Alex Wise Photography

One from Park Beach, Tasmania just around a hour out of the city of Hobart. I really don’t have anything much to say other then the new 5D Mark II 22 megapixel sensor is making my 350D 8MP sensor look very inferior. Is anyone upgrading?

A shot from this evening where it was cold and windy, not nice conditions to be shooting in but I got some interesting shots which made it worth it. I think this was originally going to be exposed for 7 minutes however I had to cut it short to a little over 5 minutes as there were strange people in the carpark near by little civic but all was ok.

Long exposure seascape photograph taken at Park Beach, Tasmania.

Photographed with a Canon 350D, Canon 10-22, Cokin ND Grads .6 and .9, Tripod.

I must return to this place!

A seascape long exposure photograph at Park Beach, Hobart. If anyone is ever looking to photograph waterscapes in Hobart and not looking to drive too far then Clifton Beach/South Arm area and Park Beach are your best options with there usually being quite a bit of swell about.

Canon 350D / Canon 10-22 / Cokin GND / Tripod

F/9 at 20 seconds.

A seascape photograph captured at Park Beach, Tasmania earlier this year just after the sun had set. It sure is nice living in Tasmania

Canon 350D, Canon 10-22, Cokin ND grads, tripod, wet feet.

Park Beach, Tasmania

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Waterscapes are fun times, slipping around on the rocks and anticipating if the incoming waves will knock you flat. Things are usually timed to perfection but sometimes life isn’t so fortunate and I’m waist deep in water from not paying enough attention, part of the fun really. Dodging waves is not the only skill set of photography that worries me, it’s post processing of images. I will be the first to admit that it’s not my strongest point and simple things like dodging, layers, curves, and other simple things are about as far as I can go. Sometimes people ask me if I changed the sky? Sorry I don’t even know how to do that. Perhaps I will post some of my workflows up in the near future to give you a idea of how simple things are in my little world of photoshop.

I’ve written up a few thoughts on the process of ordering a book from lulu which I’ll post up in the coming weeks when my books arrive.