Below are a couple of images from Bridgewater Bay in Blairgowrie, on the Mornington Peninsula. This crepuscular ray sunset appeared for maybe a couple of minutes before disappearing behind thick cloud.
Pictured below – A long exposure image of the locally famous rock formation in Bridgewater Bay.
To visit Bridgewater Bay drive to the car park at the end of St Johns Wood Rd in Blairgowrie. It’s a short walk from the car park to the beach.
September 18, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, sunset, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Blairgowrie, Bridgewater Bay, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
Above – A long exposure image of the iconic rock at Sorrento back beach.
Being well elevated and surrounded by rough water, the rock is a haven for large sea birds. You can visit the rock and it’s popular surrounding bay by driving to the end of Ocean Beach Road in Sorrento.
September 13, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, Sorrento, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, images, Jim Worrall, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento | Leave a comment
Pictured below, a long exposure image from the Bay of Islands on the back beaches of Sorrento. Access to the Bay of Islands is via Diamond Bay Road, Sorrento. There’s a small car park at the of the road. On arrival at the car park take the walking track to Diamond Bay and branch left at the Bay of Islands sign. It’s an easy short walk to the viewing platform.
Access to the beach is discouraged by Parks Victoria due to erosion on the beach, hence a short climb down is required from the viewing platform if you want a view from sea level.
Pictured below – A phone camera shot of a storm brewing over Diamond Bay as viewed from near the viewing platform.
Pictured below – A phone camera shot of the rain rapidly approaching my vantage point. The rain caught up with me before I could make it back to the car. 😦
September 13, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, Sorrento, storm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, Bay of Islands, beach, images, landscape, long exposure, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, Sorrento | Leave a comment
Using the ND400 filter to obtain a ten second exposure during the afternoon at Coronet Bay, Victoria, Australia.
July 28, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Coronet Bay, images, landscape, long exposure, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, westernport bay | Leave a comment
A long exposure image from the beach at Queensferry, Western Port Bay.
July 24, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, erosion, images, landscape, long exposure, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Queensferry, Sea wall, seascape, tree, westernport bay, winter | 4 Comments
Following are a series of long exposure images from the front and back beaches of Flinders on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
Pictured above – Flinders. 137 seconds f/13 ISO100.
Pictured above – Flinders back beach. 102 seconds f/20 ISO100.
Pictured above – Flinders beach. 141 seconds f/13 ISO100.
Pictured above – A Break from Fishing. Cormorants resting after diving for fish at Flinders back beach. 61 seconds f/11 iso100.
Pictued above – Flinders back beach. 56 seconds f/13 ISO100.
July 13, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, camera, excursion, filters, flinders, fog, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, sunset, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, flinders, fog, images, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunset | 1 Comment
Following are some images from my recent long exposure Facebook group excursion to Rye back beach. It was a great turn out considering a pre-dawn meetup in the middle of winter isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. 🙂
Following are a couple of images from under the London Bridge rock formation, Portsea, using my phone camera. My mate steadys himself ready to take some shots of the turbulent sea.
June 19, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Portsea, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, seascape, winter | Leave a comment
A wild and stormy morning at Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck.
June 15, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Cape Schanck, fog, images, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pulpit rock, rocks, rockscape, seascape, winter | Leave a comment
A daylight long exposure image from the mouth of the Powlett River, Victoria, Australia.
June 15, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, filters, fog, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, fog, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Powlett River, rocks, rockscape, seascape, winter | Leave a comment
This is a commemorative post marking the drowning of my Canon 60D at Portsea beach last month. An outgoing wave pulled the sand out from under one of the legs of my tripod causing the whole rig to topple into the surf. The poor 60D was only 12 months old and was a replacement for my 40D which drowned in similar circumstances in early 2012. The event also marks the death of my Sigma 10-20mm, a true workhorse who managed to survive the first drowning in 2012.
June 1, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, Portsea, rocks, rockscape, seascape | 7 Comments
A dawn long exposure image from the Mornington Peninsula’s rugged ocean coastline.
May 26, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, storm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Cape Schanck, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunrise | Leave a comment
A long exposure image from Sorrento back beach, Victoria, Australia. The last rays of the day create a warm glow on the back of the Sphinx rock formation.
May 26, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, sunset, travel | 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, sunset | 1 Comment
A couple of long exposure images from the surf beach at Kilcunda.
May 20, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, camera, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, Kilcunda, landscape, long exposure, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
A couple of images from a dawn shoot at Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck. Yes, I know, it’s not like me to be up before the birds. I don’t know what got into me. The images were taken during a welcome break between showers.
May 12, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Cape Schanck, images, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pulpit rock, rocks, rockscape, 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.
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.
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
The beautiful Koonya beach at Blairgowrie. A favorite spot of mine to sit and watch nature at it’s best.
January 16, 2013 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, 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, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, Blairgowrie, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape | Leave a comment
December 3, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, images, jetty, landscape, long exposure, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, seascape, Tenby Point, westernport bay | 1 Comment
An image from Sorrento back beach, near the Sphinx rock formation.
November 27, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, images, 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 | 1 Comment
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 long exposure image at high tide from the picturesque shores of Tenby Point on Western Port Bay, Australia.
November 21, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, 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, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, seascape, westernport bay | 1 Comment
A marker on the outermost edge of the rock shelf at Ricketts Point beach in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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
November is a great time of year on the Mornington Peninsula back beaches. The warming water signals an explosion of bright green seaweed on the rocky plateaus all along the coast.
November 12, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, green, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, Sorrento, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, buy, images, 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, Sorrento | 1 Comment
Following are a couple of shots of the beautiful rock pools available to explore at Sorrento back beach during low tide. In these images I’ve used an ND400 filter to smooth the background waves and a polarizing filter to remove the sky’s reflection from the surface of the pools.
November 8, 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, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, Sorrento, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, circular polarizer, cpl, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, polarizing filter, rocks, rockscape, seascape, Sorrento | 3 Comments
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
The groynes at Balnarring Beach serve to reduce erosion at the water’s edge. Most of the groynes are simply a line of posts connected together by planks creating a straight sea wall.
I was struggling to find something interesting on the beach then stumbled across this baby zig-zagging out into the bay.
Below – The usual straight groyne.
Below – The making of Zig Zag.
October 11, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, images, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, Balnarring, beach, black and white, erosion, groyne, images, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, tidal, 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
Photography by Jim Worrall 