Took another run at finding a ‘good’ location at the cliffs, hiked north this time along the coast trying to find a spot to drop down to the water. By the time the sun was setting I had not found such a place, so I framed this one and dropped on my new Hoya ND Filter
to see what would happen.
I think it turned out alright, how about you?
– 20s f/9 ISO200
After discussing some seascape locations with Jamie Paterson I decided to drop down to the coast near Henderson as there were some nice clouds forming. The tide was high so there was no easy spots to drop down to the waters edge but It did make for a nice hike down and back the coast line as the sun set to the west.
I lucked out and the sun put on a show just before signing off and I caught this one after climbing down to the waters edge and balancing on a small rock ledge. I really should have taken a behind the scenes shot to scare the wife 🙂
The photo that almost got away; I left home to collect Simone with no doubt in my mind that it was not going to be a good sunset evenin, I racked my brain for ideas to take a easterly facing sunset photo as there were dramatic storm clouds forming on the eastern hills outside Perth.
However, by the time I had picked Simone up clouds had moved in from the north and it was off to Cottesloe we went. After a brief stop in at the main beach we moved up to the same spot as last week, the clouds were turning pink/purple and I ran down to the beach… only to find the rocks I was shooting from last time were completely gone. Replaced by a young couple romancing in the sand which I just about ran over 🙂
A quick sprint along the beach, passing joggers and dog walkers. Much surprised to see me running flat out down the beach lugging a big tripod with a camera mounted on it. I stopped at some more rocks in the water, turned around to setup to find three other photogs already there and shooting. Must be a good spot! While they were all up on some rocks in safety, I did my usual thing; Took off my shoes, rolled up my jeans and got wet.
Here is the result:
Having shot the Rockingham area quite frequently I decided that I should expand my photo locations in Perth. I strapped Archer into the car and headed up to Cottesloe to check out a few spots that looked good on satellite photos.
First I dropped into South Cottesloe (or is it Mosman Park?) and checked a couple of small beaches that have some interesting rocks. More interesting and quirky was rounding a corner to see some public fornication, thankfully Archer was oblivious and was much more interested in the pair of dogs being walked behind us.
We left to collect Simone from work and headed to the main Cottesloe beach, I was fairly underwhelmed by the location. But in the right conditions there surely would be some nice setups.
Looking around I counted more tourist photographers per sq/mtr than anywhere else I have ever seen in Perth, everyone was lining up along the beach to take a photo directly into the sunset (Using on camera flashes for extra special effect too… )
After Archer had some fun in the sand we heading north a short distance and found a very nice spot where I setup for the sunset and rolled up my jeans preparing to go into the water. Lots of jumping in and out of the water ensued trying to avoid the larger waves and splashes.
Here we go for this post, I have a feeling you should be seeing some more of this location soon:
Over the weekend I took the family for a drive down to Mandurah to scope out a few beach locations which looked to have some interesting subject matter.
The sky was really overcast and raining in patches, so we rugged up Archer and heading down. We arrived to gale force winds howling along the beach throwing up sand everywhere, Archer and Simone kept to the car from then on while I checked out the hopefuls.
Only one location worked out, and I plan to go back for more as I think this spot could yield many good images in the right conditions. It does however require de-shoe-ing, getting wet and lifting the camera out of the way when the big waves hit! (Yes they are big waves you can see towards the top of the image).
For your viewing pleasure (?) :
Driving home from a gathering in Kings Park we decided to take the coast roads home on the off chance the clouds that were slowly arriving might give us a nice sunset.
As we got further south it was looking more unlikely that we’d get one, so we kept going past Fremantle, past Coogee and headed towards home. I kept checking on the light, and as it got to 6pm it started to turn.
We quickly turned towards the beach and found a nice location in Henderson to grab these two.
After so many months without snapping a non-baby related photo. Jamie and I made an pre-work run at Matilda Bay hoping the clouds has stuck around overnight.
Alas, as darkness lifted around 5:45 the sky was clear, but it was too late to call it off as I was half way there already.
Since a direct sunrise was out of the question, we quickly tried to find another location. Settling on the Crawley Yacht club, we shuffled around trying to find something half decent. Jamie threw in the towel early and the camera never showed itself.
I however took a few shots, and ended up with this one.
Heres hoping that there is more to come soon.
Cheers
