Maroubra (Mahon Pool) & La Perouse

What a weekend of shooting! I backed up the morning shoot at Bronte with an afternoon shoot with my friend Michael at the Mahon Pool (Maroubra) and at La Perouse. It was overcast, wet and windy… icy icy cold. We persevered since Michael was out from Penrith and had yet to visit/explore the coast and the photo opportunities it has to offer! I have shot the Mahon pool once before at Sunrise, facing east on an overcast day gives an opportunity to shoot with filters. I had a range of success, with the colour cast being the result from double stacking my Cokin filters.

I decided to aim for a mix of B&W, HDR and Filtered shots and have gone quite heavy on this series. The salt spray was so fast and abundant it infact made it almost pointless in using the filters at La Perouse.. we took some shots at the base of the bridge near Bare Island but i wasnt quite happy with any of the shots, i have processed just one shot of the turret at La Perouse.

Mahon Pool offers a variety of rock platforms to shoot the pool from, or to shoot the rocks and the waves that crash against them. Low tide offers some great effects of calmer water flows, where as a big swell and surf see’s lots of crashing water. I am very impressed with the fact it can be shot at different times of the day, please take note for sunrise that Mahon Pool has big orange sulfur flood lights to light it up, so you will have to adjust your white balance or wait for enough light for the orange light to not have an effect on your photos.

The full set can be seen here.

Till next time…