Alex Wise Photography

Seascape long exposure at Clifton Beach, Tasmania with a Canon 350D, Canon 10-22 and Cokin ND Grads Z-Pro. One of my favourite places for nature photography as it’s quite exposed and picks up a bit of swell frequently and a relatively close drive of 45~ mins. I really need to get down there on a huge swell.

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Nature photography at Lauderdale, Tasmania

An old photograph just a little out from Hobart with a black and white conversion for something different. I’ll post the colour in the coming days but I quite like this one.

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The cold conditions of Cradle Mountain, Tasmania where my photo budies hoped for blue skies, reflections and amazing light but were disappointed. Instead we battled poor visibility as cloud blocked any hope of sun shining through but I wasn’t too fussed already having a nice shot from 2007.

This one is stolen from Martin Pot, Some really inspiring shots in this link and definately worth checking out for those lacking a bit of motivation > Click Here for 50 Amazing Pictures You Must See on Flickr

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2 minute seascape long exposure exposure at Clifton Beach when it was well and truly dark which made focussing from a distance fun..

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It’s that time again where we speculate more about the Canon 5D mark II, Canon 3D, Canon 4D or whatever you want to call it.

Recently I’ve been noticing rumors which predict the body plus other bits may be coming sooner then many are predicting with a release on August 26, 2008. Even some speculating that we may also get a new Canon 1D series body, the Canon 1D MarkIIIn.  I haven’t really followed Canon 1D MarkIIIn rumors because I’m a poor uni student and it’s beyond my reach, for now. Based on the image below which shows releases from 2001-2008 I do believe the 1D MarkIIIn will be more likely to be released in 2009 however Canon is full of suprises so who knows.

But this post wouldn’t be complete without Canon 5D Mark II specification rumor. According to northlight-images.co.uk Canon Canada have been the following specifications for the Canon 5D Mark 2 which sound very possible with the price tag leaving open a Canon 6D which may be a more expensive higher megapixel body as $1,899 is cheap!

12MP

5fps, Up to 21 RAW files

Dust removing system

15-point TTL CMOS sensor

Center point additionally sensitive with lenses of F2.8 or faster

96% frame coverage

Magnification: 0.71x

3.0″ 640×480 TFT LCD (920,000 pixels)

ISO 50-3200 extended to 12800 and 25600

DIGIC III, 14-bit

Canon EF lens mount (not EF-S)

Live View Mode

The body is very similar to the 5D, similar handgrip

Surprisingly cheap, US$ 1,899

Feature wise this seems alright but I’d love some weather sealing but will the Canon 5D Mark II actually have weather sealing which many are predicting? I’m not sure as weather sealing may be what differentiates the professional series to the prosumer/amateur consumer bodies.♦

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A long exposure of a quiet stream which runs off St Columbia Falls, Tasmania. This is located on the east coast of Tasmania and is roughly 30 minutes out from St Helens which is a great little town to visit. It’s interesting how different each town is in terms of facilities available. I really like St Helens because it has a few restaraunts, Banjos for pastry and a large supermarket. If staying in St Helens, Queechy Cottages is ok if on a budget, nothing exciting.

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Another final shot with my Canon 50 1.8 (nifty fifty) before it broke, argh. Captured in Sandy Bay, Tasmania along a busy stretch of road during a quick break at uni. I really love playing with auto focus points (Click for the confused) with the nifty fifty as I use it somewhat differently to if I was shooting landscacpe.

Flower phase over for a while haha back to nature photography

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Just mixing things up a little with a new theme, hopefully it’s compatible with all popular browsers

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Honeymoon Bay is located within Freycinet National Park, Tasmania.

This was a hectic morning as all 4 of us slept through our alarms and intended to visit another bay but were limited for time as the sun was already rising. It was freezing which seemed to fog my filters (Cokins) up periodically so as you can imagine that was a little frustrating. That’s probably one part of my Cokin filters I don’t like so much as they are quite large (Z-Pro series) and if you have two filters attatched, both can be quite exposed so it means both have to come off to be cleaned. However other then that I like them

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Taken on a quick break during lectures at uni today in Sandy Bay, Tasmania. I noticed these flowers as I was travelling home yesterday from uni and perhaps it may be just me but they reminded me of Japan in some ways with the beautiful colours they have in different seasons.

A little dissapointed that I dropped my camera just a tiny bit and the Canon 50 1.8 now has focus issues. Fourtunately it’s a cheap lens to replace but still bit of a downer argh fun lens too! I recomend it for everyones kit.

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