A beautiful Albany Sunset

Here’s the second image from what was an amazing sunset I was lucky enough to get at Whalers Cove in Albany. It really is a gorgeous beach, as close to perfect as you could get- the mozzies must agree as they were there in force as well! Once again this is facing East- and as you can see the clouds lit up wonderfully. Waiting for a small wave to wet the sand in front of the rock to give it the added bonus of a slight reflection I think has paid off.

Albany Sunset

 

It’s one of my favorite images from the trip- and is one growing on me everyday. I hope you enjoy it too

 

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Esperance

Here’s a image from West Beach looking out to button island- just minutes from the middle of Esperance. You hear of the beaches and water of this place, you see many images of the water and beaches of this place- but seeing it in person still blows you away! It is an amazingly beautiful place. And as someone who loves beaches, well obviously I loved this place. Despite it taking my camera as a sacrifice haha!

Button Island

I was really hoping to get some images like those i’d seen so many times- pure white beaches, pristine blue water, amazingly blue skies dotted with fluffy white clouds. Unfortunately the conditions I had weren’t going to allow me to capture these, but even when this place is not at it’s best it’s still so stunning. The clouds were more grey then white, and quite often thick. So I was forced to snap away crazily when the sun peered between the breaks in the clouds. The water was also quite choppy due to the constant breeze that was blowing. Due to this the sand near the water was wet, so also came up a bit more grey then white. To combat this I got into the water, and managed to get this shot as a result. I quite like the main wave cutting through the image, and the cloud- was pretty much the only white cloud in the sky. So I was glad to have it in a position I was able to use haha

After my brief visit here- it’s definitely somewhere I wish to head back to in the near future, a bit nearer then i’d originally planned… but I have some unfinished business with this area

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The highs of photography

Well after the doom and gloom lately I thought i’d best post something a bit brighter. Who would have thought that 24hrs later- my emotions would be completely the opposite as when I stood here on this beautiful beach in Albany. I headed out for a new location to shoot- and went into the Torndirrup National Park. Better known for the Gap and Natural Bridge. Instead of heading all the way out to that end of the headland I went out to the Vancouver Peninsula. As usual racing against the light, which was looking very very promising- I dismissed the first beach I went to, and then came across this stunner!

Whalers Cove

Whalers Cove, really just lends itself to photography. The sky to the West was fantastic! But I took preference to the East facing beach in the hope that the clouds would light up also. Facing West I think would have been a waste anyway as there was no real way for me to capture the beauty that was unfolding. Needless to say my punt paid off- and in an amazing 10 min light show I strolled along firing at will. Wow, this photography stuff is easy isn’t it

Probably got 3 keepers from the session- and another couple that weren’t too shabby either.

I hope you enjoy this also

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The beautiful blue waters of Denmark

Get Me Outa Here

Well where they’re meant to be anyway….. haha. I’m doing a quick post from Albany- on the South Coast of WA. A few days into my trip along the South Coast- Denmark through to Esperance. I spent the first few nights in Denmark, hoping to get some images of the glorious tranquil blue waters of Green’s Pool. Unfortunately for me a endless succession of cold fronts have also decided to join me down here. So I caught glimpses of the sun a couple of times on Wednesday, but that was very short. The waters of Green’s Pool even had foam floating across it from the pounding surf on the outer rocks.

In saying this- it’s the South Coast, so we get what we get. I’ve managed a few shoots and only really got anything decent at Sunset/Sunrise with some dramatic storm clouds. Unfortunately didn’t manage any of the beach scenes I was hoping for, the weather during the day has really not been any good for photography- as you can see in this image too. Hopefully Esperance rewards me though in a few days time

In the meantime until I get to go through the images at home, here’s a quick image I probably wouldn’t post, but I thought was quite fitting to the times- a very moody image of the famous Elephant Rocks. I reckon they’re trying to get away from the oncoming storm! haha Something I should have done, because no more then a minute later I was drenched- and bolting up the stairs back to the car. The first of what would be 3 sprints for the afternoon. Just before I shot this I came across a nice large Tiger Snake, happily sunning itself as no one walking past seemed to even notice it- happy until I went in for a closer look anyway.

Well i’m out of here before it rains again- probably not the best place to be on the laptop hey. I’m more then happy for everyone to cross fingers and pray for fine weather for the rest of the trip, any bit will help

Bits and Pieces

Well played a nice game of basketball- which I may add is a lovely sport to play at 10pm…. so while trying to calm down to enable to sleep thought I may as well chuck a few images up. All of course while watching the Tour de France, which I can’t help but watch each year. This as well as the ASHES this year means a very sleep deprived me for everyone to have to deal with haha.

I think everyone has caught on by now that I absolutely love… MOUNTAINS I can’t decide out of mountains or sport as to what i love more though so don’t ask.
So enjoy myself thoroughly in watching the tour each year- taking in the magnificent scenery of the region. Which as they reach the Alps as they have today, stirs things within me even more! The racing is not half bad either, quite intriguing if you have ever sat down and watched it. It’s a lot more complicated then just simply riding a bike!

Anyways to these images here. It’s a small collection of a few images-very different from the usual landscapes I shoot. I don’t do a lot of these images,  but took the time while at Karridale to capture a few images of the old farm equipment. All of these are using the 150mm lens and shallow Depth of Field to try and get some unique images. Still have a lot of room for improvement but a few were a lil better then the rest.

boat cross

The Hatch

Shallow

Bolts

Which way did he go…

This is another shot from Karridale.

I don’t know if anyone else finds the same thing happening. But I tend to go through stages where all of a sudden, all I seem to get is images in Portrait format. For some reason, every time I go out the scene seems to attract that type of image. I then find myself really trying to work on making a Landscape image in these location, sometimes forcing it a bit to get the horizontal format.

Spinning Windmill

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When I was shooting this scene, I was in this stage once again. After setting up- I once again found myself in that Portrait format. Really liking the reeds balancing with the windmill. The problem i’ve found is then I have 2 very very similar images. Often it is hard to choose which one I like the most. This time I like the composition of the Vertical, yet the stronger colours grabs my attention  more in the horizontal image. They were taken about 10-15 min apart and the light had changed a fair bit between shots.

So anyways, I thought i’d post it and see what people have to say. It’d be interesting to hear how everyone get’s out of “ruts” similar to these. I guess if it’s a stronger image in a particular orientation- it doesn’t matter. But it’s one of those things i guess where I try to get a bit of variation.

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Technicolour Sunset

Sorry about being so slack on the blog front again. I still hope to be able to get a regular post on here one day. With the bit of time i’ll be in front of the TV over the next few weeks- of course watching the Aussies smash the Poms in the ASHES, I will try to throw together a few posts as well, and they all say I can’t multitask

Here’s another image from Karridale, just North of Augusta. We stayed at the cottages for a few nights over Easter. I thought i’d give a windmill image a go as it’s something different. As per usual early on this year- there wasn’t a cloud in sight, so I didn’t have high hopes for this evening. Once again, as it has done a few times for me this year- the haze came to the rescue. As the sun went down the sky came up with fabulous colour.

Technicolour Sunset

I really like how the water illuminates, also how the reeds, reflection and waterline all lead to the windmill. The touch of green grass I felt broke up the colours a bit more as well.

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Karridale

This shot is from Easter weekend down at Karridale near Augusta. I went down with my girlfriends family, to live it up in the fabulous Margaret River wine region. We stayed at a farm which has a few cottages on the property.  So I thought i’d try something different and get some farm photos.

I’m really interested in these sheep ramps, not sure why exactly… but I think they really make fantastic subjects. We were down in the paddock scouting out on the first night, and after the light let us down headed back up to the cottages for dinner. As we went passed here some awesome light came through the tree tops, but left a nice even light on the structure itself.

Run to the Light

Being the first time i’d shot these, I tried a few compositions before coming up with this.

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More from a magical Sunrise at Yallingup

Thought i’d better hurry up and get on here before the “blog keeper” tracks me down and does unmentionable things to me for not posting for a while… Yes Tony.. that is you!

Wake up World

It’s been even more crazy times lately and I really can’t believe that it’s already the end of April! That means that it’s about 6 months ago I was standing here witnessing something so incredibly beautiful. As i’ve said in my previous posts (probably that long ago everyone’s forgotten!) we had some terrible weather. Resulting in our tent being blown in on top of us. We binked down in a very foreign place for me- inside a cabin for the last night which was actually quite nice. Unsure whether to get up this morning I kicked meself and said “get up”.

The morning just kept getting better and everything culminated with these 2 shots. I’m still unsure if I prefer the vertical or horizontal format. But still pretty happy with both. The light started turning and I managed the previous shot I posted. I then saw this incredible light beam stretchin down so quickly ran to the rockpool which I felt benefited the scene a bit more. ‘ve never actually seen the beams fanning this way before. It’s usually the other way around with the beams widest at the horizon. I waited for a nice wave to partially break as the surf was quite big on this morning.

Surfers Heaven

I like how the rockpool and the rocks make a arrow pointing towards the light. I also named it due to the fact that I didn’t originally want to get up. And everyone apt from a few surfers were still tucked up in bed. Missing this sight! Using the polariser to this time pick up the reflections also enhanced the image.

Anyway I hope you enjoy them. And i’ll try and not be so long to the next post

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Yallingup Sunrise

Rockpool Sunrise

After a couple of days of pretty ordinary weather down at Yallingup. I was very tempted to not even get up early on this morning. But forcing myself out of a nice warm bed (as by this stage we were bunked up in the cabin) I went down to the beach. It was after-all the last day down there, and I wouldn’t get opportunities like this back home.

After it all, I was very glad I went down there. It ended up being quite a stunning sunrise. I captured this image just as the light started turning, and it got even better

Using the polaring lens to cut through the reflections I saw into the heart of this beautiful rockpool. I really like the colours throughout the pool, and managed an interesting sky for once on the trip.

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