Here is the first variation of my Port Campbell image for my one image, ten photos challenge. I have used some selective curve adjustments to lighten up the foreground and generally warm the photo up a little. The horizon is a little straighter and I have cropped out the more of the sky to draw attention into the cliffs.

I am not overly happy with this photo but I suppose that is not really the point.

I have come to the realisation that pressing the shutter button on a camera is such a small part of photography.

Of course there are many rules to the composition and creation of the photo, both in your mind and in your camera but that only makes up one part of the creation. The other part, which was traditionally in the darkroom, now falls to the digital equivalent, using tools like photoshop or aperture.

Been trying out a low key photography technique as described here: http://ricknunn.com/how-i-shoot-lowkey-portrait/. Not mastered it yet by any means and I have a stupid, frustrated look on my face but it is a cool technique and worth a mention, check it out.

Hail stones the size of golf balls, rivers flowing through the city, roofs falling in. This is not an exaggeration the weather in Melbourne turned nasty. One minute it was a nice day then turning to rain the next I thought my widows were going to be smashed, although I was lucky the hailstones I was getting were only the size of marbles.

Here are a couple of videos to show you the mental weather!