Some long exposure sunset shots from Safety Beach jetty on the Mornington Peninsula.
January 2, 2018 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, clouds, excursion, filters, HDR, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, skyscape, sunset, travel | Tags: beach, HDR, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mornington peninsula, pier, Safety Beach, sunset | Leave a comment
A pre-dawn long exposure image of the pier at Point Lonsdale on the Bellarine Peninsula.
Tech details – 30 secs, f/13, iso200.
December 3, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Bellarine Peninsula, clouds, excursion, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, motion blur, night photography, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, sunrise, travel | Tags: art, beach, Bellarine Peninsula, dawn, image, images, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, photo, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Point Lonsdale, travel | Leave a comment
A long exposure image from the old Queenscliff pier on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria.
Upon arrival we couldn’t have wished for better lighting conditions. The harsh sunlight was briefly softened and diffused by a large cloud bank sweeping across the sky. 🙂
Tech stuff – 30 seconds, f/16, iso50 with an ND400 filter.
October 29, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Bellarine Peninsula, clouds, excursion, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, storm, travel | Tags: art, Bellarine Peninsula, filters, image, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, photography, photos, pier, Queenscliff, seascape, travel | Leave a comment
A long exposure image of the Loy Yang power station in the Latrobe Valley, Gippsland.
Tech details – 30 secs, f/18, ISO50 using an ND400 filter.
October 28, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, skyscape, travel | Tags: art, black and white, coal fired, electricity, filters, Gippsland, images, Latrobe Valley, long exposure, Loy Yang, ND filter, ND400, NDX400, photography, photos, pictures, power station, steam | Leave a comment
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.
July 31, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, 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, Sorrento, travel | Tags: art, filters, jetty, long exposure, photography, photos, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Sorrento, Sullivan Bay, travel | Leave a comment
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.
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.
Pictured above, a great behind the scenes shot, courtesy of Sally.
May 24, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, HDR, images, jetty, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, sunset, travel | Tags: art, filters, images, Jim Worrall, long exposure, photo, photography, photos, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, Seaford jetty, Seaford pier, sunset | Leave a comment
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.
April 27, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, clouds, excursion, filters, HDR, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, sunset, travel | Tags: HDR, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mornington peninsula, ND filter, Port Phillip Bay, Safety Beach, seascape, sunset | 1 Comment
Grantville is a small coastal town on the east coast of Western Port bay in Victoria, Australia. The jetty at Grantville usually stands in relatively shallow water at high tide, and at low tide it stands proud on a bed of mud. During a “king tide” the water can sometimes cover the walking platform at the end of the jetty as seen here.
Following are a couple of long exposure images taken at sunset during high tide.
Tech stuff for the image below – 157 sec f/18 ISO100 using an ND400 + ND8 filter.
Pictured below – Grantville jetty as the sunset fizzled out.
Tech stuff – 152 secs f/18 using an ND400+ND8 filter.
If you’re hungry during your visit to Grantville then I highly recommend trying the homemade chunky beef pies at the Grantville Pantry. It’s located directly across the highway from the jetty. Real chunks of steak in a delicious gravy and housed in a beaut puff pastry casing. Great stuff!! 🙂 (…..and NO, I’m not sponsored by them!) 🙂
Pictured below – A selfie from the end of the Grantville jetty at low tide. Mud as far as the eye can see. 🙂 This is a short exposure HDR image.
January 15, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, Bass Coast, beach, camera, clouds, excursion, filters, HDR, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, sunset, travel | Tags: art, filters, grantville, images, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, ND filter, ND400, ND8, NDX400, photo, photography, photos, pictures, pier, solitude, sunset, travel, Western Port Bay | 1 Comment
A long exposure shot from the beach at The Pinnacles rock formation, Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island.
Technical stuff – 30 secs f/10 ISO50 using an ND500 filter.
January 6, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, Bass Coast, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: black and white, Cape Woolamai, filters, image, Jim Worrall, long exposure, ND filter, Phillip Island, photo, photography, photos, pictures, Pinnacles, seascape, travel | Leave a comment
Eagles Nest is a popular rock formation and beach located on Victoria’s Bass Coast. It’s about half way between Inverloch and Cape Paterson, and it’s well sign posted.
Pictured below, a couple of long exposure images from Eagles Nest on a bright afternoon with patchy cloud. Conditions on the day were very photographically challenging as the sun was diffused by cloud one moment, then it would pop out with all it’s brutal harshness the next moment. This would happen several times during each long exposure causing many of my shots to be blown out. Thankfully not all. 🙂
Technical stuff for both images – 150 sec f/18 iso50 using an ND500 and ND8 filter.
January 3, 2017 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, Bass Coast, beach, black and white, camera, clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, Bass Coast, black and white, Eagles Nest, filters, image, images, Jim Worrall, long exposure, ND filter, photo, photography, photos, pictures, seascape, tourism, travel | Leave a 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
Togs on the rocks at Eagles Nest, Inverloch.
Tech stuff – 30 secs f/9, 10 stop solid and 4 stop soft grad ND filters.
May 27, 2016 | Categories: beach, black and white, Uncategorized | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Eagles Nest, images, Inverloch, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
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
Photography by Jim Worrall 