Observation Post silhouette

Point Peron, Rockingham, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @24mm, 3.2 sec, f/8, ISO100

On Christmas Eve, I headed out to Point Peron with a friend and my two boys, to shoot the sunset. Rather than shoot the sunset from the beach or rocks (as we have done several times previously - see here and here), we decided to climb the hill to the old Observation Post from WWII.

The Observation Post provided an interesting silhouette in front of the sunset colours in the sky.

sunset, as seen from inside the Observation Post

Point Peron, Rockingham, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @24mm, 1/50 sec, f/6.3, ISO400

As it got darker, we experimented with some light painting. The photo below shows my attempt at using a torch to light-paint some of the graffiti on the right hand side of the building.

graffiti on the Observation Post

Point Peron, Rockingham, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @22mm, 25 sec, f/9, ISO100

The photo below is from a little earlier in the evening. A random stranger was on top of the Observation Post, and provided an interesting silhouette as the sun got closer to the horizon.

silhouetted stranger on the Observation Post

Point Peron, Rockingham, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @24mm, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, ISO200