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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June 18, 2020 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, Uncategorized | Tags: art, beach, images, jetty, Jim Worrall, moon, mornington peninsula, night, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, travel | Leave a comment
A sunset long exposure image from one of the Shelley Beach jetties on the Mornington Peninsula.

This image is available to purchase as a print here.
March 11, 2020 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, excursion, images, jetty, landscape, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, sunset, travel | Tags: Jim Worrall, long exposure, Morington Peninsula, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, seascape, sunset | Leave a comment
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.
This image is available to purchase as a print in many different sizes and forms here.

Pictured below – The view from alongside the jetty looking out to sea.
Tech stuff – 30 secs, f/14, ISO 50, ND400 filter.
This image is available to purchase as a print here.

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.
This image is available to purchase as a print here.

December 30, 2018 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, clouds, excursion, filters, 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, rock pools, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: beach, drain, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mornington peninsula, photos, pictures, pier, pipes, Port Phillip Bay, prints, Safety Beach, seascape, stormwater | Leave a comment
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.
This image is available to purchase as a print here.

Pictured below – A long exposure shot from under the pier.
Tech stuff – 13 seconds, f/13, ISO50, ND400 filter.
This image is available to purchase as a print here.

Pictured below – A long exposure side shot of the Dromana pier.
Tech stuff – 8 seconds, f/13, ISO 50, ND400 filter.
This image is available to purchase as a print here.

December 16, 2018 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, clouds, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, beach, Dromana, filters, image, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, Morington Peninsula, ND filters, ND400, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea | Leave a comment
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.
The image below is available to purchase as a print here.

December 1, 2018 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, mornington peninsula, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, sunset, travel | Tags: jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mornington peninsula, NiSi, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, Shelley beach, sunset | Leave a comment
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.
The image below is available to purchase as a print in various sizes and forms here.

Tech stuff – 20 sec, f/18, ISO 100, ND400 filter.
The image below is available to purchase as a print in various sizes and forms here.

Tech stuff – 15 sec, f/20, ISO100, 10 stop solid + 4 stop grad filters.
The image below is available to purchase as a print in various sizes and forms here.

October 20, 2018 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, images, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mornington peninsula, ND filter, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Portsea, prints, seascape, travel | Leave a comment
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.
This image is available to purchase as a print here.

Pictured below, a behind the scenes shot.

May 26, 2018 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, clouds, excursion, filters, images, jetty, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, storm, travel | Tags: jetty, misty, mornington peninsula, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Safety Beach, storm | Leave a comment
An unexpected explosion of colour over the North Road jetty at Brighton.

The image above is available to purchase as a print in many forms and sizes here at Redbubble.
January 2, 2018 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, excursion, filters, HDR, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape | Tags: Australia, Brighton, HDR, images, jetty, Jim Worrall, long exposure, Melbourne, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, sunset | 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.
The image above is available to purchase as a print in various sizes and forms here at Redbubble.
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. 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.
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.

The image above, “A Wild Evening at Safety Beach” is available to purchase as a print here.

The image above, “Imminent Sunset at Safety Beach” is available to purchase as a print here.

The image above, “Safety Beach Sunset” is available to purchase as a print here.
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 | Leave a comment
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. 🙂


March 19, 2017 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, camera, clouds, compact camera, excursion, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, photo website, photographer, photography, photos, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, sea, seascape, sunset, travel | Tags: drones, Frankston, Jim Worrall, mornington peninsula, Olivers Hill, Port Phillip Bay, sea, seascape, sunset | 1 Comment
An early morning long exposure from Point King, Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 30 seconds at f/8 using an ND400 filter.

This photo is available to purchase as a print here.
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 shot from Shelley (Shelly) beach in Portsea.
Tech stuff – 180 secs f/18, 10 stop solid ND + 4 stop soft grad ND.

This image is available to buy as a print in various forms and sizes here.
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
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.

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
A daytime long exposure photo from Sullivan Bay, Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tech stuff – 66 secs f/13 using ND400 + ND8 filters.
This image is available to purchase as a print at my Redbubble site here.

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

13 seconds f/8
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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
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.
This image is available as a high quality print at Redbubble and Zazzle.

A long exposure image from under Seaford pier.

The morning was finished nicely with a civilized hot breakfast at the pier cafe. 🙂
May 12, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, 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, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, night photography, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, Seaford, seascape | 1 Comment
A long exposure image taken at Mentone beach just after sunset.

Available as a high quality print at my Redbubble and Zazzle websites.
January 21, 2013 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, sunset, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, Mentone, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, night photography, ocean, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, seascape, summer, sunset | 4 Comments
A couple of long exposure images from the groyne on the beach at Mentone near the pub.


November 21, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, groyne, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, Mentone, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, seascape | 1 Comment
A marker on the outermost edge of the rock shelf at Ricketts Point beach in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Prints are available at my Zazzle or Redbubble websites.
November 18, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, Ricketts Point, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
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.

June 4, 2011 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, Port Phillip Bay, sea, seascape | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, dark glass, groyne, jetty, landscape, long exposure, Mentone, ND filters, ND400, old, photo filters, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, seascape | 2 Comments
Here’s a selection of colourful bathing boxes at Safety Beach, a bayside suburb on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. The bathing boxes are privately owned beach sheds generally owned by Melbourne’s more wealthy people.
If you visit the windows of local real estate agents you can find some of these bathing boxes for sale at ridiculously high prices.
Lolly Boxes 1 – Safety Beach, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Lolly Boxes 2 – Safety Beach, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

Lolly Boxes 3 – Safety Beach, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.

December 30, 2010 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, mornington peninsula, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, Port Phillip Bay | Tags: Australia, Australian, bathing boxes, beach, HDR, mornington peninsula, photographer, photos for sale, pictures, Port Phillip Bay, Safety Beach, seascape | 1 Comment
Following are 3 images taken yesterday at Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, as a storm rolled across the bay.
The apparent power and turbulence of the clouds in the sky is mirrored by the motion and ferocity of the water. It was an invigorating place to be.



December 11, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, landscape, landscape photos, low light, mornington peninsula, motion blur, photo website, photographer, photography, Port Phillip Bay, rock pools, seascape, storm | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, landscape, mornington peninsula, motion blur, photographer, photography, photos for sale, Port Phillip Bay, rockscape, seascape, storm | 1 Comment
Sunset at Black Rock beach, Australia.
The Cerberus is the semi submerged rusting hull of a ship pictured just below the setting sun.

This image is available to purchase as a print here.
January 20, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, photographer, photography, Port Phillip Bay, seascape, sunset | Tags: 2009 seascapes calendar, Australia, Australian, beach, Black Rock, Cerberus, photographer, photography, photos for sale, Port Phillip Bay, rocks, rockscape, seascape, shipwreck, sunset | 1 Comment