We've been blessed with a few beautiful sunsets recently. So at the last minute I decided to have a go at getting one in a new location. Not necessarily a good idea.
It takes 27 minutes to drive from my house to Mordialloc Pier. That's what Apple Maps said. But then I needed to track further along the bay to locate an ideal vantage point to capture the sun setting behind the Pier. Once I'd found said spot I had about 2 minutes to whip the camera from the bag and land it on the tripod. The first shot was my favourite because of how the water/waves 'fell'. But it's hard to choose. Anyone who's tried photographing water knows every shot is different and unique and you may need to take quite a few to get one that feels just right. Ideal shutter speeds range from, maybe, 1/5 to 2/3 of a second. So here are 3 shots taken within seconds of each other around 20:41pm just as the sun reached the horizon. And one or two taken a little later.
Sunset behind Mordialloc Pier 28mm F16 1/5s ISO64
Seagull makes a cross (top left), Sunset behind Mordialloc Pier 35mm F16 1/8s ISO64
Sunset behind Mordialloc Pier, 35mm F16 1/6s ISO64
Sunset behind Mordialloc Pier, 24mm F16 0.4s ISO64
Gulls swimming at Mordialloc Pier, 24mm F16 1/6s ISO64
Dreams begin, Mordialloc Pier, 24mm F16 1.6s ISO64 GND3Stops
Darkness falls, Mordialloc, 17mm F9 2.5s ISO64