Sydney Park, NSW
or whats left of it 🙂 Well thats my name for it, there is probably some other official symbolic name representing something or rather but stuffed if I know what it is 🙂 There is a sign saying its a swan breeding ground though.. ?! I was hoping for a swan up on one of the poles, but i think i might be asking alittle too much of the poor things 🙂
This little fern and its mates were the star attraction of my visit to Cataract Falls in Lawson.
This image is an example (of mine) of partially 'seeing' the image before taking it. I saw the fern, the moss and the tiny little falls and associated eddy currents and immediately the panoramic view came to mind first with the fern leading the viewer into the frame and towards the secondary element, the falls. The view inside my head also had this neat 3rd fern swirling around in the little eddy current in the top right of the frame creating a warn tan colour in the water…however after several attempts it was simply not gonna happen:) hence the 'partial seeing' of the image.
This image is actually 3 images stitched together to make the full panoramic format, whilst I probably could have take one shot at 17mm (DX) and got it all in then subsequently cropped, i took the route of 3 stitched images which was easily achievable give the conditions.
(and i did place the fern 🙂 )
Techie data:
D7000 with Tokina 17-55 mm f2.8 @ 45mm Aperture: f/8Shutter 3 seconds
Hoya screw in circular polariser out front.
I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed and always appreciate the time people take to have a look, plus and/or comment.
A different perspective on the Pulpit Lookout, I think this characterises the quintessential views you can get in the Blue Mountains of Australia.
The scene of progress in Botany Bay Sydney, NSW.
Now these gantry thingy's are really cool and make for some sweet photo subjects, whilst dropping past the new container terminal one evening I thought to stop and take a quick snap or two. After setting up on the pedestrian/cycleway overpass I had a visit from some friendly security guards who informed me that it cool to take photos of the new container terminal, but not the old one (left of frame), given that i really don't need ASIO checking up on my ass I said sweet as bro, no probs, i'll just point this way 🙂 and we all went on our merry ways. But it did get me thinking, why the old terminal? maybe its the millions of litres of fuel there? maybe they think people taking photos might be plotting some drug smuggling racket? In all seriousness I guess its fine to say you can't take photos of key industrial sites but only part thereof… confused.
Well, anyways, the sunset was not much to look at but there was a neat storm coming through on the left, if only I had more time 🙂
and you'll never guess where you will end up 🙂
(Part of the sneaky sunset shooting sessions)
everyone loves techie data:
for this shot, no filters
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 126.8s
Just a little stormwater outflow line however I would have thought in this day and age we cold have made these things alittle more appealing – that said, i reckon they make awesome photograph subjects 🙂
techie stuff:
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 244.2s
out front – LEE bigstopper and LEE graduated filter 0.9
As always, I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed
Morton National Park
Something a little different from the usual waterfall images found at Cataract Falls in Lawson.
I admit there was some re-arrangement of the first fern to achieve the desired position 🙂
Here is a interesting question, how do you to take a photo? or more to the point how do you achieve your artistic vision?
For me i have bundles of images bouncing around in my head and never once have I had one come out on the screen just how my mind imagined 🙂 Someone asked me the other day, 'how do you see the images you take'? my first thought was, stuffed if I know 🙂 but it got me thinking.
With that in mind I went out the other day for a dabble of photography and 'cause i love getting up at silly hours and explaining to fisherman that yes..i am just taking photos..anyway digress.. so I thought how do i 'see' a image the best I could come up with a simple fact that I see different elements in a scene then somehow i try and meld those elements into the constraint of a portrait or landscape (or pano) shot…
In any case I am still no closer to answering that question and to be honest, i think i like simply going out and mindlessly taking shots 😉 and often i end up with the most pleasing images (for me anyway) this way.
Anyway, in this image i really like these cool jetty/boat ramp posts that were partially submerged and that formed the basis for the composition, everything else was simply constrained by the light or by distracting elements outside of the visible frame 🙂
This is a manually blended image to achieve the dynamic range of the water in the foreground and the horizon brightness..
techie love:
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 69.9s and 30s
out front – LEE graduated filter 0.9 and screw in circular polariser
As always, I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed. Maybe with this one crop from the bottom a fraction?
I get a few comments from time to time regarding my waterfall shots, particularly about the saturation level and how much I have bashed it over the head in photoshop 😉 I had another great example from a few years back, however I was at a scene recently where the effect of the polariser was very pronounced and thought its a great example why every photographer should have this filter in their bag. There simply is no photoshop means to replicate it.
The attached images were shot at the same time (well one after the other 😉 ) and processed identically, ie I edited one (the non-polarised one) and simply copied the edit settings across to the polarised image.
As one can see the difference is very marked, the polariser has simply removed reflected oblique light in the scene which in reality results in the actual colour of the element being seen – there is plenty of Greek writing about how this works and there are volumes on this, a great cure of insomnia in my opinion. For me this is the biggest contributor for waterfall shots, it can at anytime of the day (at the right angle) turn a flat nasty scene into something half decent.
In this case, very little PS bashing was used 😉
Just a little old look out called 'Pulpit Rock', hats off to the lads who built this ting, pretty much hanging off the edge of a very large cliff.
The falls in the distance are known to most locals as Bridal Veil falls and I believe there are still some signposting reflecting this, however it has been simply named Govett's Leap now..
Taken in the middle of the day, just before a mild thunderstorm came in, another sneaky landscape when I was meant to be somewhere else 🙂
A sneaky waterfall session whilst attending a birthday party.
The odds stacked against me here, limited time (10 minutes) the sun in the wrong position (inconsiderate universe) and the middle of the day, thus the light was always going to be flat and uninteresting.
To make things worse there were trees everywhere, obviously 😉 but I mean to get a shot without a tree smack in front of you was pretty hard..;)
Techie love:
D7000 with Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 @ 44mm Aperture: f/16 Shutter 15 seconds
Hoya screw in circular polariser and neutral density filter (3 stops) and… LEE graduated filter (0.9)
As always, I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed
Still amazed the boat remained so still over 220seconds 🙂
A variation from a previous image with a shorter shutter speed.
techie stuff:
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ Aperture: f/16 and Shutter Speed: 220s
out front – LEE bigstopper and LEE graduated filter 0.9
Getting it from all angles, invaded by sand, overgrown by sea grass and battered by the ocean…my moneys on Nature 🙂
Single image or multiple image blend?
🙂
A peaceful lakeside community with great fishing and natural and relatively untouched surrounds. This particular afternoon had quite some nice colour in the sky and the clouds provided some excellent layering to show some deep blues and also some warm tones as the sun disappeared over my right should, so why opt for a BW conversion? I guess simplicity..the fact that converting to monochrome accentuates the actual composition and rather than relying on bold colours it can in my mind make for a image with a more lasting impression rather than a image with a fleeting glance.
I also enjoy BW images since for me it means more concentration on the tones and composition than the visual impact of colours, don't get me wrong I love colourful and bold imagery, i guess its just nice to simplify with BW at times 🙂
Also i need more BW practice 🙂
I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed
This image was created using a blend of 3 images to achieve the dynamic range and tonal detail in the trees. I used +Nik Photography's to do the initial processing and BW conversion followed by it being finished off in . There was a little struggle with the clouds, but not surprising since there was some substantial movement between the frames 🙂