Early Morning Beach Patrol Eastern Suburbs Sydney

Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club at dawn

Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm f3.5, ISO 200, 18mm, f3.5, 1/1600 sec

Early morning walkers taking in the ambience

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8, ISO 400, 70mm, f2.8, 1/3200 sec

Dawn patrol, Maroubra beach, the best waves are always when the lazy and hung over sleep

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8, ISO 400, 70mm, f2.8, 1/3200 sec

They just kept coming through like this, short but good shape and size

Nikon D300, Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8, ISO 400, 200mm, f2.8, 1/4000 sec

A closer inspection of the beach reveals hidden treasures, once glass but now not so sharp.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f8, 1/640 sec

Mother of Pearl fragment washed up as jetsum

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f8, 1/1000 sec

Seaweed flotsam

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f8, 1/500 sec

Small cuttlefish bone flotsam

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f8, 1/1000 sec

Beach jelly diamonds

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f8, 1/1000 sec

Just metres away in the dunes is a different environment.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f3.2, 1/2500 sec

A tiny dew encrusted flower on a low growing ground cover.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f8, 1/640 sec

An unopened flower pod nearby

Nikon D300, Nikkor 105mm f2.8, ISO 400, 105mm, f8, 1/200 sec