People People on the beach

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I couldn't face the rain and wind this morning, so I waited until the skies cleared up and got to the beach around 3:30 pm. I can't remember ever being there at that time of day, and it all looked so different. There were so many people pursuing their different ways of being there. I rarely include people in my photos, but it was a different kind of day.
Shooting a video

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 329.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 200

Searching for treasure

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 321.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 100

Hanging out with a bowl and a stogie with music in the background

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 160

Being young

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 356.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 250

Exploring what the tide left behind

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 382.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 160

 

[Unframed Dave]

Very cool, I particularly like the two guys shooting the breeze over a smoke.

Great stuff.

 

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Very cool, I particularly like the two guys shooting the breeze over a smoke.

Great stuff.

Thanks, Dave.
Here's another one for you. I was going to try to edit out the coffee cups, phone, and crushed beer can - but those were all a part of the scene.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Ian S]

I couldn't face the rain and wind this morning, so I waited until the skies cleared up and got to the beach around 3:30 pm. I can't remember ever being there at that time of day, and it all looked so different. There were so many people pursuing their different ways of being there. I rarely include people in my photos, but it was a different kind of day.
Shooting a video
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Searching for treasure
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Hanging out with a bowl and a stogie with music in the background
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Being young
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Exploring what the tide left behind
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Like these a lot wold be hard to pick a favorite

 

[Gaz]

I couldn't face the rain and wind this morning, so I waited until the skies cleared up and got to the beach around 3:30 pm. I can't remember ever being there at that time of day, and it all looked so different. There were so many people pursuing their different ways of being there. I rarely include people in my photos, but it was a different kind of day.
Shooting a video
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Searching for treasure
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Hanging out with a bowl and a stogie with music in the background
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Being young
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Exploring what the tide left behind
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I really love this series. A trip to the beach looks so civilized. I wouldnt need to jostle for a space to put up my cabana!

 

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I really love this series. A trip to the beach looks so civilized. I wouldnt need to jostle for a space to put up my cabana!

It's still a little chilly for the cabana - about 7 degrees Celsius. Oh, and this part of the beach is an environmentally sensitive area. You're not supposed to put up chairs and tents, lay down towels, have fires, or disturb the wildlife. That doesn't stop some folks from doing those things, but it is, for the most part, civilized.

 

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I really love this series. A trip to the beach looks so civilized. I wouldnt need to jostle for a space to put up my cabana!

Here is the same area of the beach where all the people were in the photos above. This is just after sunrise this morning - 2 degrees celsius. No people yet.

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE PZ 16-35mm F4 G (SELP1635G)
• 34.5 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Gaz]

Here is the same area of the beach where all the people were in the photos above. This is just after sunrise this morning - 2 degrees celsius. No people yet.View attachment 35234

It’s obviously rural. Very relaxing! At 6am on COOGEE beach there would be 800 people down there exercising and another 200 or so with cups of coffee sitting there waiting for sunrise.

On Thursdays and Sunday sunrise there are queues of Irish backpackers lined up to squat in large buckets of ice water for 60 seconds. Then they run down to the surf and jump in to warm up!

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 85mm F1.8
• 85.0 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 8000

 

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It’s obviously rural. Very relaxing! At 6am on COOGEE beach there would be 800 people down there exercising and another 200 or so with cups of coffee sitting there waiting for sunrise.

On Thursdays and Sunday sunrise there are queues of Irish backpackers lined up to squat in large buckets of ice water for 60 seconds. Then they run down to the surf and jump in to warm up!

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Hey, Gary,
It must be much warmer there than here. I doubt we'll see bathing suits for another six weeks. There are, of course, a few hardy souls who swim even when the air temperature dips below freezing, but we never see them in the numbers in your photo.

 

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Super bright and harsh, contrasty light yesterday.

Enjoying the expanse at low tide.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 100

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Gaz]

I visit the beach every day. Never a dull moment!

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 83.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 320

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/3.5
• 1/15 sec
• ISO 320

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 240.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1000

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
• 240.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[Gaz]

During the week, a few moments apart..

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/3.2
• 7915/39575001 sec
• ISO 160

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
• 90.0 mm
• ƒ/3.2
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 160

 

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Working out at the beach in the early morning drizzle.
It was too bad about the volleyball net in the background. By the time I got to a better viewpoint, the coach had them doing another activity.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 3200

 

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4:50 a.m. today

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 40000

and the view the person is seeing in the phone

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/40 sec
• ISO 250

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

I love the silhouette with the bright phone, and that is a beautiful landscape to illustrate the phone screen

 

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Seagulls and teenagers at 6:10 a.m.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 500

 

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Just as the sun was rising

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 250

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 160

 

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• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 100

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 100

What do you think of the cropping in the first two? The third shot is to give you a sense of the overall setting. Check the top left and bottom right.

 

[Richard A]

I can’t fault any of those.