mcdonalds advert to …. worth a donation to the Australian Surf Livesavers Club i’m sure they would put it up somewhere!!
LeighN replied

Sounds like a good idea.
Kathleen Conklin

Great capture!
LeighN replied

Thanks Kathleen.
Karen Scrimes

Go the clubbies!!! Australian surf lifesavers are iconic and you’ve captured a great scene :)
LeighN replied

Thanks Karen :)
bonnier

This is so good, it almost looks set up!
LeighN replied

Yeah, poor buggers never had a chance, didn’t see it coming….seriously it was completely spur of the moment, lucky to not get other walkers and beach goers in the frame, it was quite busy at the beach that day.
RonnieGinnever

Very nice!
LeighN replied

Thanks Ronnie :)
Anthony Begovic

Excellent!!
An instant fav.
Please add this to my group, The Human Condition
LeighN replied

Thanks Anthony! Joined your group too :)
phil decocco

leigh
super shot! The basking poses, each different, add up to a eye appealing romp.
phil
LeighN replied

Thanks Phil, glad you like it!
gabbielizzie

congradulations on your feature
LeighN replied

Thanks Gabbielizzie!
Vanessa Barklay

CONGRATULATIONS! You got a TOP TEN in the Men At Work Challenge in the Australia! You’re Standing In It…group.
LeighN replied

Hehe cool thanks Vanessa!
Paul Cush

6 subjects and not one looking, great timing!
LeighN replied

Thanks Paul!
bygeorge

Yes! Great shot Leigh – It would go well in the group People At Work :-))
LeighN replied

Thanks bygoerge, glad you like it! Thanks also for the tip about the People at Work group!
Karen Betts

This is great love the colours and how they lifegaurds are just chilling.
Really llike the HDr work as gentle but adds to the image, i have tried HDR using Redynamix and uses 1 image, always good to have fun and try with.
LeighN replied

Thanks Karen! Yep HDR is fun and if you don’t over do it, you can get some really great results. I love how it brings out the detail in things. Cheers.
JaninesWorld
LeighN replied

Wow thanks Janine!