Rye | VIC | Australia
I had been at this location the previous week, but the tides dictated I could only shoot the Dragon's Head at midday. After my Wilsons Promontory hike, I lobbed back here (exactly one week later) when the tide charts said it would be just right for a sunset shoot - and it was! (I used the Willy Weather app's tide charts btw).
As I waited for the shoot to get started, I sat on the sandy beach sheltered by a rocky cove and was startled by three guys. After I realised that they weren't there to rob me, we got chatting and they said they were going to see if they could get around the headland, and then climb up onto the lookout above. I told them about how I was waiting to photograph the "Dragon's Head". They wished me good luck and moved on.
When the light turned golden, I ventured out onto the rock shelf. The water was flowing over my feet but I didn't care as I was pumped! It was really exciting to be standing there as the waves exploded just in front of me. When the sunset light got great, I felt all this adrenaline coursing through me, and my energy levels peaked. If you can picture the Australian swim coach Dean Boxall at the Tokyo Olympics thrusting the railing as Ariarne Titmus won the gold medal... I wasn't quite *that* pumped, but was ballpark there after I chimped some shots and jumped up and down with excitement, knowing I'd captured something I thought was really great!
Then seemingly out of nowhere, I heard all these noises coming from the shoreline above me. The three guys had made it around and up onto the headland and were now looking out towards me, yelling out and waving. They obviously made it to the top and were enjoying a beautiful sunset, just as I was. I also think they were looking out for me, as it would have looked a little dangerous standing where I was on the ocean shelf with flowing water and exploding waves. They were good guys. Actually, if you zoom into this photo and have a look off to the right, you can see the faint spray of a wave that had hit the shelf. By sunset the explosions weren't as big as they were earlier, but they were still fairly active right through to the end of the shoot - a fantastic shoot and one I won't forget in a hurry.
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