Shorebreak Sessions #4: Redgate Beach, Margaret River, WA
After the success and pure enjoyment from the last shorebreak session at Conto's beach, it wasn't long before the next swell arrived with good winds and i had another great opportunity to take some more pictures.
Unlike the last shoot, this one took place in the morning. Id got up at dawn for a surf and driven down to redgate to have a look. The tide was a bit low, but so were the crowds, so i chucked on the slightly stinky wetsuit id left in the car and spent a few hours getting waves. Then the wind got a bit gusty and the tide got lower, so i legged it back up the beach and subbed out the board for the camera!
Session details:
Location: Redgate Beach, Margaret River, Western Australia
Time: 8am
Camera: GoPro Hero 3+ Black
Mode: Burst 30/2secs
Pic of the session
A behind the scenes look at the energy of the Indian Ocean unleashed. Cobalt blue.
I took 2 attempts at taking this kind of shot underwater with no idea how they would turn out. The RAW image was just that and lacked colour and density. After a bit of time in photoshop and a touch of motion blur im stoked with the final result.
The session
Local bodyboarder Rangi Allen in training for the bigger stuff.
You can sit there thinking "the grass is greener on the other side", but stick around and you might just find yourself in the perfect spot anyway!
Old mate on the inside got a sick one moments before. In this game you sometimes have to pay to play, and the price for his gold was a set on the head in waist high water
Slotted! Over time im hoping my photography positioning will improve. Unfortunately i was a little to far away from the action on this so the resolution is lower after editing. The beauty of the ocean is even with its inconsistency, it will still supply for next time!
Yewwww! Incoming!
If you like these shots you can view previous #shorebreaksessions here!:
Shorebreak Sessions #3: Conto's Beach Water-Photography Session
Shorebreak Sessions #2: South Terrigal Water-Photography session
Shorebreak Sessions #1: Top 5 pictures from my first Water-Photography session
If you are into water-photography and want to get on involved, no matter what level youre at, i am more than happy to extend the #shorebreaksessions tag to YOU! When you upload your pics just use the tag and comment on any of my posts with a link to your work. One of the most beautiful things about steemit is how communities are created within the community, and i would love nothing more than to get the ocean lover community rolling! This includes watermanship, surfing, bodyboarding, waves, freediving - anything that involves the ocean in all its rawness!
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yeeeew. Looks like an epic day, love the go pro photo's. Do you do much post editing for the go pro photo's, if so do you use photoshop ?
Yeee brother, weve had some good swell on this side of the coast recently! The quality of the GoPro is better than i originally expected, at least for what im producing at the moment anyway. As far as editing goes it varies on the photograph. I use only photoshop (CS4) and generally try to find a balance of colour and shade/shadow to bring out the soul of the image.
Although saying that ive recently started to use masks and filters such as the motion blur in the pic of the session, that took a bit longer to edit but it is worth it for the final result :)
btw ive just replied to your comment on my previous video too!
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Amazing photos I must say... The gopro hero 3 takes epics pictures but you have the eye of the frame, great post legend!
Thanks man, glad to be sharing with you :D