Rooted Dreams

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Towra Point v2

Rarely do I revisit a location twice in the space of a couple of weeks, however I really wanted to check out this place at high tide, thus it called me for another quick visit and the tidal times worked out nicely – it did however result in very wet feet since the only way to get there was to wade thru calf deep water – alittle disconcerting when its dark and navigating by torchlight. I even walked right past my little subject tree since i did not recognise it with all the water around!

The previous shot of a similar composition is here : https://plus.google.com/100975265940134223422/posts/GQxovkJ7CzR

Single frame
Exif/setup data:
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ 11.5mm Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 297.1s
out front – LEE Bigstopper, 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.

Texture – smooth vs bumpy

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Just like where there is a light side, there is a dark and cold side – where there is smoothness, roughness is nearby.

There was difficulty tracking down a interesting foreground to match the sky here, however, one must always make do with what is there – watch for the next one with a dinky little oyster, high and dry 🙂

Exif/setup data:
D7000 coupled with Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 @ 17mm Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 248.3s
out front – LEE Bigstopper, 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.

Watching Night Turn to Day

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A large rain cloud sneaked over Botany this morning, spreading like a cancer snuffing all light and warmth that was meant to be..sunrise.

Single image – triggered using a Phottix Aion wireless remote, these things are great for this kind of thing, heaps of range and pretty consist, works thru the pocket too 🙂

techie love:
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ Aperture: f/13 and Shutter Speed: 1.5s
out front – LEE Graduated Filter (0.9)

The google tree

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I tracked this little old mangrove tree from a aerial shot from +Google Maps , it was a gamble trying to find it and see if it would make a half decent image, at first I missed it all together, however on the walk back found it (things look pretty different from up there 🙂 ) – I really wanted to see it at high tide, but timing did not allow me to be there – next time.

Often I will spend a few minutes browsing maps and checking out locations to find interesting nooks and crannies., good on ya +Google Maps 2 thumbs up, I dunno what i would do without google maps now.

Towra Nature Reserve.
techie love:
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16 mm f2.8 @ Aperture: f/11 and Shutter Speed: 158.2s
out front – LEE Bigstopper, LEE graduated filter 0.9 and screw in circular polariser

Sydney's Moon Scape – Towra

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Somebody drained all the water outta botany Bay this morning 🙂 That was the lowest tide I have seen in quite a while.
Made for quite the challenge for finding some interesting foreground action, especially considering more than a few minutes in any one spot meant your shoes were being swallowed by the mangrove..

Towra Nature Reserve.
techie love:
D7000 coupled with Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 @ Aperture: f/8 and Shutter Speed: 279.8s
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.