Forest tales - Old Karridale

Hey everyone, I know it's been a while and I'm sorry for the long break. After I shot "echoes" I got bloody sick and then there were always other things which kept me from going out and shooting. 

"Echoes" - Star Trails at Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse Tutorial

The Universe - Endless Space...

Hamelin Bay under the Milky Way

- Hamelin Bay under the Milky Way -

Hey folks, as mentioned a few days ago I was out shooting on Saturday and covered a whole range of subjects...

I started off by shooting the world surf comp in Gracetown, then came across a snake(which had to be shot with my Canon!), went on further south to shoot the sunset at Cape Freycinet(well, that was the plan anyway), visited Boranup forest to capture some light trails, drove up to Boranup lookout to have a look at the stars(and to see if any interesting compositions were possible from up there) and because I was already in the area, I decided to head on even further south to Hamelin Bay. Initially I was only wanting to shoot the old Jetty under the stars but spontaneously decided to visit the limestone cliffs on the other side of the cape and try my luck with a milky way pano... 

Here's what I came home with... A 33-image pano shot in a place where you shouldn't be. But you know we all go to great lengths just to get "the shot".

It took several attempts to stitch this pano together. Photoshop, Autopano Giga and PTgui all buckled and said "no!"... in the end I downloaded the trial version of LR 6 and put it through it's paces and it worked like a charm, as long as all images were in the same orientation... That sold LR6 for me already and the best thing is it outputs your pano as a DNG file! Sweeeet! What more do you want?!

Let me know what you all think in a comment below and feel free to share this image :)

Cheers

Margaret River Drug Aware Pro Surf Comp 2015

Okay okay, I'm not gonna lie about it... I'm no professional sports photographer! Those of you who have been following my work will know that people, and sports for that matter, are rarely the main subjects of my photography... Nonetheless, when there's a world championship in your town, you as a photographer go out and shoot it! Period. :)

Cowaramup Bay - North Point

The rocky "North Point" of Cowaramup Bay is a great place for photographers. There's lots of break, swirls, amazing rock formations and patterns on the rocks and not to mention a stunning piece of coastline to the north and south...

Stargazing At Cape Naturaliste

Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse at 2.30am - that's when the magic happens :)

The Lady

This Weekend was pretty crappy... lots of rain and storms - but unfortunately not the photogenic kind, so I didn't get a chance to go out and take many pictures... I felt terrible and so Monday after work, I took a quick shower, grabbed my gear and headed West toward the Sea...

Wyadup Rocks and Injidup Beach

Wyadup beach truly is a gem! And it is fairly hidden away so you don't need to fear too big crowds ...

Leeuwin Lighthouse Sunset And The Galaxy

What a stunning night! I just got home from one E.P.I.C. photographic outing with my mate Mark from Perth. We first met up to shoot the sunset at Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse in Augusta and got some sweet-as silky smooth water shots, then we took a little break for a few hours (watched the A-Team movie - oh yeah!) and then headed back out in the middle of the night to capture the amazing southern night sky in it's full glory!

Bunker Bay! Or Sugarloaf Rock?!

Okay, now before you get too confused about the title of this blog post, here's the story:

The Jetty

I returned to Hamelin Bay last night after work to try and capture a particular shot I have had in my head for months...

Hazy Gracetown Sunset

The Northcliffe bushfires have covered the area in smoke all day long, but the real spectacle began about one hour before sunset when the whole sky turned orange and the sun itself turned into a fierce red ball of fire. Simply amazing!

So I spontaneously grabbed all my gear and headed to Gracetown for a few shots... smile emot

Sunflowers Animal Farm, Margaret River

The Cape-To-Cape Track - Part 1: Cape Naturaliste to Injidup Beach

The Cape to Cape track is a 135 kilometer long walk along the cape region of Southwest Western Australia. It connects the Cape Naturaliste in the North with Cape Leeuwin in the south and leads through a versatile Landscape that offers almost everything...

2015-01-18 The Margaret River Airport

Ok we're starting this post off with some old cars but don't just go back to playing candy crush! The airport pics are further down... :) These old car wrecks are scattered around the outside of Margs' airport and surely greet all arrivals with a feeling of "Welcome to the Wild Wild West!" :)

2015_01_12 Surf's Up!

View on the Indian Ocean and the Margaret River from the Prevelly lookout.

January 11th 2015

This is my first attempt at making an animated GIF. About 20 images grouped together in Photoshop and animated upon export.

Time travelling in 15 minutes

If travelling East from Margaret River on Rosa Brook Rd, you will eventually pass this intriguing old general store...

Silent Sentries

68sec, f/11, ISO 100, 16mm, (B+W ND3.0 MRC) using the black-carding technique to darken the sky

Despite multiple visits to this quiet place, I always get inspired and amazed by the sight of these trees in the middle of the Margaret River.

Hamelin Harmony

What a start in the new year! Oh, and happy new year to you all!! :)

Since we've been very(very!) busy in the last days of 2014 with planning, renovating and moving into our new place I haven't gotten the chance to take any pictures before the end of the year. So to turn things around a little bit, I headed down south to Hamelin Bay on the evening of Januray 1st to enjoy and photograph the first sunset of the year(I could have done the first sunrise but that normally involves getting up and unreasonable hours ;) )