Another sunrise expedition to the groynes at Balnarring Beach on Western Port Bay. This time we visited the straight groynes on the beach near the general store.
The image above was shot just before the sun broke through the clouds on the horizon. It’s a 2 second exposure, slightly smoothing the surface details in the water.
Pictured above – A short exposure as the sun breaks through the clouds. I liked the way the reflected sun rays were glinting off the waves and the foreground sand.
Pictured above – As the sun rises higher in the sky, one of the groynes becomes beautifully side lit by the warming rays. This is a short exposure (1/20 sec f/18 iso100) shot with the camera way down low almost resting on the sand.
Pictured above – Friend Jason preparing for his next shot as the sky lights up.
December 19, 2016 | Categories: clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, sunrise, travel, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Balnarring Beach, filters, images, Jason Cincotta, Jim Worrall, mornington peninsula, photography, photos, pictures, seascape, sunrise, travel, Western Port Bay | 1 Comment
Cowrie beach sits alongside The Nobbies, a popular tourist attraction on Phillip Island. The beach is home to lots of penguins and other sea birds, and is a beautifully rugged piece of coastline.
Pictured below – The view from Cowrie beach looking towards The Nobbies.
Tech stuff – 5 seconds f/11 using an ND500 filter.
Pictured below – The rugged rocky coastline of Cowrie beach, looking away from The Nobbies.
Tech stuff – 2 seconds f/9 ISO100 using an ND500 filter.
….and finally for some Christmas fun. The great thing about long exposure photography is that you never quite know what you’ll catch. 🙂
December 18, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Christmas, clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: black and white, Cowrie Beach, Jim Worrall, long exposure, ND filter, ND500, Phillip Island, seascape, The Nobbies | Leave a comment
A couple of dawn shots from the zig-zag groyne at Balnarring Beach on Western Port Bay.
Tech stuff – 10 secs, f/8, iso 100, using a 10 stop and 4 stop soft grad ND filter.
For those who might be interested in photographing the groyne, it’s easily accessible. Park at the end of Seawind Rd, Balnarring Beach. It’s a short walk down to the beach then turn right. There are also a few straight groynes off to the left.
Tech stuff – 13 secs, f/8, 10 stopper and 4 stop soft grad.
November 29, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, sunrise, travel, Westernport Bay | Tags: Balnarring, excursion, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mornington peninsula, ND filters, photographer, photography, sunrise, Western Port Bay | Leave a comment
A wave explodes against rocks at Bore beach, San Remo. To access Bore beach park at the end of Potters Hill Rd and follow the stairs down onto the beach.
Tech stuff – 0.8 secs f/8 ND400 filter.
October 23, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: Bass Coast, black and white, bore beach, images, Jim Worrall, long exposure, ND filters, ND400, photos, pictures, prints, San Remo, seascape | Leave a comment
Picture above – A long exposure image from Montforts beach, Blairgowrie, on the Mornington Peninsula. Montforts beach can be accessed from the carpark at the end of Spray Point Road, Blairgowrie. Take the path to the left.
Tech stuff – 10 secs f/13 using a 10 stop solid ND filter and a 4 stop soft grad.
Picture above – A long exposure shot of the Bunny Rock’s close companions at Montforts beach.
Tech stuff -30 secs f/11 using a 10 stop solid ND + 4 stop soft grad filter.
October 22, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: black and white, Blairgowrie, bunny rock, Jim Worrall, long exposure, montforts beach, mornington peninsula, rabbit rock, seascape | Leave a comment
A long exposure shot taken near sunset at Tenby Point on Western Port Bay.
Tech stuff – 123 secs at f/16 using a 10 stop solid ND and 4 stop grad ND filter.
October 1, 2016 | Categories: Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mangroves, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, sunset, travel, tree | Tags: Jim Worrall, long exposure, ND filters, seascape, sunset, Tenby Point, Western Port Bay | 2 Comments
An early morning long exposure from Point King, Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 30 seconds at f/8 using an ND400 filter.
September 30, 2016 | Categories: Australia, clouds, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, sunrise | Tags: beach, jetty, long exposure, mornington peninsula, ND filter, ND400, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, seascape, sunrise | Leave a comment
A long exposure image from Montforts beach, Blairgowrie, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 30 seconds at f/13 using an ND400 filter.
September 30, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, filters, images, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, filters, images, long exposure, montforts beach, mornington peninsula, ND400, ocean, photos, pictures | Leave a comment
A couple of long exposure images from Bridgewater Bay, Blairgowrie, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Picture below – a 20 second exposure at f/16 using a Hoya ND400 filter.
Picture below – A random visitor on the beach stands relatively still under the “bridge”offering some size perspective during a 13 second exposure .
Tech stuff – 13 secs f/9 ND400
September 11, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, excursion, images, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
A long exposure sunrise image from Sullivan Bay, Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula. The iconic jetty has recently started to fall to bits. I suspect she wont be around much longer. 
Tech stuff – 25 seconds f/18 ND400 filter.
September 11, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, Sorrento, sunrise, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, images, jetty, Jim Worrall, landscape, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, seascape, Sorrento | 2 Comments
Pulpit Rock at Cape Schanck, on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 2.5 secs f/20, 4 stop soft grad – tonemapped image.
May 7, 2016 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Cape Schanck, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filter, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pulpit rock, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
Tenby Point is a coastal village sitting on the eastern side of Western Port Bay, about half way between Grantville and Corinella. The jetty remnants are best visited near high tide when water surrounds the base of the posts. When the tide recedes here it goes WAY out leaving the posts sitting in an unattractive bed of mud.
Tech stuff for the image below – 260 secs at f/13, ND400 + ND8 filters.
Tech stuff for the image below – 205 secs at f/14, ND400 + ND8 filters.
May 2, 2016 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, sea, seascape, travel, Westernport Bay | Tags: Australia, Australian, black and white, Jim Worrall, long exposure, monochrome, ND400, photographer, photography, pictures, seascape, Tenby Point, Western Port Bay | 2 Comments
The “splash zone” at Bushrangers Bay, near Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 15 secs f/14 ISO100 with an ND400 filter
May 1, 2016 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, bush walking, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Bushrangers Bay, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | 3 Comments
A long exposure shot from Shelley (Shelly) beach in Portsea.
Tech stuff – 180 secs f/18, 10 stop solid ND + 4 stop soft grad ND.
April 28, 2016 | Categories: Australia, beach, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: jetty, long exposure, mornington peninsula, ND filters, NiSi, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, Shelley beach, shelly beach | 1 Comment
Sometimes we don’t realize what we have until we view it through different eyes.
Warneet sunset 10-04-16
Tech stuff – 60 secs @ f/16, 10 stop solid ND + 4 stop soft grad.
April 28, 2016 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, camera, clouds, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, mangroves, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, sea, seascape, skyscape, sunset, travel, tree, Westernport Bay | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, long exposure, motion blur, photographer, photography, pictures, seascape, warneet, Western Port Bay | Leave a comment
Last weekend we had our ND group excursion for beginners. It was a great turnout with lots of enthusiastic people attending. We started shooting at Bridgewater Bay in Sorrento in very difficult conditions with the wind blowing a continuous mist of fine rain onto our lenses. I was both surprised and delighted that so many people stayed and had the patience to put up with these conditions, …..such a dedicated bunch. 🙂 Many thanks to Jason Cincotta and Michael Stringer for assisting with so many ND newcomers.
Later we moved onto the front beaches at Point King, Sorrento, followed by Shelley beach, Portsea , both providing us with much more friendly shooting conditions.
Pictured below – Point King jetty. Tech stuff – 132 secs f/18.
Pictured below – Shelley beach, Portsea. Tech stuff – 60 secs f/18.
Pictured below – Shelley beach, Portsea. Tech stuff – 136 sec f/18. 10 stop ND + 4 stop soft grad.
Pictured below – Most of the crew from the group excursion, Bridgewater Bay.
April 21, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, Sorrento, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Bridgewater Bay, excursion, Jason Cincotta, Jim Worrall, long exposure, Michael Stringer, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filter, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, seascape, Sorrento | Leave a comment
For those unfamiliar with groynes, a groyne is a low wall or timber barrier built out into the sea from a beach to prevent erosion.
On a previous visit to photograph this groyne the tide was unexpectedly low and yielded images that weren’t quite what we were looking for. This time I made sure to arrive at peak high tide and waited for the tide to recede and reveal just enough of the groyne to catch these images.
A local resident told me that the zig-zagging planks aren’t always visible and that they’re sometimes completely covered by sand with only the posts exposed.
For those who might be interested in photographing the groyne, it’s easily accessible. Park at the end of Seawind Rd, Balnarring Beach. It’s a short walk down to the beach then turn right.
Tech stuff – 25 secs @ f/9 using a 10 stop solid + 4 stop soft ND grad + polarizer.
Tech stuff for the image below – 13 secs f/9, NiSi 10 stop solid + 4 stop soft grad + polarizer.
April 10, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, Balnarring, beach, black and white, Jim Worrall, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filter, NiSi, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape | 4 Comments
A long exposure shot from the base of Jubilee Point at Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 4 secs at f/16 using an ND400 filter.
April 5, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, sea, seascape, Sorrento, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Jim Worrall, Jubilee Point, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento | Leave a comment
A couple of long exposure photos from the beautifully serene beach at Tenby Point on Western Port Bay
Pictured above – The iconic tree “Ol’ Woody” and his mate, …… blowing in the wind at Tenby Point. Tech stuff – 30 secs f/20 ND400.
Pictured above – Erosion prevention (I’m guessing), at Tenby Point.
Tech stuff – 30 secs f/10 ND400.
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March 31, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, images, long exposure, mangroves, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel, Uncategorized, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, long exposure, monochrome, motion blur, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape | 3 Comments
A daytime long exposure photo from Sullivan Bay, Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 66 secs f/13 using ND400 + ND8 filters.
Jetty at Sullivan Bay, Sorrento.
March 31, 2016 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, Sorrento, travel, Uncategorized | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ND8, ocean, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pier, Port Phillip Bay, seascape, Sorrento | Leave a comment
Ahh, ….the serenity. Some daytime long exposure shots from one of the groynes at Balnarring beach on Western Port Bay.
Above image – 0.8 secs f/16.
Above image – 65 secs f/16 ND400+ND8.
Above image – 55 secs f/16.
February 26, 2016 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel, Uncategorized | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, Balnarring, beach, black and white, long exposure, motion blur, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, Western Port Bay | 2 Comments
Some images from the wild n’woolly waters of Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula.
Above – Behind the scenes.
Above – Behind the scenes.
September 28, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Cape Schanck, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | 6 Comments
Following are some images from an excursion to the wild coastline at Bushrangers Bay on the Mornington Peninsula.
I highly recommend the 3km hike from the carpark at Cape Schanck lighthouse to Bushrangers Bay. The scenic track follows the coastline along clifftops and through bush.
The best time to visit Bushrangers Bay is at low tide which allows access to the rugged rock formations.
2.5 secs f/8 using an ND400 filter.
4 secs f/8 using an ND400 filter.
Pictured above, my friend Alan lining up his next shot at Bushrangers Bay.
Pulpit Rock at Cape Schanck can be see on the horizon.
September 27, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, bush walking, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm | Tags: Alan Wright, art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Bushrangers Bay, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
13 seconds f/8
September 14, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, sunset, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, jetty, landscape, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, seascape | Leave a comment
A collection of long exposure images from St Andrews Beach on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula.
10 seconds, f/13, iso100.
30 secs, f/18, iso 100.
15 seconds, f/14, iso100.
48 seconds, f/8, iso200.
August 30, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, St Andrews Beach | Leave a comment
A wave explodes against rocks at Cowrie Beach on Phillip Island. 1/60th second at f/8.
August 11, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Cowrie Beach, images, landscape, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ocean, ocean beach, Phillip Island, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, winter | Leave a comment
Sailors Falls is a beautiful spot just a few kilometres south of Daylesford on the Ballan-Daylesford Rd.
We were lucky enough to catch the falls with a decent flow of water going over the edge.
August 4, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, bush, bush walking, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, river | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, river, rocks, rockscape, waterfall, waterfalls, winter | Leave a comment
Sunrise at Koonya beach in Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula.
July 19, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, excursion, images, landscape, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, motion blur, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, sunrise, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, images, Koonya beach, landscape, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunrise | Leave a comment
A series of long exposure images from The Blowhole Track at Flinders back beach on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula..
Tech info – 360 sec f/8 iso 200
Tech info – 30 secs f/14 iso100
The Blowhole Track – Flinders.
20 secs f/11 iso100
Following are a couple of shorter exposures –
Tech info – 1.3 secs f/8 iso100
0.4 sec f/8 iso100
June 11, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, back beach, black and white, Blowhole Track, flinders, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
Ol’Woody is a popular mangrove tree at Tenby Point on Western Port Bay.
In this image the reflection in the water has been enhanced by smoothing the surface ripples using a 180 second exposure time made possible with dark ND filters.
June 8, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mangroves, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel, tree, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, landscape, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, Tenby Point, westernport bay, winter | 1 Comment
Above – Behind the scenes.
Above – Behind the scenes.
4 secs f/8 using an ND400 filter.
Photography by Jim Worrall 