A wave explodes against rocks at Cowrie Beach on Phillip Island. 1/60th second at f/8.
The image is available to buy as a print at Redbubble.
August 11, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, rock pools, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, Cowrie Beach, images, landscape, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ocean, ocean beach, Phillip Island, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, winter | Leave a comment
Sailors Falls is a beautiful spot just a few kilometres south of Daylesford on the Ballan-Daylesford Rd.
We were lucky enough to catch the falls with a decent flow of water going over the edge.
This image is available to purchase as a print at RedBubble.
August 4, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, bush, bush walking, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, river | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, black and white, images, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, river, rocks, rockscape, waterfall, waterfalls, winter | Leave a comment
Ol’Woody is a popular mangrove tree at Tenby Point on Western Port Bay.
In this image the reflection in the water has been enhanced by smoothing the surface ripples using a 180 second exposure time made possible with dark ND filters.
The image below is available to purchase as a print here.
June 8, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mangroves, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, travel, tree, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, images, landscape, long exposure, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, Tenby Point, westernport bay, winter | 1 Comment
A series of long exposure images from the SS Speke shipwreck at Kitty Miller Bay on Phillip Island.
The image below is available to purchase as a print here.
The image below is available to purchase as a print here.
Below – A long exposure from Kitty Miller Bay, Phillip Island.
May 10, 2014 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, clouds, excursion, filters, images, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, low light, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, prints, sea, seascape, Sigma 10-20mm, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, images, Jim Worrall, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, Phillip Island, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, shipwreck, SS Speke, winter | 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 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
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
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
Following are a couple of images from Dalmeny beach in New South Wales.
The first image below was captured from the clifftop at Duesbury Headland, Dalmeny.
Below, a long exposure image taken amongst the rocks and surf at Dalmeny beach.
If you’re in the area around brekky time there’s a cafe on Dalmeny Drive called Anton’s just down the road at Kianga. I highly recommend their excellently presented eggs and bacon.
Have a look at this beauty below. Gorgeous isn’t it!
June 21, 2012 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, filters, HDR, 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 | Tags: Anton's, art, Australia, Australian, beach, Dalmeny, Duesbury Headland, images, Kianga, long exposure, mist, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, seascape, winter | Leave a 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.
High quality prints of this image are available at Redbubble and Zazzle.
High quality prints of this image are available at Redbubble and Zazzle.
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.
Cape Conran Jetty
Cape Conran Jetty
Mists of Cape Conran
Foam – Cape Conran
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
On an unseasonally warm winter’s day last weekend, I took advantage of the fine weather to reintroduce myself back to our fine ocean coastline.
Upon arrival at Kilcunda, located on Victoria’s Bass Coast, the sea was remarkably calm and there was a thick haunting mist in the air. A wonderful sight indeed. 🙂
Pictured below – The Mists of Kilcunda
Technical stuff – The image was taken mid afternoon using an ND400 filter to lengthen the exposure time and thus soften the appearance of the sea.
August 26, 2011 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, fog, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, Bass Coast, beach, black and white, Kilcunda, landscape, long exposure, monochrome, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, seascape, travel, winter | 2 Comments
A couple of images from the previous excursion to Number Sixteen beach, reprocessed in black and white, ……and with a little more drama added.
The Shark’s Fin, a long exposure from Rye back beach, Victoria, Australia.
Out to Sea, Rye Back beach.
June 30, 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, sea, seascape | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, HDR, landscape, long exposure, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, seascape, winter | 2 Comments
After a recent photographic excursion to Koonya beach two weeks ago, I swore not to return my feet to the icy waters of the ocean until the warmer weather arrived.
Alas, the lure of the salty seas proved to be too much for me.
This week’s excursion was a low tide expedition to Number Sixteen beach at Rye on the Mornington Peninsula.
Unfortunately I arrived just a little bit too late in the tidal cycle to safely photograph my intended target. Rather than risk my life on the rocky shelves I decided to play around on the beach photographing easier targets, …..and only got wet up to the knees. 😉
Pictured below – Pod 16, a long exposure image from Rye beach.
This rock is one of the main features of the Number Sixteen beach. It dramatically changes it’s perceived shape depending on the direction from which you photograph it.
Pictured below – Swimming at the Sixteen, water rushes back from the beach to join the pounding surf.
Pictured below – Vortex, water swirls around the foreground rocks as it enters the beach.
Pictured below – The Shark’s Fin, the landmark rock from a different perspective.
Pictured below – Out to Sea, almost looks like the rock is patiently waiting. Excuse my fertile imagination. 🙂
June 26, 2011 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND400, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, sea, seascape, travel | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, landscape, long exposure, mist, monochrome, mornington peninsula, motion blur, ND filters, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, rocks, rockscape, Rye beach, seascape, winter | 7 Comments
Following on from previous posts I thought I’d share with you just a few more images from the Phillip Island coastline. I feel like I’ve just scratched the surface down there, …….there’s just so much beauty to explore and discover.
Pictured below – The Roost – old jetty remnants that serve as a safe roost for the local birds at Cat Bay.
Pictured below – Evidence of Life – a soft misty view of some wonderful wave action off Cowrie beach.
Pictured below – The Long Swim Home – another view from Cowrie beach looking towards the Nobbies in the background.
Pictured below – Pyramid Rock, taken in strong windy and wet conditions from a vantage point ahead of the lookout area.
May 30, 2011 | Categories: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, filters, jetty, landscape, landscape photos, long exposure, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND400, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, pictures, pier, rock pools, sea, seascape, storm, travel, Westernport Bay | Tags: art, Australia, Australian, beach, black and white, fog, jetty, landscape, long exposure, mini waterfalls, mist, monochrome, motion blur, ND400, ocean, ocean beach, photographer, photography, photos for sale, pictures, pier, rocks, rockscape, seascape, silhouette, storm, westernport bay, winter | 6 Comments
Yet another image from the lovely Bonnie Doon area in Victoria, Australia, this time showing some actual water covering some of the lake bed.
Voice of the Ondine – Bonnie Doon
September 1, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, landscape photos, photographer, photography | Tags: Australia, Australian, Bonnie Doon, drought, lake, landscape, photographer, photography, photos for sale, tree, winter | Leave a comment
After a long pre-dawn walk along tracks through the tops of the coastal cliffs I arrived at The Pinnacles in time to see the sunrise. Access to the Pinnacles beach area here is via a steep (slippery when wet) track running down the face of the cliff area.
Unfortunately it turned out to be a dud sunrise so there wasn’t much colour in the sky but after getting down to the beach the view of the rock formations was wonderful. An interesting feature of this beach is the large round rocks covering the ground, great for photos but a challenge to navigate at times.
Pinnacle Dawn
When Time Stands Still
Dinosaur Days
August 15, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, beach, HDR, landscape photos, Phillip Island, photo website, photographer, photography, rock pools, seascape | Tags: Australia, Australian, beach, motion blur, ocean, ocean beach, Phillip Island, photographer, photography, photos for sale, Pinnacles, rocks, rockscape, seascape, sunrise, winter | 1 Comment
Fog blows across an otherwise sunny section of Mt.Difficult Road near Halls Gap, Australia.
This image is available as a quality print here.
July 20, 2009 | Categories: Australia, Australian, bush walking, fog, HDR, landscape photos, mist, mountains, photo website, photographer, photography | Tags: Australia, Australian, fog, Halls Gap, HDR, mist, Mt. Difficult Road, night photography, photographer, photos for sale, winter | 3 Comments
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Photography by Jim Worrall 