Always Worth a Visit

Though the clouds were sparse on Monday evening, a visit to Lake Burrumbeet always gives me an image or two worth bringing home. Some very intense sunset light to start with, and then I happened to notice this wallaby just in front of the slight rise I was on, just watching and waiting. For you tech heads who like some details about the specs, the last one was taken at 10,000ISO!

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Low and Slow

On Sunday evening we had a pretty nice sunset at Lake Wendouree. I've been to this spot many, many times and its amazing how you can still come home with something different. This time I had a chance to play around with some different settings on the camera. In the first one I've got myself down low, almost to water level, and opened up the aperture on the lens to get a very shallow depth of field which has blurred the foreground nicely. In the second, a slow shutter speed has smoothed out the water. Interesting to note the difference in colour/contrast between the 2 images in the short time taken between them.

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Moon Magic

We have a full moon due on Sunday evening, however I find the night before is often the best time to capture it. The day before it's full, the moon usually rises just that bit earlier to allow it some elevation before it gets too dark, and as its about 98% full it still has that complete circle look to it. So on Saturday evening I was mindful of finding a location to make the most of this, and after a few miles scouting from north of Windermere down south to Bo Peep it was this group of trees where it all fell into place. Not long after this the clouds moved in to obscure the moon, and if you click on this for a bigger look you can see a flock of birds taking flight in the left hand corner. 
I did get quite a few other images from this excursion, however I decided to post this one on its own so you don't get distracted with the others....I guess that means I really like this one!

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A Day of Drama

All day Friday here in Ballarat we were treated to a sky show of constantly changing, dramatic clouds. First up was a the tail end of a storm front as it moved east over the lake just after 7am. Later in the day around 4pm the skies darkened once again, and with the calm conditions, I made a visit to View Point to grab a couple of aerials. To finish off the day some lovely pastel colours added a lovely glow to the lake looking to the east and north. Though no strong light throughout the day, a good example of how nice the light can be in these conditions.

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Mt Buninyong Bonanza

On Thursday morning there was a forecast for some fog and calm conditions....my ideal conditions at the moment! When I left home around 5.40am I initially headed north, however one I travelled a few miles I realised the best chances were down to the south east, so I made my way over to Mt Warrenheip and then realised that a bit further south towards Mt Buninyong was going to be it....and, boy, was I right! Some spectacular conditions on the side of the mountain that kept me busy for quite a while....here's a taste......check out those waves!

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A Blast From The Past

I came across a couple of nice images from the end of 2011 on my visit up to northern New South Wales. Both of these captured at dawn at Cabarita Beach. It's amazing what I still have buried away in the archives!

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Rowing

On Wednesday evening a very late visit to Lake Wendouree was rewarded with a great collection of rowing images. At first I thought it was going to be a lack lustre trip until I found this one crew still putting in the training right up to and past sunset...they certainly deserve to do well this coming weekend for their commitment! The last one here shows a common result of shooting directly into a setting sun...it certainly added some drama to the whole scene with the strong colours and contrasts.

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