Bondi Sculptures By The Sea 2011 - 3 - 20 November - AP meet planning thread

[AmPhot]

@mechawombat - well it's going to be a dawn shoot and currently sunrise is around 0545 AM.

[Danielle10]

I think I might be heading out this Sunday with hubby and gonna use the 20th as a wet weather alternative

[NikonNellie]

I didn't know you were married Danielle! I was thinking that you mght have made a good match for #2 son.

[raccoon]

now we have Aus photography match making services.... Where does it end LOL

[NikonNellie]

He would kill me if he knew I had posted that comment.

[Danielle10]

I didn't know you were married Danielle! I was thinking that you mght have made a good match for #2 son.

Hahahaha!! You're hilarious!
Yep been married for 2 years now

[judybee]

can't come on the 20th. I'll have to miss out this year. have fun everyone.

[Danielle10]

Hey everyone, hubby and I went this morning. Wow it gets crowded!
I'm glad I was organised and got there a bit earlier as I had to fight for my sunrise spot. Well not fight but got my spot and didn't move hahaha!

[AmPhot]

I went yesterday at around 0630 and it wasn't too bad. We should be ok on the 20th given it's a dawn shoot, last year most people had no problem getting a park at Tamarama, so I think we should start there again this year.

If you haven't been yet but would like a preview of some of the sculptures I've uploaded some of my shots from yesterday here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/crouchy...7628113227974/

IMHO this year is a vast improvement on last year, there seems to be many more interesting sculptures on display. A few of them would look good in the early morning light.

[Danielle10]

Holy crap! Those Images are just brilliant! I wish I knew how to do hdr.
I missed ALOT of the sculptures. I don't know the area well so I just hung around where the tap was and then up to the zebras.

Mine are just awful, feel like deleting the whole lot after seeing those.
Fabulous work!!

[AmPhot]

Thanks Danielle, glad you liked them. A good tip is to buy one of the programs, they have an excellent map of the exhibition and shows where all the sculptures are. I still didn't see it all, there's a lot to see this year.

[NikonNellie]

So it seems a few of you have already done the Sculptures. How many of you are attending - I don't want to go if I am going to be the only one going in? It's a long and expensive trip for me.

[peterb666]

I am going on the 20th. I normally head down there 3 or 4 times every year at different times of the day/night.

[AmPhot]

Yep still going, hoping for a good sky.

[raccoon]

i probably wont make it on sunday. i will try and go early one weekday morning

[Danielle10]

I want to go again but won't have time

[NikonNellie]

Ok , so that's 3 of us going: Glenn, Peter and myself. Anyone else?

[Darey]

I'm still going, what time are we to meet up? and where?

[peterb666]

Jo should be a goer too.

I was thinking of around 4:45am in Mackenzies Bay (first bay to the north of Tamarama). For those that cannot make 4:45, whatever is close enough.

Sunrise is at 5:40 but nautical twilight is at 4:39 so the sky will be starting to brighten.

There are a variety of sculptures you can shoot the sun coming up behind or go down to the rocks in Mackenzies Bay. High tide is at 4:18 am so the rock-shelf at Tamarama is out of the question and we did that last year anyway.

[AmPhot]

I plan on being there at about 0500, starting at the Tamarama end - there's one scuplture I want to shoot that's in Mackenzie Bay so I'll see you there. Narelle did you want a lift ? If so you'll need to be at my place at 0430.