terrigal - digital photography by Ted Szukalski
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This photograph of Storm clouds over Terrigal is a bit out of sequence in the blog. I took this photograph early on Sunday morning, some three hours before I did the Pinnacle dive of the Bateau Bay. Looking at these dramatic clouds I thought they will be the end to my diving plans, but luckily they have dispersed just a couple of hours later with some staying far on the horizon.

Another beautiful morning at Terrigal. This time I’d like to present a fairly high contrast black and white landscape focusing on the sea and the rocks in front of the Skillion.

A little bit of sunshine just for good measure.
This sunrise photograph was taken at Terrigal at the weekend. While there I have met an interesting photographer from Victoria who had his large format camera on the ready to capture whatever the nature would throw at us. I have learnt from him that a single exposure costs him over $50 developed (not printed) and thus he takes a lot of care and preparations, not to mention he is very choosy with the scenes. He did not take a single photograph that morning.

I am not sure if such cost restrictions in the age of digital photography are warranted. In the end he missed out on this spectacular ray display just because it was too expensive. What good is owning such advanced/sophisticated camera if it limits your photography?

I found this discarded bicycle on the beach at Terrigal. I guess people throw out many things but the state of this bicycle indicated some major abuse. Its has malformed frame and handlebars not to mention totally demolished wheel. It looks like a result of some violent, thoughtless act.

And just a reminder yesterday was a Clean Up Australia Day.

This photograph of a spectacular sunrise at Terrigal was taken using a seven layer HDR technique. This is a first for me as usually I use simple three-layer technique. I must admit the results are outstanding and I think this is my new standard technique for generating HDR images.

I have met a local photographer by the name of Michael Hruby who has some very vivid panoramas on his website. He makes some very lively photographs and I’d recommend checking his website out to anyone.