Moeraki Boulders Sunrise, Moeraki, New Zealand

[TwinII]

Hi all,

So this is my third landscape from my 15 day New Zealand road trip. I'm aiming to try to process one shot a day for the next two weeks so I'm sorry if you get sick of my threads. (We'll see how I go as I start back at uni on Thursday!)

Anyway this shot was (an uneventful) sunrise taken at the Moeraki Boulders, just north of a little fishing village called Moeraki on New Zealand's South Island.

When planning for our 15 day driving tour around New Zealand I really wanted to capture a sunset or sunrise at Moeraki, so I booked some accommodation at the caravan park. It was the cheapest place we stayed in and it was quite a good little cabin and a great little place.

I headed down to the boulders on the afternoon we got there but unfortunately it was overcast and I didn't capture anything decent. The next morning I still pursued and woke up to shoot the sunrise, but alas, it was still overcast. It was also low tide, so I only really had this one boulder and the few smaller ones in the frame to play with.

I was fortunate that a little break in the clouds appeared just before I was going to leave which added a bit of interest to the shot!

I think a few might comment on the horizon. It doesn't appear straight but in order to get the boulders to line up in the image i was shooting at an angle to the waves so it looks uneven. Anyone have any idea's to try fix it or will I just leave it?


Moeraki Boulders Sunrise by Martin Canning, on Flickr

Thanks for looking,

Martin

[Doug Smyth]

I have been impressed with all three of your pictures, makes me want to go back and have another go.

[GabbyBrown]

Lovely shot and really like the pastel shades.

[TwinII]

Thanks guys. I have just updated the shot in Flickr due to the dust bunnies and the new link is below:


Moeraki Boulders Sunrise by Martin Canning, on Flickr

[Daniel95]

Lovely pictures, did you use any ND filters for the second one? if so how many stops?

thanks,
Daniel

[TwinII]

Lovely pictures, did you use any ND filters for the second one? if so how many stops?

thanks,
Daniel

Yeah I did. I'm pretty sure it was 3 stops in this shot as the sun was up at this stage. I used Lee hard grads.

[LiamHammo]

Beautiful shot. If you didn't say anything about the horizon I don't think I would have even noticed it. So much else in the photo that the eye is drawn to.

[Supra_t]

It's not so much that the horizon isn't straight, it's has a fair amount of distortion. I would just use the warp tool in small increments until its nice and straight.