IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN....

.....It's a good bit of advice. No matter how dark it can get, sometimes you just have to wait for the dawn to be able to seize an opportunity.
This one was a real gift. I was so happy to be able to experience this scene, which was a little surreal as I walked around the rocks at Terrigal Haven to see this amazing glow permeating from the sky. I must say the bright yellow strip along the horizon looked quite bizarre and maybe a little out of place, but maybe not as bizarre as me frantically trying to set up and shoot before the intensity disappeared (I wasn't going to miss this one!). The whole scene just went together - the sky, the reflection and the natural vignette that had unfolded in front of me.
This was actually plan B of my shoot on this day, because I had originally wanted to shoot around the Terrigal Beach rock pool, but there is an annoying floodlight shining nearby there that really plays games with the lighting.
The other nice feature of this image is the special aligning of Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter, in the centre of frame in the sky. Very cool! Even though I could only make out 3 planets? But they tell me there is a forth there somewhere.

Glow, Terrigal NSW © Josh Pitt

WHEN PLANETS ALIGN

Motivation was high over the last fews days after having some great shoots out at some of my local spots. Tossing up whether to revisit some general locations that I have shot a number of times previously. I was glad I did!
The following image is a little different to the normal Josh Pitt shots. That's right - it's a black and white.
It was captured out at Terrigal Haven on the NSW Central Coast. When I arrived it was pitch black and I could see a red light just in front of me, when I scoping out the scene. It took me a while to figure out what it was it was until another light came on and the penny dropped - it was the display screen of a camera. There was another photographer out! I started wondering down to set-up and more photographers emerged from the darkeness.....it was kind of weird. Because I was almost running into all these people camouflaged by the darkness. I guess it was a little more crowded because Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter were all aligned in the sky, which is apparently a 50-100 year occurance. You can see them faintly in the top left third of frame. Once the light became lighter I was fascinated to see the pumping ocean that lay before me, it was the heaviest I had seen in the Haven for some time.
I was pleased with the drama in the shot and the mystery created before me. You may even notice the faint fingers of light shooting up from the horizon.

Currently it is untitled, if you have a suggested of what I should call it, please leave a comment below. If yours is the best, I'll adopt it as the official name.

Untitled, Terrigal NSW

Kind regards,
Josh