Opito Bay, Coromandel

-- Brian


We spent a few days in a small community in Opito Bay for a short holiday. Right after settling in our accomodation, we headed to Opito Pa to scout our sunrise shoot location. The walk is only a couple of kilometres from where we're staying, but the climb is steeper than I anticipated.


Here's Chris while climbing the stairs. I set up my tripod at the top of the stairs and took photos of him on different levels. Then I stacked the images in photoshop.

The golden hour was short but enough for us to enjoy taking our long-exxposure shots. Here's Chris again doing his best to capture the first light of day.

And here's my set for that day.

Walking back, we were greeted by this lovely beach scenery: