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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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Taken: June 23, 2010, 8:26 pm.
Focal Length: 15mm
Shutter: 1922 Seconds
Aperture: ƒ/16
Tags: Domain, Hobart, Long Exposure, Night, Star Trails
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The reason for heading up to Mt Wellington was to take some photos of O’Grady falls. I had previously gone looking for them last year, however ended up on “long way round” track, which I abandoned halfway through the walk.
No problems finding the falls this time, I was well researched. The Wood’s Track albeit the shorter route was very steep though – what was an enjoyable walk down was a recipe for a heart attack back up. However with the wet day, and heavy cloud cover, it was perfect conditions to take photos of waterfalls.
The image really does not do justice to the falls – I would estimate them to be between 6 and 9 metres high. I also became re-acquainted with leeches, which seemed determined t suck me dry by dropping from overhanging trees. Thankfully only 1 managed to “get me” – the others I removed in time.
I feel there is potential to improve on this photo – this is the “tourist” shot many people get of the falls, however it does not really tell the story of the waterfall, so I plan to return when the weather isn’t so prone to leeches and spend more time trying to get the shot I want.
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Taken: March 8, 2010, 2:12 pm.
Focal Length: 20mm
Shutter: 10 Seconds
Aperture: ƒ/16
Tags: Hobart, Long Exposure, Mt Wellington, Waterfall
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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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Taken: February 6, 2010, 7:27 pm.
Focal Length: 17mm
Shutter: 486 Seconds
Aperture: ƒ/16
Tags: B+W110, Hobart, Long Exposure, Tasman Bridge
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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
Tags: Hobart, New Years Eve, Sequence, Storm
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Here’s a photo from the vault, one of Salamanca place at night. I particularly like this one as the halogen lighting only serves to enhance the colours of the sandstone buildings. Salamanca Place is perhaps the most historic precinct in Hobart, with roots going back to the early days of the settlement of Tasmania.
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Taken: November 25, 2003, 11:09 am.
Focal Length: 7.1875mm
Shutter: 1 Seconds
Aperture: ƒ/4
Tags: Hobart, Night, Point and Shoot, Salamanca Place
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So Saturday’s walk didn’t go to plan. I had in fact set out to find the Disappearing Tarn in the alpine regions of Mount Wellington. From accounts by other people, I got to within 750m of it but due to conditions, and how I was equipped, I turned back.
From a photographic perspective, the day was a complete bust. Walked 4.5 hours, and took less than a dozen images, of which this photo of a Richea Dracophylla was the only one I was happy with. Nine out of the 11 different species of richea are endemic to Tasmania, with the most well known being the Richea Pandanifolia, better known as the Pandani or Giant Grass Tree.
And what of the Disappearing Tarn? Well, true to form it disappeared. Reports from other bushwalkers who made it there that day described it more as an average rockpool rather than the tarn with the ethereal blue water.
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Taken: July 24, 2009, 9:30 pm.
Focal Length: 255mm
Shutter: 1/640
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Tags: Fauna, Hobart, Mount Wellington, Plant, Richea Dracophylla, Tasmania, Telephoto
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