Loi H Roberts, Submersion - St Kilda beach (PLACES 2026)

Taken with an Apple dual lens iphone camera mid-morning early summer 2025. This shot encompasses a mass submersing group on the perimeters of St Kilda beach inner city Melbourne. It was an irresistible shot taken with a very fast shutter 1/4400th of a second on an f/1.6 aperture lens. It responded well to a switch from intenser colour to Black and White using the Adobe Lightroom Classic’s profile given the pale blue summer shades of the Bay in bright sunlight. And contrasted with the miniature lighthouse for background shapes a good backdrop to the submersing group of younger Aussies.

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