• Astronomy and Photography by Mike Salway

9th December 2009

Terrigal Sunrise

On the morning of the 17th September 2009, I was headed out to Terrigal beach on a lovely clear pre-dawn morning to photograph the conjunction of the Moon and Venus.

When the sky became too bright for the conjunction, I took advantage of the lovely colours of the dawn to capture some images of the sunrise and a few impromptu waterfalls as large waves crashed over the rock ledges near by.

Terrigal Sunrise. Click image to see a larger version.

Terrigal Sunrise. Click image to see a larger version.

The pre-dawn colours were magnificent, as they reflected off the surface water on the rock ledges.

Dawn Waterfall Colours. Click image for a larger version.

Dawn Waterfall Colours. Click image for a larger version.

Please continue reading to see the rest of the images from the session.

The images were captured with my Canon 20D and Sigma 17-70mm lens, and were all 3-exposure bracketed shots, processed as HDR (tonemap) using Photomatix. Final processing using Photoshop.

Black and White Waterfall. Click image for larger version.

Black and White Waterfall. Click image for larger version.

Dawn Waterfall Glow. Click image for larger version.

Dawn Waterfall Glow. Click image for larger version.

Sunrise Rock Ledge. Click image for larger version.

Sunrise Rock Ledge. Click image for larger version.

Terrigal Sunrise. Click image for larger version.

Terrigal Sunrise. Click image for larger version.

Last but not least, is when a rather large wave sent a rush of water over my usual trickling waterfall. And yes – my feet got rather wet during this shot :)

Sunrise Fall. Click image for larger version.

Sunrise Fall. Click image for larger version.

It was time to head home after this one :)

Thanks for reading.

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