Large Format Photography Australia

Maris, it was a terrible day to be at the beach, however, it was apparently a perfect day to see whales as the weather was basically a constant light misty drizzle, the type you get when you are enveloped by foggy clouds. Couple that with a swell of about 1.5 - 2m and whale watching conditions were ...

Point Lonsdale NP, Gunnamatta Beach entrance An old toll booth which was a constant for a busy national park before entrance to all Victorian NP's became free; camping still costs though. Shen Hao HZX45-IIA Fujinon 65mm f/5.6 FP4+ D76 1:1 Centre Graduated Filter f/16 at 1/15th 24015_Traffic_Control_...

Nice side on light, removes the need for a polarising filter; smart. Nice pick up on the rough edged rocks due to no constant wave action; give it 100 years and its possible that the rock edges are starting to be rounded as the sea levels rise... :o The big rock in the pool is positioned perfectly, ...

I have a vague feeling that I've seen these surge towers, but it would have been in 72/73 summer and the road conditions were all dirt. I'm not 100% sure, but they do ring a bell. When you mentioned the slight keening sound, that hit a memory cell somewhere in my noggin as I remembered the high pitc...

Thank you Barry.

Interesting in a couple of ways. Firstly the soft focus lens, I'm not familiar with it but presumably it's soft focus is inbuilt, not from a purpose built metal filter with holes in it. There also looks like a missing anti halation coating on the film, which I know is not true. But on the right side...

Thanks Maris, I must admit I didn't think of William Henry Fox Talbot when I saw this. :o I've had my eye on this house for a while, the newish owners have been giving it the onceover and as soon as I saw the colour scheme, I knew it was going to be a definite subject at some point in time. The owne...

Shen Hao HZX45-II
Fujinon 150, no filter
FP4+ D76 1:1
1/30th at f/22
21mm front rise, 10mm right rear shift.

Nothing like putting your toe into the water!

Sorry about that, but I couldn't resist.

The highlights in the water and on the rocks are just wonderful, 1/30th or 1/15 of a second? Whatever, you've managed to get just the right amount of blur, without getting blur; if you know what I mean.

Thanks Maris. I do believe this is one of my better portraits of late. I too was worried about the background, but having the longer lens and being closer to the subject certainly helped. I actually took this in portrait format, but it was too busy, so some quite judicial cropping elevated it rather...