Canon 5D Mk II + 17-40mm F4 L USM @ 17mm, 1 Second, f/16, ISO50

In an attempt to bring my blog back from the dead – I’ll be honest, I’ve neglected it for a few months now – I have re-designed a few things and tidied up around the place. I am in the process of writing a few new posts which I will publish over the coming weeks. I plan to spend a bit more time and effort writing each blog post before pressing the “Publish” button.

The photo featured above is from a quick trip Clint Baker and myself took down to Dunsborough in June earlier this year. I recall waking up on this cold morning and heading down to Meelup Beach to photograph the sunrise, only hoping that the light would be nice to us. It was dark and quite overcast when we arrived – so it was fairly hard for us to tell what was going to happen. Thankfully, there was a thin break between the clouds and where the sun was to appear from. When the sun finally hit the horizon, it lit the sky up a gorgeous orange colour, which reflected across the water and changed the whole scene.

We were the only people at the beach on this morning, besides a lone fisherman in the distance. To me, it’s a great and satisfying feeling to be out there, early in the morning with hardly anybody else around, witnessing something so beautiful, especially in such an amazing part of our country. Photographing scenes like this to share with others only makes that feeling better!

I hope you enjoy this one.

If you like it why not purchase a print of “Meelup Sunrise”, or leave a comment below.

Don’t forget your entries into the Landscape 500

So far there are only 200 entries so that is pretty good odds. Remember even if you don’t win the great prizes, every photo is scored by the 4 judges. It is a great way to find out just exactly how your images are rated by four of the best in the industry. Nick Rains, Tom Putt, Peter Eastway and David Evans. Between them there are decades of photography knowledge.

Last entries accepted on the 31st of October, 2010.

A stunning sunset over the city of Perth, Western Australia.

Canon 5D Mk II + 70-200mm F4 L USM
10 image stitch

I have just been browsing through some of my older photographs and came across this one of Tanah Lot – a Balinese temple carved out of a natural rock formation in the ocean. In the Balinese language “Tanah Lot” means Land [in the] Sea. A very fitting name.

It is a beautiful place in the world, besides the hundreds of other tourists and the heavily commercialized and tourist orientated entrance to the area, and I’d love to get back there next time I’m in Bali to shoot some more photographs and enjoy a fantastic sunset once again.

I’ve been making some changes around the site, so please excuse the mess while I finish up.

Thanks,

Beau