The Yacht At Sunrise

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Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

The last two posts have been about a morning in December at sunrise
with a theme of yachts and clouds.
I will continue that series with a third instalment.

The sun had only just got over the horizon and the landscape looked lovely
looking out over the river and seeing the clouds and yachts moored.
I set up my shot and I was going for a silhouette feel so I underexposed
the shot by 1 stop and white balance set too cloudy.

It turned out to be quite warm and the suns rays were peaking through the clouds.
I quite liked the way this picture turned out and didn't need much post processing.

I like the streak in the water and i also framed the shot with the horizon in
the bottom third of the frame.
In hindsight i should have positioned the yacht a little more to the right but I was thinking more of the suns position at the time.

I hope you liked my photographic observation for the day,

Feel free to leave any comments down below.

Thank you for taking the time to read.

Vedran Greget

Boat At Sunrise II

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Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

I will continue my series on early morning sunrise as it is one of my
favourite series of photos I have taken on this particular morning.
With my tripod in hand and my camera around my neck I went walking
along the river looking for somewhere to take an interesting photograph.

Walking and walking i saw a scene that looked interesting as I wanted to
take advantage of the lovely warm light.
I found a scene I liked which I captured but will share on another post.

I settled on this scene as I liked the yacht moored in the swan river.

This was the third in the series and what I liked was the foreground interest being the
yacht and the middle being the horizon and the way the sun was positioned on the horizon.
I also liked the interesting clouds as the sun was also peeping through from time to time.

I processed in Lightroom 5 as I do all my photos and kept the scene the way I remembered it.

Thank you for taking the time to read and feel free to make any comments down below.
Would love to hear what you like or dislike about my picture.

Vedran Greget

Early Morning Yachts

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Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

This pic that I will talk about was taken one morning in 2013.
I got up early to go to work and at the same time I had time to take
a couple sunrise pics.

I will share those other sunrise, early morning pics in a later blog post.
I liked the golden glow as photo was taken half hour approx after sun up.
The sun was to the right of the photo out of site obviously but I loved
the masts on the boats and with Perth city in the background and the
verticals being the masts and the buildings.

I used a tripod for this shot as it was with me at the time and I felt inspired.
I often take my tripod with me but am a bit lazy to use but when I do I am glad.
The tripod is from Really Right Stuff and the ball head is a BH55.
A very solid combination and easy to use and flexible.

I loved the reflections on the water of the Yachts and to me I found overall a
pleasing composition.

South Perth Yacht Club is where these Yachts are. Camera used was a Nikon D610
full frame camera. It may look a little underexposed but this is the way I remember
the scene.

I hope you liked my pic and story and I hope you all come back and read more of
My Photographic Observations.

All are welcome to make a comment whether good or bad as I love to have some feedback

Vedran Greget

The Proposal

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Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

Occasionally there is an occasion when you notice something special happening
in front of you when out taking photos.
I was wandering around Split and observing the light and looking for people
and things to take pics of as per usual.
From a distance I saw a guy on his knees holding the hands of this girl and I
thought to myself this looks interesting. It was about 5:30pm and the sun was getting low.

It kind of dawned on me this guy was either begging for forgiveness or maybe he was
asking the girl to marry.
I walked briskly to a better location and I just heard the girl yell out emotionally yes,
yes I will marry you.
I managed to fire of a few snaps but this one was the only one that kind of told the
story as she embraced him just after she said yes.

Ive had some rewarding experiences in my few years since I have taken up photography.
Nothing compares to the emotion I saw on this afternoon.
I did not want to intrude in what was obviously a personal private moment
so I left them to celebrate the time that they would be enjoying the rest of they're lives.

In hindsight I should have gone up to them and asked if they wanted the pic I took but i Thought
maybe they wouldn't like so I left them alone....

Maybe I will regret not approaching and asking but anyway...

Thank you for visiting and taking the time to read My Photographic Observations.

Vedran

Captured Sunset Coulors

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Welcome to My Photographic Observations.

One of my favourite things to photograph is sunsets.
I am sure everyone loves taking pics of sunsets as there are
so many out on social media and across the internet.
This photo was taken in Split Croatia looking towards the Marijan Hotel
and the yacht club.

Sunsets for me tend to be boring if there are no clouds to give
a little bit of colour.
This particular late afternoon there were plenty of puffy clouds so
camera in hand decided to wait and see what would eventuate.

I was pleasantly surprised with what turned out as I took plenty of
pics bit this turned out to be the best on this particular afternoon.

The subject is the sky and clouds of course but I wish I had found a foreground element for depth
and a story telling image.
Overall am quite happy with the pic considering it was hand held.

Thank you for taking the time to have a read and if you have any comments just leave down below
as will be greatly appreciated.

Vedran Greget