What does freedom mean to you

Australians don't talk much about freedom; they simply live it. Time 4:51 PM, F8, 1/8000, ISO=500, CWA, 90mm (but heavily cropped) Crazy, crazy settings ... robbing Peter to pay Paul ...

The raw material

Here was the basic scene I was working with. I started shooting about 3pm, walking along the beach, and continuing once I reached the northern end, and walked up the winding ramp, to overlook the length of the beach. I knew that I needed the sun lower, so repaired to 'Speedos' for a Chardy and a bowl of hot chips. I came back to leaning on the railing about 4:45 pm, and after these first few shots, decided to squeeze the light out as much as possible, the result being 'Heading home" and a couple of others. This shot shows you the full scene, from the skyline of Bondi on the rise, to the shapes of the Bondi Pavilion, to the people mucking about on the water's edge. It also shows the salt rising from the beach as the evening wind picks up. Click on any of my shots, and they will expand to 640px. The stats for this shot are: F16, 1/200, ISO=100, 105mm, CWA.

A performance space

So, this one is not quite a silhouette. For some reason, I let more light into this one, than the one yesterday. Yesterday's F16 became today's F8. Yesterday's ISO 100, became today's ISO 500. I tried to squeeze it back out by having the shutter blink at 1/8000, which is, from memory, the fastest my camera shoots at. But to freeze the shot, I did not need anything like that speed. The stats: F8, 1/8000, ISO=500, 73mm, CWA.

Heading home

Bondi Beach, just before 5pm, looking west.

F16, 1/800, ISO=100, 95mm, CWA

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