Jarrahdale Sunrise Shoot

posted Saturday, 03 June 2017, 20:10 (+0800), by Martin

self-portrait at dawn

Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @10mm, 1/2 sec, f/8, ISO100

Early on Easter Monday morning, I headed out to Jarrahdale with my oldest son and some friends, to photograph the sunrise at a little-known rock called Southern Split Rock.
It was only about 6.5 weeks ago, but it seems a lot longer than that, as so many things have happened since then.

After parking the car on a gravel road as close to the rock as we could, it took us about 1/2 hour to make our way through the bush by torch light, using Google Maps periodically to confirm we were heading in the correct direction (the split rock is located here).

panorama

Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @10mm, 1/200 sec, f/5, ISO400

Southern Split Rock

Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @22mm, 1/50 sec, f/5, ISO400

Later the same afternoon, 17 year old Laeticia "Teesh" Brouwer, a close friend and classmate of my oldest daughter, passed away after being attached by a shark while surfing in Esperance. This death had a big impact on our family, school community and church community.
Four weeks ago, I ended up in the emergency department at our local hospital after experiencing a thunderclap headache. After a few re-occurances of thunderclap headaches in the following week, I haven't had any more, but am I'm still having ongoing headaches. A CT scan and MRI haven't shown any abnormalities.
Three weeks ago, my father-in-law passed away after a ~7 month struggle with cancer. It was his 75th birthday, and a day before his 52nd wedding anniversary. His passing has also had a big impact on our family.

sunrise behind Dog Rock

Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Sony Xperia X Compact

We found our very own Dog Rock (there's a well-known Dog Rock in Albany, Western Australia; this one is definitely not as well known - and it's possible that these are the first photos of this rock to be publishes on the internet ;). It didn't look as good at ground level, and the photo below was taken from on top of a neighbouring rock.