Switch off and do nothing
A shot from a holiday from a few months ago – Surfer’s Paradise is in the City of the Gold Coast. This beachfront destination lies on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, and is blessed with warm weather and some of the best surf conditions that one can hope for. I typically end up taking [...]
Turbulent surf
A neutral density filter, some inclement weather, a passing storm and a long exposure are what contributed to the creation of this image. Shot at Frankston beach at 4p.m. in the afternoon, there were waves coming in that every photographer dreams of. I took three shots of this particular vantage point – each one more [...]
The Tempest
I have a couple of these pier shots, and they are all a little different. This is one that I took last week that really appeals to me. Taken off the edge of Frankston beach on a day when the weather turned seriously inclement at about 4pm, this pier (in what appears to be in [...]
Rocky beaches at Lorne
Located 2 hours drive from Melbourne, be it along the Great Ocean Road, or the B100 inland highway through the Otways, Lorne is one of Victoria’s many coastal towns that offer an amazing quality of life. Situated on the edge of the Southern Ocean, it faces contstantly changing weather patterns throughout the year. This winter [...]
Modernism amidst classicism
Generally when looking down a pier, one tends to look into the ocean from the shore. Rarely does one ever look from the waters into the shore. Hence, my attempt on Saturday was to try to capture a second perspective. Still hanging out on a cold sunset off the edge of Beaconsfield Parade in Port [...]
A view from above
Its been a wee bit gloomy over the past week. Granted, its winter, but its also the coldest and wettest on record for a while now. No one’s is going to complain about the wetness… Victoria has been in drought for over 10 years now, and we needed all the rain that we got, and [...]
Under from Down Under
Perhaps a bit of a cliché shot, but after being locked up at home for a week, I was going stir crazy, and foot injury or not, I badly needed to get out. I made my way down to a part of Beaconsfield Parade that I have often walked past, but rarely stopped to admire [...]
Parked in the port
An one more shot from Sunday morning, all thanks to Graham. Yet enother view of the boats moored in Port Philip Yacht Club on a bright, beautiful Mellbourne morning. There is a very good reason as to why Melbourne ranks as one of the most livable cities in the world, and definitely Australia’s most livable [...]
St. Kilda Beach
Unbeknownst to a lot of folks, penguins are native to Australia. One of the places that they can be found is off St. Kilda Beach, thanks to breakwaters such as the one in the picture that have been constructed to offer the bords some refude from the elements. These artifical breakwaters offer penguins a safe [...]
The Pier
I can never stop admiring the beauty of Australia, and specifically, Australian skies and Australian sunsets. Where else in the world would you be able to walk 2kms from the city and be able to see sunset quite as stunning as this? Piers are a common site at most Australian cities; the one in Busselton [...]
Lines
Sometimes, the simplest things can make a pretty neat pattern. Take these gantries on South Melbourne beach, for instanace. They’re really little more than a few stacks of wood that hold up a few rusting beams of metal. Yet, when the time of day is just right, when the sun is at the right angle, [...]
Marie Gabrielle Anchor revisited
Having made my initial visit to this artefact on a beautiful sunny February afternoon, I thought I might do one better if I showed up there bright and early at sunrise in May. As luck would have it, the elements were not in our favour, and I ended up getting rained on like no tomorrow. [...]
Marengo sunset
There are some things about Australian skies that no other place in the world offers. This shot was taken a few weeks ago on the beach at Marengo, ten minutes away from Apollo Bay. The sun had just sunk beneath the clouds in the distance as the wind began to blow in from the Southern [...]
The Anchor of the Marie Gabrielle
Port Campbell’s shipwreck coast is aptly named. At Wreck Beach, one can find the remnants of the longest surviving parts of two nineteenth century ships… their anchors. This is the first of the two, located at about a fifteen minute walk from the base of a staircase of 366 steps that descend at a gradient [...]
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Australia is a nation that has a very active beach culture, and summer is the time to go to the beach with your loves ones, family, and the dogs! This was taken one November afternoon as the sun was going down (yes, summers here are in Novemeber… we’re in the Southern Hemisphere). This pooch has [...]
