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For once, the forecast let me down. On the strength of its clouds and rain at The Boneyard at Bombo on the NSW south coast I left home at 4.30am, only to find the weather all gone by the time I got to Bombo pre-dawn. This could have been the last shot of the short shoot, but fortunately I also had the IR 5D2 with me so it was only the last shot with the normal 5D2. Shot with the assistance of a Hoya ND x400 filter, a Lee 1.2 Soft Grad ND filter and a Lee 0.75 Hard Grad ND filter.

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North Narrabeen Headland, on Sydney's northern beaches. The light was exceptional after overnight rain, there was no wind, the storm held off the coast, and it was low tide with a swell. Perfect. 'Twas a good shoot at North Narrabeen. And no other photographers. From here I could see about a dozen shooters at Turimetta. Good decision we made.

Shot with the assistance of a Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L Tilt+Shift lens, a Hoya ND8 filter and a Lee 0.75 Hard Grad ND filter.

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This photograph was taken shortly after dawn at The Boneyard on Bombo Headland, near Kiama on the south coast of NSW, Australia in August 2011. The basalt columns are the remnants of a quarry. In a large swell such as was occurring on the shoot, the waves crash into the columns and go straight up, so this shot was merely a question of timing. The shot was taken using a Canon TS-E 45mm f2.8 Tilt+Shift Lens as a prime.

When an earlier version of this photograph was originally published elsewhere, one person publicly questioned the authenticity of the shot, so listen up when I say it is a real photograph and has not been manipulated. On that occasion I replied to the accusation with copies of the shots taken immediately before and after to put the issue beyond doubt.

Since that time, at least one other photographer has gone to the exact same spot and copied the composition without acknowledging his inspiration. At the time of responding to his request for information on how to get there I did not know this was his intention, but I guess I'm flattered by all the attention his version garnered.

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Bombo Headland, aka The Boneyard, north of Kiama, NSW south coast

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The action at the The Boneyard, on the Bombo Headland on the NSW South Coast, just after sunrise.

To give you an idea of scale, look closely and you'll see a black pin sticking up on the top of the far point. That's a life buoy on a pole, for people to throw to any fisherman washed off the rocks.

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