Moonrise at Shelley Beach – Portsea
The moon rises over the calm waters of Shelley Beach, Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 13 sec, f/8, ISO100
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Shelley Beach Jetty – Portsea
A sunset long exposure image from one of the Shelley Beach jetties on the Mornington Peninsula.
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Queenscliff Pier
Queenscliff Pier.
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Technical details – 30 sec, f/16, ISO50, using a 10 stop solid ND and 4 stop soft grad filter.
Queenscliff Pier.
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Technical details – 25 secs, f/11, ISO50, using a 10 stop solid ND and 4 stop soft grad filter.
Safety Beach – The Jetty and the Pipes
A couple of long exposure images from Safety Beach on the Mornington Peninsula.
Pictured below – The “gun barrel” shot, looking along the Safety Beach jetty out to sea.
Tech stuff – 13 secs, f/20, ISO 50, 10 stop solid + 4 stop grad ND filters.
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Pictured below – The view from alongside the jetty looking out to sea.
Tech stuff – 30 secs, f/14, ISO 50, ND400 filter.
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Pictured below – The Pipes on Safety Beach. They’re either twin stormwater outlets or torpedo tubes, …..I suspect the former rather than the latter.
Tech stuff – 30 secs, f/20, ISO 50, ND400 filter.
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Dromana Pier – Mornington Peninsula
Some long exposure shots from the pier at Dromana beach on the Mornington Peninsula.
Pictured below – The view from the shore end of the pier, looking out to sea as clouds roll in obscuring the afternoon sun.
Tech stuff – 15 seconds, f/20, ISO 50, ND400 filter.
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Pictured below – A long exposure shot from under the pier.
Tech stuff – 13 seconds, f/13, ISO50, ND400 filter.
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Pictured below – A long exposure side shot of the Dromana pier.
Tech stuff – 8 seconds, f/13, ISO 50, ND400 filter.
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Shelley Beach Sunset – Portsea
A long exposure image of a cloudless sunset at Shelley Beach, Portsea, on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 30 sec, f/16, ISO 100, using a 10 stop solid + 4 stop soft grad filter.
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Shelley Beach – Portsea
Some long exposure jetty images from a recent visit to Shelley Beach, Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 6 sec, f/10, ISO100, ND400 filter.
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Tech stuff – 20 sec, f/18, ISO 100, ND400 filter.
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Tech stuff – 15 sec, f/20, ISO100, 10 stop solid + 4 stop grad filters.
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Safety Beach Jetty
Pictured below, a storm rolls across Port Phillip Bay whipping up waves and sending them onto Mornington Peninsula bayside beaches. This image is from the Safety Beach jetty. Tech stuff – 0.8 sec, f/10, ISO400, ND400 filter.
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Pictured below, a behind the scenes shot.
Sunset at North Road Jetty – Brighton
An unexpected explosion of colour over the North Road jetty at Brighton.
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Sunset at Safety Beach
Some long exposure sunset shots from Safety Beach jetty on the Mornington Peninsula.
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The image above is available to purchase as a print in many forms and sizes here.
The image above is available to purchase as a print here.
The image above is available to purchase as a print here.
Sullivan Bay jetty – Sorrento
Following the destruction and subsequent rebuilding of this iconic jetty at Sullivan Bay, it took a few visits here for me to catch it in favourable light.
This is a long exposure of 204 seconds on a cloudy day giving nice diffused light.
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Sunset at Seaford Pier
Most photography enthusiasts will know this feeling. It’s a gamble, … it’s half an hour before sunset, … and there’s half an hour travel involved. The clouds may or maybe not behave.
Luckily on this occasion the gamble paid off with a beaut sunset at Seaford pier. 🙂
Pictured above, the sunset went off like a charm. This image is available to purchase as a print in many forms and sizes here at Redbubble.
Pictured above, just prior to the sun dropping below the horizon a break in the clouds allows beautiful long shadows to be cast across the sand. This image is available to purchase as a print here at Redbubble.
Pictured above, a great behind the scenes shot, courtesy of Sally.
Safety Beach jetty sunsets
A few long exposure sunset images from the jetty at Safety Beach on the Mornington Peninsula.
A great spot to relax and watch the clouds roll across Port Phillip Bay.
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The image above, “Safety Beach Sunset” is available to purchase as a print here.
A Sunset at Olivers Hill – Frankston
Last weekend we visited the new jetty at Olivers Hill in Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula. As the sun dropped down towards the horizon the sky exploded in a way that we really didn’t expect. It seems that predicting a colourful sunset in Melbourne is a bit like predicting the outcome of a coin toss. 🙂 These are short exposure shots using my phone camera as I left the “big boy”at home.
In the image above, the glowing red “eyes” and silhouette of a small drone can be seen hovering near the top edge towards the left of frame. The constant buzzing noise from these little buggers can ruin an otherwise tranquil atmosphere, …but hopefully the owner captured some great scenes from up there. 🙂
Sunrise at Point King – Portsea
An early morning long exposure from Point King, Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 30 seconds at f/8 using an ND400 filter.
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Sunrise at Sullivan Bay – Sorrento
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.
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Shelley beach jetty
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.
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Shelley beach and Point King – ND group excursion
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. This photo is available to buy as a print in many forms here.
Pictured below – Shelley beach, Portsea. Tech stuff – 60 secs f/18. This photo is available to buy as a print in many forms here.
Pictured below – Shelley beach, Portsea. Tech stuff – 136 sec f/18. 10 stop ND + 4 stop soft grad. This photo is available to purchase as a print here.
Pictured below – Most of the crew from the group excursion, Bridgewater Bay.
Sullivan Bay – Sorrento
A daytime long exposure photo from Sullivan Bay, Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 66 secs f/13 using ND400 + ND8 filters.
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Jetty at Sullivan Bay, Sorrento.
Seaford pier – Up before the dawn
Images from a pre-dawn trip to Seaford pier with friends from the ND400 Long Exposure group on Facebook. We arrived in the pitch black of early morning, ….a VERY unusual time for me, ….and waited for the sun to rise.
As the sun slowly rose behind us pastel colours appeared in the sky.
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A long exposure image from under Seaford pier.
The morning was finished nicely with a civilized hot breakfast at the pier cafe. 🙂
Fire in the Night – Mentone Groyne
A long exposure image taken at Mentone beach just after sunset.
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Return to Mentone Groyne
A couple of long exposure images from the groyne on the beach at Mentone near the pub.
Signal – Ricketts Point
A marker on the outermost edge of the rock shelf at Ricketts Point beach in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
Catching the Instagram Train
The photography community seems to be polarized over the use of phone cameras and associated filter programs such as Instagram.
I must admit to being slow to travel down the “phone and filter” path and have only recently decided to give it a go to see what all the noise is about.
Since giving it a trial run I must admit that the use of Instagram and other similar programs has reintroduced a fresh and fun aspect to my photography.
Pictured below – Rye Pier.
I find it refreshingly simple to just pull out my phone, click, process and even publish the image so quickly.
I also enjoy being forced to rethink my compositions into a square format after being conditioned by years of using a 3×2 SLR format.
Pictured below – A foggy morning at Tooradin foreshore.
Admittedly I’ve had to resist the urge to “pixel peep” at the noise and visual anomalies created by some of the clunky filters.
This will never replace my SLR photography but I reckon it will complement it nicely. Phone photography has definitely introduced a fresh fun aspect to my photo life.
Pictured below – Mt Martha beach.
A Stroll on Shelley beach – Portsea
A couple of images from a recent stroll on Shelley beach, Porstsea, Victoria.
It was one of those great days for photography. The clouds were very heavy causing a nice subdued light.
The threat of impending rain also meant I had the beach to myself, ……nice. 🙂
Sorrento to Queenscliff
The day started out well with brunch in Sorrento at the Buckley’s Chance restaurant with friends Christine and Caroline.
After being suitably fueled by brunch we strolled to the other end of town and boarded the Sorrento-Queenscliff Ferry for the short trip across the mouth of Port Phillip Bay to Queenscliff.
On arrival we departed the ferry to see what photographic treasures we could find along the beach.
Pictured below – Queenscliff Pier, shot in the early afternoon using an ND400 filter to extend the exposure time and soften the waves.
Pictured below – Evidence of Dredge, a pipeline from the offshore dredger snakes it way past heavy posts buried in the sand at the shoreline. The waves softened to a mist by the use of long exposure time.
Pictured below, an unusual long exposure action shot of the ferry departing the Queenscliff beach on one of it’s many return journeys to Sorrento.
Pictured below – Caroline and Chris explore the beach with a ship load of onlookers viewing from the top deck of the ferry.
Intervals of Time – book release.
18 months after releasing my first book I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finally finished my second book and published it through Blurb.
Intervals of Time – front cover.
The 40 page collection explores Australian land and seascapes using long exposure photographic techniques to capture textures and patterns hidden in fluid motion.
The book is printed on Blurb’s premium lustre finish paper.
Intervals of Time – rear cover.
If you’d like to thumb through the book with a virtual preview of all it’s pages go here.
The Mentone Groyne
The Mentone groyne is located on Mentone beach just south of the Mentone pub. In the past this groyne has been incorrectly referred to as the “Old Mentone jetty” by myself and others. There’s off road parking close to the groyne but unfortunately the local council here tries to screw you over with a three dollar per hour parking fee.
All of the following images were taken using an ND400 filter to extend the exposure time and smooth out the waves on the water.
Below – Running West – Mentone Groyne
On the afternoon I visited the groyne it was almost high tide so these photos are only showing the very top bits of the structure above the water. Next time I visit I’ll be making sure I arrive during a low tide when the structure appears more like a series of small arches. I think that would be worth getting wet feet for. 🙂
Below – Charging into the Night.
Below – an overview of the groyne.
On the walk back to the carpark, some kind of territorial dispute erupted amongst these seagulls on a small rocky island just offshore. The image below doesn’t properly convey the ensuing ruckus but it was quite impressive to watch a little bit of nature’s drama playing out in front of me.
Below – Lord of the Gulls – ruckus on the rock.
The bollard, the boat, the buoy and the beginning of a rainbow.
Saturday’s excursion was down towards the pointy end of the Mornington Peninsula.
After a hearty lunch of fish ‘n chips on Dromana beach, it was off to Sorrento for a cappuccino and also check out the surf conditions on the ocean side.
On arrival at the back-beach the surf was violent and unruly, fueled by a ferocious onshore wind.
I’ve tried to capture long exposure images under these conditions a couple of times before and come away from the experience with disappointing results. A howling wind always manages to soften my long exposure images regardless of tripod technique.
With this in mind I resigned myself to exploring the calmer more docile side of Sorrento, the bay side. The view from the beach here was quite nice with small boats bobbing and wobbling around in the water. I took a few shots of the little boats but couldn’t find anything particularly satisfying so I moved my attention to the huge bollards near the pier.
Pictured below – Bollard.
Above – In this image the huge concrete bollard remains motionless whilst surrounded by the blurred movement of waves on the water. It’s nearby neighbors, the boat and the buoy wobble and rock in compliance with the waves. I used a high key effect to eliminate some distracting elements from the background. Both ND400 and ND8 neutral density filters were attached to the lens to achieve the desired long exposure under fairly bright conditions.
Pictured below – The Sorrento Bollards.
Above – The massive bollards are used to assist with holding the Queenscliff-Sorrento ferry in place at the pier during the exchange of passengers and cars.
After shooting the bollards, mother nature tried to grow me a rainbow. The left and right ends of the rainbow were developing nicely and gradually growing skywards then suddenly fizzled into nothingness.
Pictured below – the left end of the incomplete rainbow.
Pictured below – the right end of the incomplete rainbow.
Photography by Jim Worrall 