Jetty remnants at The Dell at Clifton Springs in Victoria, Australia.
November 7, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Clifton Springs, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, seascape, The Dell | 1 Comment
Firstly just a quick note to let you know that I’ve updated the blog to give it a whole new look and most importantly it will now allow me to display larger images on the page. Screen sizes and resolutions have changed dramatically since I first started the blog several years ago. I’m sure you’ll agree that larger images is a step in the right direction.
The following images are from a morning trip down to Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula.
Now for some fun shots. The two images below were taken by my friend Stephen. He managed to catch a couple of golden moments in time where the waves got the better of me.
November 4, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, Sorrento, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, buy, for sale, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, posters, seascape, Sorrento | 3 Comments
Sunset at Corinella. Taken near the French island ferry docking point.
October 30, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, skyscape, sunset, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, buy, Corinella, for sale, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, sunset, westernport bay | 3 Comments
It was a fine day with fluffy white clouds scooting along on the breeze. It didn’t take long for me to convince myself to go down along the coast and play with some dark ND filters.
Below – The old jetty remnants at Cat Bay, Phillip Island.
Below – The old jetty remants at Cat Bay, Phillip Island.
Below – Summerlands beach, Phillip Island. I was lucky to catch this one with no footprints near it since this is a popular stretch of beach for the locals to wander on.
Below – Red Rocks beach, Ventnor, Phillip Island.
Below – Red Rocks beach, Ventnor, Phillip Island.
Below – Red Rocks beach, Ventnor, Phillip Island.
Below – Some old jetty remnants at Grantville beach, shot at dusk on the way home.
October 23, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, grantville, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, Phillip Island, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Summerlands, Ventnor, westernport bay | Leave a comment
We had arrived just in time. The high tide was starting to recede giving us easy access to the beach yet there was still enough water covering the base of the jetty posts.
If you arrive at this destination at the wrong time you’ll find sticks in mud.
Below – Two images of the Tenby Point jetty remnants.
Pictured below – On the way back to the car park the water had receded enough to reveal the tangled root system on this Tenby Point icon.
October 8, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, excursion, filters, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mangroves, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, mangrove, mangroves, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Tenby Point, tree, westernport bay | 4 Comments
A few images of the rock formations at the Number Sixteen beach at Rye.
Pictured below – The Dragon’s Head rock, initially named by a local with a fertile imagination.
Below – The Pod, ….well I had to call it something since all of the good names like Dragon’s Head had already been snapped up.
Below – Water flows off the rocky plateaus returning to the ocean.
Click to enlarge.
Below – A couple of images of my friend lining up his gear for the money shots.
October 7, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, images, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, seascape | 2 Comments
Some afternoon long exposure images from Sorrento back beach on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. The foreground rocks are submerged at high tide and are gradually revealed as the tide goes out. A long exposure time is used to smooth out the ocean waves into a mist.
September 22, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sorrento | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, landscape, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento | Leave a comment
In mid July I tried something new. I arranged a photography excursion to the Pinnacles at Phillip Island and posted the idea on Facebook as a public event. By August 4th, the day of the excursion, there were 16 people confirmed as going and a few more “maybes”.
I had a realistic expectation that perhaps half of those who had confirmed would actually show up on the day. Imagine my surprise when all who had confirmed actually DID show up at the meeting place.
It was the start of a wonderful excursion with like-minded people, most of whom I had never actually met before and I only knew via Facebook.
We couldn’t have asked for a better day in the middle of a Melbourne winter. Both the weather and tides worked in our favour and all of the participants seemed to come away from the day pleased with the experience.
Following are snapshots of some of the participants enjoying the day at the Pinnacles beach. If you have a Facebook account you can view more images from the event here.
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September 1, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, excursion, landscape, landscape photos, monochrome, ND filters, ND400, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, Uncategorized | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, images, landscape, long exposure, monochrome, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, Phillip Island, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Pinnacles, seascape, winter | Leave a comment
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.
July 13, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, compact camera, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, mornington peninsula, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, sea, seascape, sunset, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, fun, images, Instagram, jetty, landscape, mornington peninsula, Mount Martha, Mt Martha, ocean, ocean beach, phone camera, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, sunset, Tooradin, westernport bay, winter | Leave a comment
On the way back home from a recent excursion to Cape Liptrap we stopped off at the mouth of the Powlett River.
I had just enough time to catch this image before the rain started to pour down hard.
July 9, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, river, rock pools, sea, seascape | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Gippsland, images, Kilcunda, landscape, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Powlett River, river, seascape | 2 Comments
Exploring Cape Liptrap turned out to be one of the most physically punishing excursions of recent times. The excitement of climbing up and down steep coastlines and rock hopping around the breaking surf tends to distract one from the punishment that the old leg muscles are receiving.
As I write this blog post, three whole days have passed since the excursion and my legs are still a bit wonky. 🙂
Pictured below – A long exposure black and white image of Cape Liptrap Lighthouse.
On the day we visited the cape, mother nature provided us with a sky full of interesting fast moving cloud, great for long exposure work.
If you’d like to see an alternative colour version you can see one here.
Pictured below – Cape Liptrap lighthouse captured with a 10-20mm wide angle lens. When I was processing the image I initially corrected the wide angle image distortion but then the image seemed to lose something so i decided to leave the distortion in.
Pictured below – A long exposure image of surf crashing onto rocks along a section of the Cape Liptrap coastline.
Pictured below – A view from along the west coast of Cape Liptrap.
And now for some snapshots –
John sitting on the cliff contemplating his next shot.
Me sitting on the cliff overlooking the pointy end of Cape Liptrap.
CSI officer John investigating the mortal remains of unspecified creature.
Me struggling up the steep banks of the coastline at Cape Liptrap.
July 4, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Cape Liptrap, excursion, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, winter | 2 Comments
A few images from the beautiful Lake King at Metung in Victoria.
The silence of the motionless lake waters only occasionally broken by the sound of a cormorant diving for fish.
Serenity at it’s best. I’m coming back here again!
June 23, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, images, landscape, landscape photos, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, travel, tree | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, cormorant, images, lake, Lake King, landscape, Metung, monochrome, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, serenity, silence, winter | 1 Comment
When visiting Mystery Bay in New South Wales I found this wonderful cove full of dark rocks. The cove is open to the ocean and is constantly hammered by incoming waves.
A long exposure here creates a nice contrast of textures between the rough jagged rocks and the softness of the mist created by the motion of the waves.
June 20, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, filters, fog, HDR, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, cove, HDR, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, motion blur, Mystery Bay, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, winter | 2 Comments
The beach at west Cape Conran offers an almost alien landscape populated with a huge array of highly eroded rocks. The jetty and boat ramp look out of place in this environment and so they tend to become the feature subjects of photographers who visit the site.
If you cant visit this site at sunset I’d recommend visiting during a day of high surf activity. The large waves crashing into these rocks create a really impressive scene.
I’m definitely going to revisit this location when I get the chance. There’s a lot to explore here.
June 17, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, HDR, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, sunset, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Cape Conran, coast, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, Marlo, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunset, winter | Leave a comment
A series of images from Marlo in Victoria where the mighty Snowy River meets Bass Strait.
The softening of the ocean waves in the background is achieved by the use of heavy ND filtering.
June 14, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, river, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, landscape, long exposure, Marlo, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, river, seascape, Snowy River, winter | Leave a comment
I was fortunate to stay in the town of Narooma in New South Wales for a couple of days on a recent trip up the coast.
Narooma is home to some interesting natural rock formations along the ocean beach. When combined with some great surf the photo opportunities are plentiful.
And finally, a man made rockscape in Narooma, the Wagonga Inlet.
June 13, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, motion blur, Narooma, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, sea, seascape, Wagonga Inlet, waves, winter | Leave a comment
Following are a couple of long exposure images from Mossy Point near Broulee in New South Wales.
The images were taken in bright daylight using heavy ND filtering to slow the camera’s shutter speed.
June 7, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, storm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Broulee, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, Mossy Point, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, New South Wales, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, winter | Leave a comment
A few images from Walkerville South beach at low tide.
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June 3, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, HDR, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, HDR, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Walkerville, winter | 1 Comment
The splendid view from Bushrangers Bay looking west just a few minutes before a drenching downpour.
Cape Schanck’s Pulpit Rock is on the horizon near the center of the image.
Click on the image to enlarge.
May 29, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, flinders, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, storm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Bushrangers Bay, flinders, landscape, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | 1 Comment
A long exposure image of the surf pounding away at Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula.
This place is always a wonderful reminder to me of the power of the ocean. Visiting the rock shelves here is truly exhilarating.
May 28, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, flinders, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, Bass Strait, beach, flinders, landscape, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | 1 Comment
It was one of those days that I’ll remember for a long time.
Whilst shooting on a rocky plateau at Tea Tree Creek beach at Flinders I carelessly let my guard down.
An unusually high rogue wave struck the face of the plateau and poured down upon me.
My workhorse camera, the Canon 40D, had experienced some salt water splash in the past but nothing like this.
Today was the day he ingested way too much salt water. He coughed and spluttered, ….and died.
Luckily my wide angle lens seems to have survived the ordeal with only some minor salt water spots inside the focal range window. The glass inside seems to be clear,…PHEW!
These images were thankfully retrieved from the camera’s memory card despite it’s convulsions.
April 6, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, filters, flinders, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, flinders, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | 6 Comments
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. 🙂
March 31, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, 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, Portsea, seascape, Shelley beach | 2 Comments
Following are a series of images from Queensferry, on Western Port Bay, demonstrating the area’s vast difference in appearance between high tide and low tide. The high tide images were taken using my 40D with heavy ND filtering.
The low tide images were captured a week earlier (as reference photos) using my phone camera and post processed using an Android app called Retro Camera.
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March 3, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, tree, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Queensferry, seascape, tides, westernport bay | 4 Comments
A high tide view of the docking station at Corinella. This is where the French Island barge docks to transfer vehicles and passengers to and from the mainland.
Below – Old Man of the Sea, an old mangrove tree just a stone’s throw away from the docking station.
March 3, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape, long exposure, mangroves, mist, monochrome, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, tree, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Corinella, French Island, jetty, landscape, long exposure, mangrove, mist, monochrome, ND filters, ND400, ocean, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, westernport bay | Leave a comment
The entrance to the track begins where Tea Tree Creek meets the Boneo Road.
The mowed walking path follows a gentle slope downhill alongside the creek gully and down towards the beach.
Upon arrival at the beach, visitors are welcomed by the presence of a rusty metal wheel nestled amongst the undergrowth.
East from here, the beach invites exploration for those willing to navigate across the black weather-worn rocks covering much of the beach.
The area also offers an impressive selection of rocky plateaus which are sometimes exposed and sometimes dramatically washed by the relentless surf.
When exploring along this stretch of beach it’s a good idea to avoid an embarrassing or even life threatening situation by knowing what the tide is doing. Keep an eye out for the occasional rogue wave determined to sweep you off the rocks.
There’s an amazing amount to see, explore, experience and photograph here.
I’ll definitely be returning soon. 😉
February 13, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, filters, flinders, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, flinders, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Tea Tree Creek | 3 Comments
A selection of images from the beach at the end of the Blowhole Track at Flinders on the lovely Mornington Peninsula.
On the day I was there the wind was so horrendously strong I had to push down hard on the tripod to stop it from vibrating and blurring all of the long exposure shots.
Pictured below – Flinders Beach, the Blowhole Track.
A very picturesque coastline battered by the relentless surf.
February 12, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, clouds, filters, flinders, fog, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, flinders, fog, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | 6 Comments
I’d been to this part of Phillip Island on previous occasions but I loved it so much I thought I’d revisit.
That’s one of the joys of photography, you can visit the same location on several occasions and come away with completely different images each time.
Pictured below – Old wooden remnants at Cat Bay, Phillip Island.
Pictured below – The beach at Right Point, Phillip Island, located between Cat Bay and the Nobbies. The violence of the ocean waves smoothed by the use of long exposure.
January 26, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, fog, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Cat Bay, fog, jetty, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, Phillip Island, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, Right Point, seascape | 8 Comments
Shortly before xmas I took the opportunity to snap some images just before the summer “silly season” struck Sorrento.
I’m certain that one day the Sorrento/Portsea area of the Mornington Peninsula will become so heavy with tourists that it’ll snap off and fall into the sea.
Until that day I’ll continue to enjoy it as much as I can.
Pictured below – A couple of long exposure images from south-east of the main beach.
Pictured below – Bay of Islands – Sorrento
Located a short walk from the car park at the end of Diamond Bay Road.
January 2, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, Sorrento | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Jim Worrall, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento, summer | 6 Comments
The Dragon’s Head rock at the Number Sixteen beach, Rye, has been a photographic target that I’ve been looking forward to shooting for quite some time. The last time I visited here I’d arrived a bit too late in the tidal cycle to safely explore the rocky plateau that surrounds the Dragon’s Head.
Today’s visit was executed with military precision. I arrived on the beach precisely at low tide, waded out to the Dragon’s Head through ankle deep water and excitedly set up my tripod. The ocean waves were crashing and rolling across the rocky plateau then cascading beautifully over the edge very close to the Dragon’s Head.
Being a big fan of long exposure images you can imagine my disappointment as I fumbled around in my camera bag trying to find my ND filters to fit the wide angle lens. They were no where to be found. I had left the filters behind at home, … they were attached to another lens. It was one of those forehead slapping moments.
In the absence of any suitably sized ND filters I decided to make the unique shape of the rock fill the frame in the image above rather than featuring the flow of water.
The next image below was taken from quite a distance back from the Dragon’s head using a 70-200mm lens. Fortunately I had a suitably sized ND filter for this particular lens so it was possible to soften the look of the flowing water. Unfortunately using the long lens meant that I wasn’t able to get the composition that I was looking for.
Lesson learned – double check the gear before leaving home, never assume!
October 9, 2011 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, HDR, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, HDR, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, seascape | 2 Comments
There’s something quite magical about Tenby Point. It’s one of those areas I feel compelled to visit from time to time.
A great surprise this visit was to find the road is now surfaced with asphalt. I’m going to miss all the corrugations and pot holes that once adorned the old dirt track leading to the beach.
August 28, 2011 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mangroves, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, travel, tree, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape, long exposure, mangroves, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Tenby Point, tree, westernport bay | 4 Comments
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Photography by Jim Worrall 