Showing posts with label Portsea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portsea. Show all posts

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Portsea sea cave reflection for Sunday Best

 


It has been a while since I visited this location. I gonna visit the place again this weekend. After 1 week of locum work, I am so over making ends meet. 

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Laowa 9mm f5.6

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Portsea Back Beach in Mornington Peninsula for Sunday Best

 


The sea shelf exposed in the low tide often gave a photography interest for long exposure pleasure.


Sony A7RV

FE 20-70mm f4 G


Linking Sunday Best and FACE OFF


Yesterday I had a yum cha lunch with Leonid who visited Australia from US this year. We caught up and chatted for hours. He was trying to get me to work in US while I was trying to lure him back to Australia. 





Friday, October 27, 2023

Portsea Pier topdown for Skywatch Friday

 


The view is lovely. Kind of therapeutic for me.

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Linking Skywatch Friday


Friday, October 6, 2023

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




Thursday, October 5, 2023

Portsea Mornington Peninsula for Water H2O Thursday

 


I always have an obsession to photograph mini falls from exposed reefs and sea shelves. 


Sony A7RV

FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM


Linking Water H2O Thursday



Tuesday, October 3, 2023

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




Thursday, January 5, 2023

London Bridge, Portsea

 


After a hard-working festive season, I get out to the coast as quickly as possible. This view is curing my low mood after an eventful 2 weeks.


Then I listened to my pal's long winding saga of his difficult time in his life...


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FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM


Linking Randomosity