Normally I'd shoot landscapes with a tripod and a wide angle lens, but this was shot hand-held with a 135mm lens.
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Friday, 28 January 2011
Mt Warning sunset
Had some spectacular sunsets down here at Salt this week. This was the view from our balcony the other afternoon. I really like the way the salt spray or haze gives depth to the shot between the hills/mountains.
Normally I'd shoot landscapes with a tripod and a wide angle lens, but this was shot hand-held with a 135mm lens.
Normally I'd shoot landscapes with a tripod and a wide angle lens, but this was shot hand-held with a 135mm lens.
Fingal Head landscapes
Down at Salt for a holiday. Having some great weather. While we're down here I wanted to take the opportunity to shoot some landscapes at Fingal Head. I knew there was this cool rock formation, but hadn't been there before.
Walked out at 3.30-4am on rocks in the dark to leave myself enough time to scope the place out, get set up, and catch sunrise. A rock rolled under me and I sprained a finger, bruised my arm and put my back out. Still. It was worth it. :D
I had to use a couple of filters over the lens to get these shots to look this way "in camera".
I used a 3 stop neutral density filter over the whole lens to cut down the light, which meant a slower shutter speed, which meant I got that nice, smooth ocean look.
I also used a 3 stop reverse graduated neutral density filter, which cuts down the light on the brighter sky, but not the ocean. Just so the overall exposure looks right.
You can kind of achieve some of the effects above with Photoshop, but with the filters you can get it pretty much right in camera, which is a much more betterer way of doing it. A bit more purist. Unlike my english.
Highly recommend checking out the full size version of this panorama:
Walked out at 3.30-4am on rocks in the dark to leave myself enough time to scope the place out, get set up, and catch sunrise. A rock rolled under me and I sprained a finger, bruised my arm and put my back out. Still. It was worth it. :D
I had to use a couple of filters over the lens to get these shots to look this way "in camera".
I used a 3 stop neutral density filter over the whole lens to cut down the light, which meant a slower shutter speed, which meant I got that nice, smooth ocean look.
I also used a 3 stop reverse graduated neutral density filter, which cuts down the light on the brighter sky, but not the ocean. Just so the overall exposure looks right.
You can kind of achieve some of the effects above with Photoshop, but with the filters you can get it pretty much right in camera, which is a much more betterer way of doing it. A bit more purist. Unlike my english.
Highly recommend checking out the full size version of this panorama:
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Salt
Down at Salt for a week's holiday. How relaxing.
Spent a lot of time in the pool at the resort. Hayden loves the pool as you might know.
He wasn't so keen on the surf, but it was his first time in the actual waves. Think they were a bit intimidating coming at him.
Spent a lot of time in the pool at the resort. Hayden loves the pool as you might know.
He wasn't so keen on the surf, but it was his first time in the actual waves. Think they were a bit intimidating coming at him.
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
Wellington Point at sunset
For Christmas, Kristy got me a session with Blue-Dog Photography Courses for "Brisbane at Dusk" at Wellington Point. Here's some shots from it.
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