The late afternoon sun makes this lush Jindivick valley come to life.
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April 20, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, black and white, landscape photos, monochrome, photographer, photography | Tags: Australia, Australian, black and white, Jindivick, monochrome, photographer, photography, photos for sale, tree, valley | Leave a comment
A warm tropical pond in Port Douglas, Queensland.
This image taken with the Lumix LX3 camera. So far I’m very impressed with the LX3’s picture quality.
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April 20, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, compact camera, HDR, LX3, photographer, photography | Tags: Australia, Australian, LX3, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pond, tropical | 2 Comments
This image was taken at Sorrento beach shortly after the sun had dropped below the horizon.
The long exposure (30 seconds) smooths out the motion of the waves and gives the ocean a smooth, almost cloud like appearance. The pink hue is a remnant of the sunset.
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April 17, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, landscape photos, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, night photography, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, fog, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, night photography, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, seascape, Sorrento, sunset | Leave a comment
A surfer takes advantage of the last light of day at Sorrento to paddle out and catch one more wave.
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April 17, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, low light, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, seascape, skyscape, Sorrento, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, mornington peninsula, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento, sunset, surfer | Leave a comment
When no one was looking I climbed down off the official viewing platform and walked across a fallen tree trunk to capture this alternative view of the falls.
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April 15, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, bush walking, landscape photos, mist, motion blur, photographer, photography, river | Tags: Australia, Australian, photographer, photography, photos for sale, river, rockscape, Toorongo Falls, waterfall | Leave a comment
The sunsets near Neerim, Victoria, Australia as a typical autumn mist engulfs the local mountains.
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April 13, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, landscape photos, low light, mist, mountains, photographer, photography, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, fog, mist, mountainscape, Neerim, photographer, photography, photos for sale | Leave a comment
This sunset image taken at Blairgowrie beach, Australia, turned out to be much softer than I expected but I like the final result. The softness of the image is due to a build up of ocean salt spray on the lens filter.

April 3, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, filters, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, motion blur, photographer, photography, seascape, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ocean, ocean beach, photo filters, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunset | Leave a comment
A sunset taken at Blairgowrie beach, Australia.
I never get sick of visiting this ocean coastline along the Mornington Peninsula. The rocky landscape remains as a constant, however the continually changing sky and tide never fail to create a new captivating scene.
Generally the best time to visit this area are when the sunset corresponds with a low tide.
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April 1, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, mornington peninsula, night photography, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunset | 1 Comment

A sunset at Blairgowrie ocean beach, Australia.
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March 29, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, HDR, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape, skyscape, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, HDR, mornington peninsula, night photography, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunset | 4 Comments

A nighttime river scape image taken at Port Douglas, Australia, using the Lumix LX3.
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March 28, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, camera, compact camera, landscape photos, low light, LX3, night photography, photographer, photography, river | Tags: Australia, Australian, long exposure, LX3, night photography, port douglas, river, riverscape | Leave a comment
End of day at Sorrento beach, Australia.
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March 1, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, landscape photos, photographer, photography, seascape, Sorrento, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, mornington peninsula, night photography, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento, summer, sunset | 2 Comments
A monochrome sunset shot taken at Sorrento ocean beach.
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February 24, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, HDR, landscape photos, monochrome, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape, Sorrento, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, monochrome, mornington peninsula, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento, summer, sunset | Leave a comment
A glorious sunset taken at Sorrento ocean beach, Australia.
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February 23, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, landscape photos, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, seascape, Sorrento, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, mornington peninsula, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento, summer, sunset | 1 Comment
A sunset shot taken at Sorrento ocean beach, Australia.
This is one of my favorite areas to photograph when the tourist season has finished.
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February 22, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape, skyscape, Sorrento, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, mornington peninsula, night photography, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento, sunset | Leave a comment
The Australiana Tree is at SkyHigh on top of Mt Dandenong in Victoria.
The tree was apparently killed by a lightning strike several years ago then later sculpted by artist Leigh Conkie.
The two close up images of the carved tree were shot at night using the Lumix LX3 hand held at 1/30 and 1/20th of a second both at f2.8, ISO400. The tree was side lit by a large yellow spotlight.



February 20, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, compact camera, low light, LX3, night photography, photographer, photography, tree | Tags: Australia, Australian, compact camera, lightning, LX3, Mt Dandenong, night photography, photographer, photography, sculpture, SkyHigh, tree | Leave a comment

The Thought of True Angels
February 14, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, night photography, photographer, photography, skyscape | Tags: Australia, Australian, lunar, moon, night photography, photographer, photography, photos for sale | Leave a comment
The full moon pushes it’s way through clouds tainted by dust and smoke from Victoria’s bush fires.

February 10, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, night photography, photographer, photography | Tags: Australia, Australian, bushfire, moon, night photography, photographer, photography | 2 Comments
A monochrome HDR image taken at Blairgowrie beach, Australia.
The sun struggles through gathering storm clouds.

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January 25, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, HDR, monochrome, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, HDR, monochrome, mornington peninsula, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, seascape, summer | 1 Comment
An afternoon shot, taken at Blairgowrie ocean beach.

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January 24, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, landscape photos, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, mornington peninsula, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, seascape | 1 Comment
Sunset at Black Rock beach, Australia.
The Cerberus is the semi submerged rusting hull of a ship pictured just below the setting sun.

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January 20, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, photographer, photography, Port Phillip Bay, seascape, sunset | Tags: 2009 seascapes calendar, Australia, Australian, beach, Black Rock, Cerberus, photographer, photography, photos for sale, Port Phillip Bay, rocks, rockscape, seascape, shipwreck, sunset | 1 Comment
Some HDR tonemapped images of the Kilcunda trestle rail bridge, Australia.
There’s a wikipedia page for Kilcunda here.






January 17, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, HDR, monochrome, photographer, photography, river | Tags: Australia, bridge, HDR, Kilcunda, monochrome, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, trestle | 1 Comment
A rewarding excursion to the beautiful mouth of the Powlett River.

Image above – The Rush of the Powlett.
Just prior to the Powlett’s water reaching the ocean, the shallow flow speeds up, rippling at the surface and dancing over low obstacles.
The dunes in the background and the river bank on the right glow yellow-orange as the sun sinks low on the horizon.
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Image above – Ripples.
Evening at the mouth of the Powlett River.
The foreground rock and background dunes lit by the setting sun.
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Image above – The Magic Hour.
The orange glow from the setting sun catches the tops of the foreground rocks and the distant dunes at the mouth of the Powlett River, Australia.
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Image above – Looking towards the end of the Powlett River as it meets the ocean.

Image above – Last Rays at the Powlett.
Looking out across the river mouth to the setting sun.
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Image above – Near Journeys End.
The Powlett River nears the end of it’s journey as it winds it’s way through sand dunes towards it’s ultimate destination, the ocean.
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Image above – Powlett Sunset.
The sun sets as the Powlett River winds it’s way through the sand dunes.
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January 13, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, landscape photos, photographer, photography, river, rock pools, seascape, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, Powlett River, river, rockscape, seascape, sunset | 1 Comment
A dilapidated farm house on the Bass highway, near Bass, Australia.
If only this building could talk.
The Forgotten Haven

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The House of Lost Memories

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January 11, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, landscape photos, photography | Tags: Australia, Australian, decay, dilapidated building, farmhouse, old, photographer, photography, photos for sale | Leave a comment
The Archway to Yesterday – a seascape shot taken at Blairgowrie ocean beach as the sun drops below the horizon.

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January 9, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, photo website, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, mornington peninsula, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunset | 1 Comment
Eclipsed – a black and white seascape taken as the sun was setting at Rye ocean beach, Australia.

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January 8, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, monochrome, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, seascape, sunset | Tags: black and white, monochrome, mornington peninsula, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, Rye beach, seascape, sunset | Leave a comment
A black and white shot of the Aireys Inlet (Australia) lighthouse.

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December 22, 2008 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape photos, monochrome, photographer, photography | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, lighthouse, monochrome, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, seascape | Leave a comment
Sunset at Koonya beach, Blairgowrie, Australia.

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December 22, 2008 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, landscape photos, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape, sunset | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, mornington peninsula, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, seascape, sunset | Leave a comment
This black and white image demonstrates the explosion of forces as a Bass Strait wave strikes bedrock along the Victorian coastline.
I was using a 10-20mm lens here so the saying “objects are closer than they appear” applies here.

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A few minutes later I was hit by this sweet thing pictured below. You’ll need to excuse the motion blur as I panicked and tried to move the camera out of harms way as the wave hit us.

We, (the camera and I), were both soaked by this Bass Strait “back hander”. At this stage, a couple of days later, both the camera (Canon 40D) and the lens (Sigma 10-20mm) are still working. I must be blessed by the camera gods because this isn’t the first time we’ve had a salt water soaking.
December 20, 2008 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, monochrome, motion blur, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape | Tags: Bass Strait, photography, slap down | 1 Comment
A monochrome sunset photo taken at Rye ocean beach, Australia.

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December 14, 2008 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape photos, monochrome, mornington peninsula, photographer, photography, seascape, sunset | Tags: black and white, monochrome, Rye beach, seascape | 1 Comment
A six minute exposure taken at night, aperture f11, iso 100 on Blairgowrie beach.
The long exposure reveals the apparent path of objects around the south celestial pole and also transforms the motion of the rough ocean waves into a soft mist.

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December 11, 2008 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, HDR, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, motion blur, night photography, photography, seascape | Tags: Australian, Blairgowrie, long exposure, night photography, seascape | 2 Comments