Sydney June 2013
One man, taking on the elements on a cold winter’s afternoon. But enough about me 🙂 .
This man appeared at the bathing pool and stood still for a moment, looking out to the horizon. It was a nice scene with the still mirror like surface of the pool against the ocean in the background. I was fortunate to take the photo when I did. A couple of seconds later, a second swimmer entered the pool on the far right and disturbed the surface of the water.
This is the same rockpool that I’ve photographed before in:
Don’t fence me in
The sea was angry that day my friends
Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera 
Lovely perspective
Thank you.
I have returned to this picture many times – I have decided it is one of my favourites shots of yours – one of those shots you wish you had taken
Thank you. I’m flattered. I’ve been to that spot several times since. It was just one of those moments.
This is truly beautiful.
I love the serenity and the softness.
Thank you very much.
Gorgeous image. Love the contrasts and composition, The human element takes the image to another level.
Thank you. I was rather fortunate that he came by when he did.
This is an incredible photograph! The gentleman in the photo makes it that much better!
Thanks. I’m very pleased with the compositional elements of this photo.
You are a genius. I have no other words.
Thank you. 🙂
Beautiful mood to this photo!
Thank you. The b&w really accentuates the contrasts.
Great shot and lucky timing.
We all need a bit of luck. Thank you.
It plays a part in more photographs than I’d like to admit…’:-)
So true for me too.
One word – gorgeous!
Thank you very much.
I just had to stop and stare for a couple of minutes. Just a great image.
Thanks so much Jomo. Glad you liked it.
Great shot, great timing, Every element in the shot falls perfectly into place. Well done.
Thank you Vincent.
The same rockpool but all 3 with different moods. Amazing nature in action (and non action) captured brilliantly each time by you 😀
Thank you kindly. 🙂
How exceptionally beautiful!
I love how the clouds sort of mirror the the lines of the fence chain. Perfection.
Thank you very much.
Oh, I would have been so angry with myself if I had missed this one. What can I say. I don’t know a thing about photography but I do know I love your work.
Thank you Sheri. Much appreciated.
So fantastic! Wonderful B&W.
Thanks very much Liz.
Wow, incredible shot. We all wait for shots like this.
We sure do. 🙂
Thanks very much.
Stunning!
Thanks very much.
So much freedom in this brilliant shot!
Thank you.
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Wanderful!
Thank you very much.
I had only not seen this shot of your rockpool – very cool! I wonder why it is fenced? (I also wonder why men wear speedos – a little mystery is a good thing ;))
I guess the fence is something to hold onto if you want to walk around but don’t want to fall in (just in case).
Regarding speedos – no accounting for good taste or common sense. “Budgie smugglers” always seem popular with those who shouldn’t be wearing them. (google is your friend if you’re unfamiliar with this slang term). 🙂
I’d google, but see above about how mystery can be a good thing 🙂
Of course. But I’m guessing your imagination might be running a bit wild over that phrase. 🙂
I do wonder why so many excellent photographers PhotoShop water … It’s a dead giveaway,but it happens almost all the time. WHY?! Why did you, in the above photo? Sighh … Not wanting to sound like a whinger, because your work is terrific. And that’s why I hate PhotoShop: it interferes.
It’s a matter of vision and taste. This photo was taken on a cloudy afternoon in late Winter and the light was fading. The raw image was dull and lifeless. So I made the decision to be more artistic with this photo to bring out the detail and contrasts. One has to have a vision as to how a photo should end up looking before publishing.
Post processing has always been an intricate part of photography. In the days of chemicals one would dodge and burn using time and chemicals. Now we dodge and burn using a computer. I would never ever publish an image without reviewing and editing it – to me, that would be lazy. I may as well just sell my camera and only photograph using an iPhone or iPad if I wanted to go that way, although iPhone editing is big these days too. Just my thoughts.
Thank you for being so willing to explain! My husband was a stills photog. on film crew and, of course, loved all photography – especially B&W. And he was also a bloke who believed in the photog.’s right to work on his images (used to removed all cables from shots of Italian towns, just as an e.g., defending his right to NOT see what he didn’t want to). Dodging? – he loved to bring out the colour of flowers on a climber -and would always do that where I’d taken a shot. He was a kind and lovely man. And btw, I really do think your work is ace!
Thank you. It sounds like your husband had a great pride in his photography to do that editing in the days of film. A sign of a good photographer.
😆 that first sentence cracked me up – this is perfect for mirror image, but I will still wait for the post where you will include a b&w just for me :). This photo is splendid!!!
Thanks. I crack myself up too, sometimes. I made this one into one of my banner photos.
Good call 😀
This post/photo. 🙂
Thank you again, Draco 🙂
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In all of this splendour, it’s the sky that calls to me, Draco. No matter how you achieve the result, this is a wonderful image. 🙂
Thanks, Jo. It was one of those moments when everything seemed right for the photo. The clouds made all the world of difference.
Brilliant shots!!! I love it. Your photos convey magic. 🙂
Thank you very much.