Peace

Thanks Richard – glad you liked the title. This was one of those that named itself before I made the pic :-)

LOL!! – I really shouldn’t post a snapshot of this beach ever.
Here’s one I found on the web:

Not peaceful and not serene is it?
I took this pic towards the top right where you can see a few rocks.

Thank you so much Maria – so pleased you like it!!
Thanks for the fav and the encouragement as always!!

Ahhhh… you’re the best Shelly!! I know you’ll crack landscape shots once you try em!!
See my reply to Steve above on exactly how ‘peaceful’ this place gets later in the day – LOL!!

Thanks so much Andrew!!
Scrunchie rules!!

Thanks Anne!! Really glad you liked this!!

Hi Aileen – yes same place. Just 10 mins or so later.
The colours are different as this is what the camera thinks the White Balance should be – I set it on Auto White Balance. I find that often with sunrise and sunset pics – you definitely need to set white balance manually.

Yeah well – we don’t get cold enough here to get leg warmers and when you suggested a leg warmer, I thought “Big broad Scrunchie should also do” – so it is very much your idea!! Thank you!!

Really pleased you like this Anthony!

LOL!! Hard to believe it’s the same beach isnt’ it Nat!

LOL!! – Got the idea from a leg-warmer suggestion on my previous shot I posted. Though I’ve since been advised to change the filter holder which should solve the issue completely!

:-)

Thanks Robert!! Great to hear from you and really happy that this pic gave you ‘calm’.

Thank you so much Anisja!!

Cheers Stuart!! So glad you like this.

Thank you so much Ursula.
With a camera one can find beauty anywhere – as one can see very clearly in your pics too!

LOL!! I wondered about that – shattering mental pics of a lovely beach. ..... but just had to share how much the camera hides and how there’s beauty no matter where.

Thank you so very much Barbara. Simple and uncomplicated usually works :-)

Thank you so much. Was lovely that morning.

Thank you so much Carole! So very happy that you like this.

ROTFL!! – That was a fresh scrunchie – belongs to me!!
Thanks so much for the lovely comment and fav Johanne!

Thank you so very much Dean!!
Hope you’re feeling better and get some rest now that the show is over?

Thank you so very much!! Really glad you like it!

Thank you so much Shawn!!
Early? – I’ll say – I was there when it was still dark. The moment the sun peeks out, the hordes arrive!
Hmmm… maybe I should go with coloured scrunchies??

Thank you so much Rebecca!!

Thank you so much!
Yes – you need to get there while it’s still dark and wait for the pre-dawn colours. This one though was taken a little after the sun was up and so the colours are missing

LOL!! It is quite a difference isn’t it?
The place I took this pic is at the far top of the pic – close to the docks.
Would love to visit a pristine beach where it was easier to make such pics …. soon!!

Thanks so much Prasad!!

Thank you so very much!! Your comment means a lot to me!

Thank you so much Lucin!! Sorry about not replying earlier … was neck deep in work and then left on disastrous holiday!!

LOL!! On that 6 km stretch of beach at 5 AM in the morning – you tend to find a little peace (thankfully!!!).
Thanks Geoffrey!

Thank you Brad!! Real glad you dropped by.

Thank you so very much Sharon.
This does mean a lot more to me than you could possibly know.
It’s something I learnt from my father – to find beauty where there apprently isn’t any.

LOL!! The vignetting I get from long exposures on the 10-20 do tend to make the image look that way. It can easily be corrected at the RAW stage – but I like it!

Thanks! Actually on reading this, another RB member helped me with a more professional solution (I just need to buy a single filter holder as that apparently doesn’t have the gap).

That comment brought a huge smile to my face!! Thank you!

Thank you so much Robert!

Thank you so much Margo!

Thank you so much!!
I did go with a Cokin-type 10-stop. But I’d still reccomend either the Hoya or the B+W screw in filters for the reasons I’ve written about here.

Wow!! Thank you so, so much Micklyn!!

Thank you so much Wayne – you are waay too kind!
PS: Ralph has suggested a more elegant solution than the scrunchie – get a single filter holder (my present one is a 3 filter holder that I’ve sawed off the front off to be able to use it on the ultra-wide.)

Thank you so much … Yeah – that 10-stop filter gives a lovely dreamy look when there’s water involved!

Thanks so much Trish – really pleased you like it!!