Byron Bay Midnight Ocean Rocks ©
Byron Bay Midnight Ocean Rocks ©
Vicki Ferrari
The most easterly point in Australia!
Byron Bay Moonlight Series
Byron Bay Moon © AS IS
Byron Bay Moon ©—
This shot is AS IS (bar the signature) and was taken looking down from the lighthouse (tourist area), into the ocean – quite an angle to the tripod! This was as wide as I could get it, considering the angle! See below for more information.
Please excuse me for being lazy by writing all of this in one description. It will fit with all the photographs in this series.
These images were taken at Byron Bay Lighthouse, New South Wales, Australia back in 2004. The photographs were shot at night, on a full moon, close to midnight, which is why you can see stars in the sky, a passing ship has its light on, and it also explains the lack of bright reflection on the surface of the ocean. The experimental portraits were taken firing my Sunpak 4500DX flash (handheld), often over and over. Where there are two people (I have deliberately blurred the other person’s face, as a courtesy!) in the image, one of them being me, we had to sit very, very still (difficult for me to do!!) – not smiling (or talking, again hard to do!) as to hold the same smile for an extended period of time can be difficult and if you move your mouth, you get blur. Of course, this explains why those old nostalgic portraits from yesteryear tend to make you think the subjects weren’t that happy! I will also be doing some creative adjustments using Photoshop but will be including that information in the Technical Data.
Hope you like this series!
Mounted Print – Byron Bay Moon ©
Technical Data
Nikon D70
July 2004
Close to Midnight
Tripod
Focal 92mm
F4.5
30second exposure
Original JPEG
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Scott d'Almeida
fantastic work,
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Scott!
Cheers, Vicki :))
Ralph Olsson
Wow!!! What a terrific series Vicki…allows all of us to explore your talent and you’ve come up trumps with all of these:)
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Ralph, very sippirtive of you!!! And thank you for your kind comments! Cheers, Vicki :))
Caroline Gorka
Lovely work..with really nice perspective
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Carolilne, glad that you like it!
Cheers, Vicki :))
bubbleblue
Excellent work Vicki
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Joy! Cheers, Vicki :))
Karin Taylor
this is incredible!!!! :)
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Karin, I am glad you think so! It has taken a good dose of motivational salts to find all of these old images!
Cheers! Vicki :))
terezadelpilar
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you terezadelpilar… what a great honour!
Cheers, Vicki :))
NeilAlderney
top image
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Neil! Cheers, Vicki :))
Alana Ranney
Great capture!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Alana! Cheers, Vicki :))
natalia martin...
beautiful work, it almost looks like the sky, it gives an spiritual feeling, I love what you’ve done
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you T! I never noticed that before but now I can see what you say, about the sky! Thanks for that!
Cheers, Vicki :))
Lois Bryan
I feel like I’m falling in a dream!!!!! What a magnificent image!!!!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Lois! You are so kind! It was pitch black, bar the full moon and I didn’t want to lean the camera (on the tripod) too far over the fence that stops people from falling off the cliff! I have got a funny one with my face in it, i will include in the series, when I get organised (yeah right… sure… organised? what’s that?!!)....
Cheers, Vicki :))
Peter Hill
Well done! Awesome result!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Peter, glad you like it!
Cheers, Vicki :))
Phillip Weyers
Beautiful Vicki.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Cheers Phillip! Vicki :))
Vanessa Pike-R...
Your wonderful image has been featured in the New South Wales group and will be present on the front page until the beginning of next week
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Vanessa, and to the New South Wales group for the feature! Much appreciated! Vicki :))
RosaCobos
Crazy viewers of the midnight.
Carrying an extra star in the hand.
Purposes of turning water into silk,
and start into peeping holes,
of the whole Universe.
Rosa (your naturalistic pictures are great…. and I enjoy so much your descriptions. I am quite a “brute” in photographing, so my mind is in any other way trying to capt the possibilities of the object.. deformation I would say. Great!!!!)
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Rosa, love your writing! Your words flow like silk! And thank you so much for your kind words about my work!
Cheers! Vicki :))
JennyDean
fabulous work Vicki.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Jenny! Glad you like it! Cheers, Vicki :))
nadine henley
this is lovely, vicki – so nice to meet you!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Nadine, lovely to meet you too!
Kasia-D
Fascinating night shot – great story to go with this.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Kasia! Glad you enjoyed the blurb (still haven’t added those other shots yet though! :)) Cheers, Vicki :)
Kasia-D
Vicki, aha – I actually looked for them as I was curious to see how they’d turned out. So I’ll have to visit again:-))
Vicki Ferrari replied
I will have to get organised, won’t I? (not at the moment though!) I will leave the links in the photos, like I did with these so you won’t have to search!! Thanks Kasia! VIcki :))
Pamela Inverarity
Stunning shot! The composition is just perfect!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Pamela! Much appreciated! More of this night yet to come, when I get organised!! Cheers, Vicki :))
Garry Schlatter
Wow…that is creative thinking and an artistic setup of your tripod!
Vicki Ferrari replied
LOL Garry! Yes, and a bit of a nervous person stood by not far from the tripod, let me tell you, at that angle!! I have a funny photo with my face in one, where my friend ‘flashed’ me – I will have to post it! There are a few more in this series too but I seem to have a bit of trouble getting organised!! Do you get like that?!! :)))
Glad you liked the shot!
sapaho
fabulous
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Sapaho!
Wojciech Dabro...
Great capture … love the color and silky looking water … awesome :)
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Wojciech!
Wendy Slee
This is so beautiful! What a great image
(and did you hang over the edge, toes gripping terra firma while the camera dangled from an outstretched arm?)
lol
just for interest’s sake, I think those who live at Ballina might argue that their Flat Rock is the eastern most point of australia…....
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Wendy! LOL funny image but no! Very much tripod work! And me very close by in case of toppling, due to angle of camera!!
I didn’t know that!! Always good to learn something new!! Ta Wendy!! :)))
Wendy Slee
I learned that fact from Phil T!! lol…....
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ahhh, he mustn’t have seen this one then yet! Or he would have said!! (wouldn’t he?! careful, Sully eats wood!)..... I wonder what that metal bit was in teh surf?? :))))
julayneluu
Great image Vicki!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Julayne!!
Kristina K
way cool shot, glad you could go up the lighthouse..lol. never catch me looking down..lol. thanks for a view i wouldnt see myself..:)) k
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks K (new avatar?!!) :)) I wasn’t UP the lighthouse! (I would love to do that though and thanks for inspiring me to think that way, maybe!!:)) At the base, looking down the cliff, making sure my camera wasn’t going to go that a way!! I couldn’t see this image with my own eyes (like this!) – amazing what a camera can let you catch! I was ecstatic when I saw the result though! I couldn’t focus, too dark! :))
Kristina K
so you should be ecstatic, its great and yes i know what you mean re the camera picking up the shot that you really cannot see well..:)) k
Vicki Ferrari replied
I was very happy!!!

Lawrence Norton
I Love how much light has come through from the moon, this along with an interesting point of yiew you have created a beautifull image.
Well done Vicki . . . .
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Lawrence! :)))
JUSTART
wonderful
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Justart!
Birgitta
So very pretty… :)
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Birgitta!! :)) Vicki
Randall Scholten
Incredible shot! Wowza!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Randall! Thanks for the Wowza!!! Vicki :)))
Gina Cormier
Beautiful image and POV.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you GIna! :)))
RavenSoul
GORGEOUS!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Ravensoul!! :))
Virginia McGowan
wow Vicki just wonderful!!!!!!! wow midnight!!!! carting tripod etc!! fantastic imaginative pics …
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Ginny! Glad you like it! Yes, a friend and I traipsed down to Byron Bay one night, loaded up with cards, tripods, bags, jackets, (and back then, cigarettes – alas, no longer!) on a full moon and had a ball! We managed to spook ourselves when we walked down the path that goes down from the lighthouse….. I wouldn’t do that on my own though!! Vicki :))
tazzina
fantastic one, Vicki
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Tazzina! Cheers! :))) Vicki
gabryshak
another gorgeous view from up above your beautiful land
someday i’ll visit
♥tonja
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Tonja! Look forward to seeing you here one day!! :)
Ghelly
Outstanding piece. instant fav
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Ghelly! And ta for the fave! :))
Antanas
lovely work
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Antanas :)
navybrat
WOW!!
excellent!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Navybrat and thanks so much for the extra excellent on top of the WOW! Glad you like it! :)) Vicki
Peter Marin
Great photo. Has wonderful depth and colour.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Peter, glad you think so! Vicki :))
Matt White
Wow this is brilliant
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Matt! :)
Susan Gary
a gorgeous image..the long exposure is wonderful..you created a dream!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Susan! This was fun in the doing!
laureenr
This is just so beautiful Vicky. Love the misty feel.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Lau!! :))
derekenz
Amazing!!!!!!!!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Derek!!!!!! :)
Keiran Lusk
I do love this image Vicki. There is something so surreal and dreamlike about the ocean colour and motion. I also love the point of view. Fabulous!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Keiran! I was wrapped when I saw it!! (shooting in the dark as I was!!) Cheers!
davesphotograp...
great work nice effect lovely
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Dave!
Junior Mclean
Very nice
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Junior!!
Sharon Mau
Lovely soft aquamarine colours, it has a wonderful smooth sheen and a dreamy quality. It is so beautiful Vicki, the sky and the ocean are one.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Sharon, and for your wonderful comment! :)
Geoffrey Dunn
Superb … this image has such a lovely hyper-real feel to it … I love taking shots by moonlight … it lends such a deep saturation :-)
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Geoffrey! It was an amazing night! :))
Steve Chapple
Our favourite place and such an amazing image!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Steve, what a wonderful comment!! Vicki :)))
Anthony Mancuso
wonderful work Vicki, very well done
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Anthony! Much appreciated!! :))
Junior Mclean
Thats one cool shot right there!!!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you very much Junior!! :)
Tony Middleton
Wonderful image Vicki, those hues and abstract nature of the boulders amongst the wave motion is something special. :)
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thanks Tony! It was a long way down too! I was hovering very close to the tripod (being that it was facing downwards at an angle that I thought it might topple over into those waves!), I can tell you! It was a wonderful night!! I still haven’t done anything with the others – I don’t know where the time goes! But it does! :)
Tony Middleton
Sounds fantastic Vicki – I agree about time just disappearing ! :-|
Vicki Ferrari replied
I might have to pull my finger out and get organised and do some more of the other photos! Yes…. sure!!! One day!!! LOL :))
Karen Cougan
amazing place isnt’ it
xkc
Vicki Ferrari replied
It sure is!!! :))
jo beerens
Most enjoyable shot Vicky.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Jo! Glad that you like it!! :)
polaroids
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta polaroids!! :)
Suzanne Chouinard
Amazing shot! How courageous of you. Great work done with fantastic results.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you Sucho! I had fun doing it too!! :))
Delany Dean
Amazing! Marvelous shot! Good work, it’s a lovely image.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Delany!! Thank you very much! :))
Susan Gary
this is just gorgeous!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you so much Susan!!! :)))
Andrew Murrell
fuc%!ng fantastic )pardon my French). This is such a great image. Well done.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Oh wow, I just learned a new french word!!! Oh Goodie!!! (heheheheh!!) Wonderful comment Andrew, so fresh!!! Glad that you like my image!! lol!
Elucidate
Oh wow, stunning!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you so much Elucidate!!! :)))
redtree
Wow!!! Superb. A terrific series from an amazing artist.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you David, coming from you, a huge thank you – your photography is just breathtaking! The talent you have! And such an inspirational story, for all of us struggling artists!! Thank YOU so much!! (and you called me amazing…. wow…. I won’t be able to fit out the front door now, with my head so swollen!!) :))
Iris Greenwell
This is very peaceful and beautiful. I love it.
Vicki Ferrari replied
Ta Iris!! It is a beautiful spot, and wonderful place to be on a full moon!! :))
cutebutstupid
Simple and amazing..
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you cutebutstupid! :))
A.M. Ruttle
How incredibly cool!
Vicki Ferrari replied
Thank you so much Ann, or should I say Steve? Nice to meet you and feel free to call me Fred, Tom or Vicki!! :))) A bit warmer on this side of the hemisphere at the moment, I gather! Though we have had some amazing weather lately – the dust storms have been amazing….
Junior Mclean
COOL
Vicki Ferrari replied 22 days ago
Thanks Junior!! I am so sorry for the late reply! My head doesn’t appear to have been connected to my neck lately, well, not wired properly maybe!! Thanks for the COOL!! :)) Vicki :))
gerrardt
Gorgeous!!!
Vicki Ferrari replied 22 days ago
Thank you for the gorgeous comment, Gerrard! And very sorry for the very tardy reply!! Vicki :))
seawhisper 29 days ago
This is really beautiful image, kind of dreamy! :)
Vicki Ferrari replied 22 days ago
Thank you seawhisper!!! It was a great night! :))
Normf 29 days ago
Beautiful Vicki!
Vicki Ferrari replied 22 days ago
Ta Norm!! Much appreciated!! :)))
rodeorose 22 days ago
Brilliant shot dear Vickster- and look forward to more in the series~!
Vicki Ferrari replied 22 days ago
Thank you Dear Roseter or Rosester!!! I still haven’t finished this series yet…. and I bet that doesn’t surprise you either, aye?!! lol!! The ever organised (not!!) Vickster!! I will be late for my own funeral and more likely in the wrong coffin!! (at least I might be quiet, for a little while, anyway!) ..... let me out….... I would prefer to be cremated once i am dead......
Paul Thompson ... 22 days ago
stunning work Vicki
Vicki Ferrari replied 21 days ago
Thanks Paul!!! :)))
Bo Insogna 21 days ago
Beautiful Image!
Vicki Ferrari replied 21 days ago
Ta Bo! Glad you like it! :))
Adrian Geronimo 21 days ago
gorgeous photo. the perspective of that water is almost unbelievable. i feel like i’m about to jump. i have a great fear of heights, and the only way i can deal with them is if i have my camera with me taking shots. otherwise, i wouldn’t. the way it came out looks like something past the 30 second shutter speed. the colors are awesome as well, specially now that you mentioned that it’s stock.
Vicki Ferrari replied 21 days ago
Thank you Adrian! The camera was basically hanging over the edge – perhaps if I could have seen properly, I may not have taken this shot at all, when you put it like that! This was nearly midnight, on a full moon! And sorry, but I don’t get what you mean by stock, and where I have mentioned that!!
Cheers Adrian!! :)) Vicki
igotmeacanon 21 days ago
really nice image
Vicki Ferrari replied 19 days ago
Thank you igotmeanikonoopsimeanacanon!! Much appreciated! :))
Shanina Conway 18 days ago
Wow this is stunning Vic, gorgeous tones and comp;)
Vicki Ferrari replied 18 days ago
Thanks so much Shan! Glad you like it! It was one of those moments of jubilation when I saw what I had captured when I saw it on the camera view, and even more jubilation when I saw it on the actual monitor!! :))
redtree 18 days ago
Did I already mention that I thought this was fantastic?? Dammit, I put “wow, that’s surperb”. Hmmm. Fantastic trumps superb any day, but the wow still stands. Great work. RTakaDJR
Vicki Ferrari replied 18 days ago
If you did, it doesn’t matter!! I am lapping up those compliments DART!!! (RTakaDJR?!! Are you trying to make life difficult?!! heheheheh!! :)) lol!! ) Vicki short for Vicki!!! :))) In Australia, we can be so uncomplicated!!! lol! :))
Wojciech Dabro... 15 days ago
Lovely work, incredible shot.
Vicki Ferrari replied 15 days ago
Thank you Wojciech. Glad you like it! :)
midzing 15 days ago
beautiful image,,, well done
Vicki Ferrari replied 15 days ago
Ta Wendy!! A bit rougher than Orpheous and I was really hanging onto my camera! (or close to it, over the edge nearly!) :))
diLuisa 14 days ago
fantastic, wonderful, beautiful!!!! -Luisa :)
Vicki Ferrari replied 14 days ago
Thanks Luisa!! Have you ever been up this way? It is a great spot! :)) (sshhh… don’t tell too many people!! :)))
Phil Threlfall 14 days ago
Think Ive been there… nice work
Vicki Ferrari replied 14 days ago
Think you might have been!!! Can you imagine how close I stood to the tripod at midnight, with it sort of hanging over the edge?!!! It was a wonderful full moon that night too!! Cheers, Phil! :))
Phil Threlfall 14 days ago
Hmmm dreamy moonlight
Vicki Ferrari replied 13 days ago
Made for great photos!
Shoaib . 13 days ago
wow.. this is gorgeous .. great work
Vicki Ferrari replied 13 days ago
Ta Shoaib, very much!! :)))
Lee-Anne Raffe... 13 days ago
Stunning, love the exposure and colours
Vicki Ferrari replied 12 days ago
Thanks Lee-Ann!!! :)))
geoff curtis 13 days ago
Wonderful shot.
Vicki Ferrari replied 12 days ago
Ta Geoff!! :))
Tibby Steedly 12 days ago
Gorgeous!
Vicki Ferrari replied 12 days ago
Thanks Tibby!!! :))
DaRkSiLeNcE 12 days ago
mystifying stuff!! beautifuL!!
Vicki Ferrari replied 12 days ago
Thank you very much Durham!! :)))
waitin' for rain 12 days ago
special feeling of hight !
i lve this cropping and great color of the water
and of corce effect of the long exposure !
Vicki Ferrari replied 12 days ago
Thank you Vic!! Very glad that you like this photograph! :))
DevineDayDreams 10 days ago
FANTASTIC!!!
Vicki Ferrari replied 10 days ago
Thank you so very much DDD!! :))
Victoria _Ts 9 days ago
Great shot, Vicki!!!
Vicki Ferrari replied 9 days ago
Thanks Victoria!! :))
Peter Maeck 8 days ago
Hey Vicki, your new work continues – no, elevates – your previous wonderful images. This one especially captivates with its slow shutter ocean foam-mist effect.
Vicki Ferrari replied 7 days ago
Thank you very much Peter!! This is an actually an older one, I keep mixing them all around, just to confuse everyone!! No, not really trying to confuse anyone!! Thanks for your lovely words – they are much appreciated!! Cheers, Vicki :)
Peter Maeck 7 days ago
Yes, then it’s even more impressive that your work matures and develops going backward as well as forward in time. A neat trick.
Vicki Ferrari replied 7 days ago
LOL!!
midzing 7 days ago
Brilliant shot,,, well done Vicki, the CrazedOne!!!
Vicki Ferrari replied 7 days ago
Thank you Wendy!! (what a relief…normal typing!) I am very happy that you think I did well done!!! heheheheh! :))
Melinda Gaal 6 days ago
Stunning image!
Vicki Ferrari replied 5 days ago
Thanks Melinda!!! :))