West of Mind
A monochrome HDR image taken at Blairgowrie beach, Australia.
The sun struggles through gathering storm clouds.
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January Prime
An afternoon shot, taken at Blairgowrie ocean beach.
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Cerberus Sunset
Sunset at Black Rock beach, Australia.
The Cerberus is the semi submerged rusting hull of a ship pictured just below the setting sun.
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Exploring the Kilcunda trestle rail bridge
Some HDR tonemapped images of the Kilcunda trestle rail bridge, Australia.
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Exploring the magical Powlett River
A rewarding excursion to the beautiful mouth of the Powlett River.
Image above – The Rush of the Powlett.
Just prior to the Powlett’s water reaching the ocean, the shallow flow speeds up, rippling at the surface and dancing over low obstacles.
The dunes in the background and the river bank on the right glow yellow-orange as the sun sinks low on the horizon.
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Image above – Ripples.
Evening at the mouth of the Powlett River.
The foreground rock and background dunes lit by the setting sun.
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Image above – The Magic Hour.
The orange glow from the setting sun catches the tops of the foreground rocks and the distant dunes at the mouth of the Powlett River, Australia.
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Image above – Looking towards the end of the Powlett River as it meets the ocean.
Image above – Last Rays at the Powlett.
Looking out across the river mouth to the setting sun.
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Image above – Near Journeys End.
The Powlett River nears the end of it’s journey as it winds it’s way through sand dunes towards it’s ultimate destination, the ocean.
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Image above – Powlett Sunset.
The sun sets as the Powlett River winds it’s way through the sand dunes.
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The Forgotten Haven
A dilapidated farm house on the Bass highway, near Bass, Australia.
If only this building could talk.
The Forgotten Haven
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The House of Lost Memories
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The Archway to Yesterday
The Archway to Yesterday – a seascape shot taken at Blairgowrie ocean beach as the sun drops below the horizon.
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Eclipsed
Eclipsed – a black and white seascape taken as the sun was setting at Rye ocean beach, Australia.
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Soldier of the Coast
A black and white shot of the Aireys Inlet (Australia) lighthouse.
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Koonya Sunset
Sunset at Koonya beach, Blairgowrie, Australia.
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The Night of the Pastel Sun
A sunset taken at Sorrento beach.
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The Rise of the Angel
After multiple attempts I finally caught her, ….and my angel was beautiful.
Pareidolia is a wonderful thing.
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Harvest of the Night Keeper
A 30 second long exposure taken at Sorrento ocean beach shortly after sunset.
The moon and Venus visible in the sky.
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A visit to Montsalvat, Australia’s oldest artist community.
Following are a collection of images captured at Montsalvat artist community, Victoria, Australia. I’ve finished many of the images in a faded sepia tone to suit the “old” feeling of buildings.
Title – Smoke and Mirrors.
Title – The Flute Makers Call.
Title – The Fist of the Angels.
The Churl’s Paragon.
Title – Father’s Hold.
Title – Family Business.
Title – Release the Bats.
Title – The Fog of the Mind.
Title – Path to Shadowplay.
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Two bridges with character.
Here’s two bridges with character. Both images were taken using HDR techniques to enhance the details on the wooden surfaces of the bridges. The images were then converted to a weak sepia to enhance their character and lift them out of their surroundings.
Noojee Trestle Bridge, Victoria, Australia –
Don River Bridge at Panton Gap, Victoria, Australia.
Wet bum at the Toorongo Falls, Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia.
The Toorongo Falls, in the Yarra Ranges National park, offers an excellent opportunity for those photographers who like to capture fast moving water over mossy green rocks. The dense foliage overhead provides low light conditions well suited to long exposures, giving that silky smooth appearance to the flowing water. Of course a tripod or beanbag is mandatory to stabilize the camera under these conditions.
The fun starts while trying to negotiate your way across the slippery logs and rocks to find the best vantage point for a shot. My advice for the serious tog would be to take along a spare pair of pants, or even better, a pair of fisherman’s waders. Both my friend and myself ended up with wet bums from unexpected sittings. Luckily my unreasonable fear of leeches remained under control. 😉
I’m definitely going to return to this site again in the future to explore it in more detail. The following three images from the Toorongo Falls area are available as prints from my Redbubble site at –
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Title – Shivers of the Green.
Title – She ran.
Title – Toorongo Torrent.
Life during wartime.
A trip to Point Nepean provided some interesting photo opportunities. It’s home to Fort Nepean, an abandoned military site overlooking the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. There is an atmosphere of cold and concrete wherever you go within the underground maze of tunnels, rooms and gun emplacements.
When you wander around outside there are polite signs warning of unexploded munitions encouraging you to stay on the defined pathways.
Title – Life during wartime.
Title – Death by Machine.
Title – Grind.
Shiprock Falls in Gembrook
Shiprock Falls is one of those poorly signposted gems that you could quite easily drive past if you weren’t looking for it.
Unfortunately the pedestrian track leading down to the falls has been blocked by a strategically placed viewing platform. To get the best experience and the best shots here you need to climb around the outside of the platform and trek down the hill to the flowing water. Here you can immerse yourself in the total experience of the falls, ….the sounds, the smells, the chill of the water.
For the more adventurous you can climb the rocks and scattered trunks around the flowing water to reach the top where it appears that the water is coming out of a slot in the rocks. Great experience and a wonderful view of the surrounding bush from the top.
A special thanks to Di Jenkins for introducing me to this place.
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McVeigh’s Water Wheel
This is McVeigh’s Water Wheel, for me the main photographic attraction at the Upper Yarra Reservoir Park, Victoria, Australia.
Unfortunately it’s fenced off, so you need to be a bit cheeky to get good shots and jump the fence. The extra effort is worthwhile to get a different perspective on the wheel.
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The optical jewels at Sorrento.
My recent visit to the ocean beach at Portsea sparked a craving for more of the same photographic material.
This time I visited the ocean beach further along the coastline at Sorrento. The first visit to the beach was a spur of the moment decision. When I arrived there the sun was hovering just above the horizon, I had no time to explore the beach and it was a high tide. I took a few shots of the sun fading into the horizon and a few long exposure shots of waves swirling around the rocks.
Here’s a couple of the high tide shots –
The next visit to Sorrento beach was a bit better planned and I actually remembered to check the tide charts before leaving. On arrival the rock pools were at their low tide best, the sun was high enough in the sky to give me time to explore some of the rocky features yet low enough to give the area a nice warm glow.
Here’s some of the shots from the low tide visit –
Photography by Jim Worrall 