Melbourne Skyline for Sunday Best

 

It was hot and humid. Instead of heading to the coast, I visited an old spot doing skyline sunset shot. 

A different feel

Sony A7RV

FE 70-200mm f4 Macro

Linking Sunday Best

Stingray Bay Sunset, Warrnambool for skywatch Friday

 

Purple sky can be so mesmerising

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Sky Watch

No 16 Beach, Rye, Mornington Peninsula for Sky Watch Friday

 

Gloomy and dark. The mini waterfall is a bonus for the dull sunset. There is reflection in the water hole too. 

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FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Skywatch Friday

Dragon's Head For Treasure Tuesday

 

A trip to N16 beach again. No flaming sunset but not too bad clouds. 

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Merri Sanctuary Sunset Warrnambool for Water H2O Thursday

 

I caught another moment of golden hour in Warrnambool

DJ Mini Pro4

I will leave this town in 2 days. Joel rang me to confirm our trips during Xmas time. Funny I kind of miss his voice on the phone. We talked like 3 hours! 

Linking Water H2O Thursday

Merri Marine Park Sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

It is all about luck, lighting and framing.

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Skywatch Friday

Merri Sanctuary Sunset, Warrnambool for Treasure Tuesday

 

This dusk took me out of a surprise as weather forecast predicted a whole day of continuous storm. The weather bureau department needs to be sacked altogether 

I think I am done in this region. Another 2 weeks to go then back to civilisation. 

DJ mini Pro4

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Tom and Eva on Great Ocean Road for Water H2O Thursday

 

There are just way too many tourists. I could not bother waiting until sunset.

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Water H2O Thursday

Twelve Apostles Sunset Great Ocean Road for Treasure Tuesday

 

I cannot help being cheesy posting a frame that all tourists do here. People are all stampeding the boardwalk in the look out platform. The vibrations ruin my long exposure attempts. 

As I grow older, I prefer to stay away from the people. More like a recluse. 

Sony A7RV 

FE 20-70mm f4 

Linking Treasure Tuesday

 

Stingray Bay Warrnambool for Sunday Best

 

Since I arrive this coastal town, the rain has been non stop. For the weekend, I was expecting a terrible storm until a cloud break close to sunset hours. So I quickly fly my drone to get a view off Stingray Bay. The wind nearly took my drone away into the sea...

At least, I got a shot here and there before the storm took over. So sad.

DJ Mini Pro4

Linking Sunday Best

Bridgewater Bay Sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

I have taken sunset shots from this location many times. Each time, the colour and the vibe are different.

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Skywatch Friday

No 16 Beach, Rye, Mornington Peninsula for Skywatch Friday

 

Sunset without clouds is usually looking the same everywhere. Joel tried to get his feet wet for a shot he would hardly process after he got home.

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Skywatch Friday

Balnarring Beach Mornington Peninsula for Water H2O Thursday

 

On the day, Joel and I were supposed to visit the abandoned submarine in Hastings. It turned out the wreckage was already removed! It was so upsetting. So we moved quickly to this nearby beach before sunset took place.

Sony A7RV 

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Water H2O Thursday

Blairgowrie sunset in Melbourne for Skywatch Friday

 

No long exposure. Just a timed snap. 

Sony A7RV + FE 20-70mm f4 

Linking Skywatch Friday

Forest Cave Phillip Island for Treasure Tuesday

 

This is low tide. Having high tide, this cave would be under water. Love sunset through the cave.

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FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Sunset long exposure at London Bridge for Skywatch Friday

 

The long exposure at the sunset can be very dreamy

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Skywatch Friday

Portsea beach cave sunset for Sunday Best

 

This cave was way too small for my size. I kept hitting the ceiling of the cave by my head

Sony A7RV 

Laowa 9mm f5.6 

Linking Sunday Best and Water H2O Thursday

Sierra Navada Rocks sunset for Skywatch Friday

 

1900: The Sierra Nevada sinks near Portsea; 23 lost - From The Age 

"The ship Sierra Nevada bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, crashed upon the rocks of the Ocean Back Beach, behind Portsea, at 1 a.m. yesterday, and 23 of her crew were lost. The centre of the ship, like a mammoth shark’s fin, now appears above the breakers upon which the unmasted hull has been impaled, and that is all that is visible of the wreck. The masts, sails and numberless spars and fragments from the splintered vessel, together with many hundreds of cases and bales of cargo, bestrew the rocks to the mainland, and shortly after news was received of the disaster the battered body of the captain was hauled out from among the wreckage." 

The Sierra Nevada was bound from Liverpool with a cargo that consisted chiefly of whiskey and paper. She sighted Cape Otway on Tuesday morning, and before a favouring breeze made good progress towards Melbourne. At nightfall the lookout sighted the Heads, and there was every prospect of entering the harbor early in the morning. Soon, however, the wind veered around to the south, and as it steadily increased in strength, sail was shortened and everything made taut and apparently safe. The ship continued on her way without increased portents of danger until 11 p.m. Then, above the lashing of the waves and the roar of the wind, the voice of Geo. McGuffin, the man on the lookout, was heard proclaiming ominous warning, “Breakers ahead!” Simultaneously the sailors discerned through the darkness a white line of surf, in bold contrast to a black and rugged background of rocks, which rose out of a dense mist of spray upon the port side.

This is the first time I could find out more information of this shipwreck I frequented many times in the past few years. It is because of some remnants I found ion the region. I was pretty sure there was a shipwreck. 

Sony A7RV

Laowa 9mm f5.6 

Linking Sky Watch Friday

Sierra Nevada Rocks sunset for Treasure Tuesday

 

This was taken on the weekend. Joel and I escaped the crowd 1km away from this location. Lucky there are no other photographers there at that time! There was a nearby water puddle that Joel peed into it. Later a young couple came and splashing dipping into it. Joel was laughing his butt off. 

I just figured out I was banned from commenting on Instagram. That frustrated me so much. 

Sony A7RV

Laowa 9mm f5.6

Linking Treasure Tuesday

Cat Bay Sunset for Water H2O Thursday

 

It was a trip to west end of Phillip Island. Joel refused to photograph the famous broken jetty in the area. Instead, we camped at this rocky foreshore. Later in the night, we abandoned to do Milkyway because of my misreading of the moon rise time which was hanging brightly in the middle of sky. 

School holidays drive traffic even crazier than normal. I can't wait for the kids return to school. 

Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4

Linking Water H2O Thursday