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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
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I was up with the Radio & Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania tonight, and decided to play with some long exposure photography for star trails while up there.
What you see in this image is a view looking over Hobart CBD and in the foreground is a 2.2 metre satellite receiver used by the club to receive television broadcasts that are typically unavailable to most people.
It’s not a fantastic star trail image as the ambient light from the city greatly reduces the contrast of the night sky, so I probably need to arrange an outing to Mt Pleasant Observatory to have try this in more favourable conditions.
This particular exposure was a little over 30 mins. No noise reduction was done on the camera and I have made some minor retouches to deal with the hot spots on the sensor.
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Tags: Domain, Hobart, Long Exposure, Night, Star Trails
Friday, June 11th, 2010
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Lindisfarne Bay is a suburban bay just north-east of Hobart and about 5 minutes from where I live. I had been meaning for some time to spend an evening attempting to get some photos of the run-down boat jetties found around the bay, but at this time of the year the light is coming from the wrong angle.
Here’s a photo of one of the jetties that appeared to come out ok.
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Tags: Jetty, Lindisfarne
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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This photo was taken on my first trip out with my DSLR. In my first trip to the Tasmanian West Coast in over 15 years, the main purpose of the journey was to experience the wonderful Wilderness Railway, better known as the Abt. Built in the 1890s by the Mt Lyell Mining Company, the railway connected Strahan and Queenstown for a number of years, before being closed in the mid 1960s and rails ripped up. In the late 1990s money was granted to re-establish the railway as a tourist venture.
In the photo here we see Abt Locomotive #1 taking on water at Rinadeena – the highest point of the journey and the lunchtime stopover. This is a tremendous journey and I would recommend it to anyone who happens to have a spare day when visiting the Tasmanian West Coast.
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Tags: Abt Railway, Queenstown, Strahan, Tasmania, West Coast
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
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My camera has just had it’s sensor cleaned. I was eager to get out and start taking photos again and so last night went to the rocks around Wentworth Street, where a rocky headland separates Bellerive Beach from Howrah Beach. The clouds had closed in and it had become rather overcast which did not fit with my plans for golden sunsets and glowing rocks. However the wind was still making the harbour choppy which brought about some reasonable waterscapes. which feel dark and moody.
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Tags: Bellerive, Howrah, Waterscape
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
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I can’t wait to try my first passionfruits from my vine, once they mature. Shouldn’t be long now. But the passionfruit it not only great to eat, but great to photograph as well, mainly due to their magnificent flowers. Inspired by one of the photos I saw at the HPS Exhibition, I acquired some step-up rings to allow me to fit the 58mm close-up filters to my 52mm dia, 50mm F1.8 lens. That a bee happened across the flower at the time was just a bonus. I am pretty happy with this picture.
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Tags: 50mm, Garden, Macro, Passionfruit
Monday, February 8th, 2010
The Tasman Bridge will always be a prominent landmark in Hobart, so it’s no surprise that I take more than one photo of it. A couple of evenings ago saw a nice, sparse cloud formation ideal for longer exposure images, so I jumped in my car for an impromptu play with my favourite toy, my B+W110 filter.
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Tags: B+W110, Hobart, Long Exposure, Tasman Bridge
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Dekadence Near the finish
One of the great things about Christmas time in Hobart is when all the ocean racing boats sail in for the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race. It is sad that these days a lot of the faster boats turn around and head back to Sydney within hours to participate in the Sydney-Coffs Harbour Race, which happens early in the new year.
If they don’t head back, then there is usually a good chance they will participate in the King of the Derwent Yacht Race held usually around the 2nd January each year.
This year I had the pleasure of watching the event from the deck of the Cartela, giving me plenty of opportunity to take some photos.
There are a selection of images I have taken of the event. Please click on the image for a larger version.
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Tags: Boats, Christmas, Derwent River, King of the Derwent, Sailing
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
New Years Eve 2009 was spent at a friends place having a BBQ. What was not expected though was a spectacular electrical storm, one of which Hobart has not seen in a number of years. not having my own gear with me, I grabbed one of my friend’s cameras are started snapping away. Sadly I did not get any good images of lightning (though my friend did later). However I did get this fantastic sequence of images showing the heavens opening up over Hobart with a deluge of water.
Heavens open up - Hobart Deluge
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Tags: Hobart, New Years Eve, Sequence, Storm
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
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The Tasman Bridge is actually quite difficult to photograph despite being among the largest landmarks in Hobart. The problem is that the surrounds for the bridge to have a habit of getting in the way, and when they don’t the desired angle is wrong. This is perhaps one of my more favoured images of the bridge.
PS: Hello Sunday Tasmanian e-Guide Readers 
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009
This afternoon I made an impromptu visit in the Region of South Arm, Cremorne, Clifton Beach & Opossum Bay to check out some places to take photos. It has been the first time I have been done that far in about 15 years. Needless to say lots has changed. By the time I found Hope Beach it was pretty late in the day, I had to be “somewhere else” by a certain time, so I was somewhat rushed when taking photos. However now I know the potential for this Beach for coastal waterscapes, I will be returning soon.
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Tags: CPF, Driftwood, Hope Beach, Ultrawide, Water
