Hi everyone! After two and half hours fitful sleep my alarm heralded the dawning of the new day at 4.55am. I was very excited to head back down to Bronte this year because the weather and tide reports all suggested a glorious sunrise to welcome in 2013. Unfortunately, whilst it was a pleasant 21C (70F) at 5am, the skies were heavy with clouds and my much hoped for colourful sunrise was just not to be. I lingered for a good 2 hours (long enough for the Jenny’s Cafe to open at 6.45am for my morning coffee) but the sun just couldn’t quite make an appearance. I took the opportunity instead to use my 9 stop ND filter again and get some creamy smooth shots of the rockpool and swimming pool. I’ve also had a bit of a play again with doing some B&W conversions – I hope you like some of them. New years is synonymous with summer in Australia and I can’t imagine this time of year in cooler climates. I can’t tell you how terrific it is to spend new years day at the beach. Good times. Happy New Year everyone, wherever you are! 
Canon 7D | EFS 10-22 & EF 24-105L | ISO 100 | Exposures: variable. 1-2 minutes on seascapes | Post: Lightroom 4
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Above: Some new years eve party-goers who’d set up tent in the park.
Above: Some morning exercises to welcome in the new year. (Cross processed B&W)
Balmoral Beach at 9am
After I finished at Bronte, I headed home to pick up the rest of the family so we could meet with our friends for a swim at Balmoral. It was gorgeous down there. The sun had finally burned through the early morning cloud cover and it was heading towards 30C (86F). I made the following shots of the kids into triptych’s and diptych’s as I thought they’d make more sense in a series.
Above: Harrison (our eldest)
Above: Leo (our youngest)
Above: Thomas
Above: Jake
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Thank you, Mahesh. Prosperous new year to you and your family.
Distan, these are so beautiful!!! The rock pool is stunning. who needs sun! : )
Happiest of new years to you. I look forward to more of your brilliant work in 2013.
Thank you so much, Karen. Can’t wait to see what you bring in 2013 too! You’re inspirational. Onward!
From one sunrise in Bronte to another in San Francisco ! Ocean swimming is the best! So is sketching people while listening to live music. Beautiful phptpgraphs. Thank you for stopping by my blog.
Thanks so much, Carla. Your sunrise photo brought back fond memories as we were only in San Francisco 3 months ago. What a beautiful city! Appreciate you stopping by here too and leaving your kind words. Cheers to 2013.
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