- Welcome to Iceland.
Well, not exactly.
This is the Mornington Peninsula
some intimate abstract photography.
Haven't really tried this recently,
so, looking forward to giving it a go here
at this beautiful beach
that does look like Iceland.
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Well, absolutely magnificent morning.
Quite a nice day this morning anyway,
before some storms come through later on this afternoon,
but it's been here a top of 26,
which for late October is fantastic here
and a great way to spend the first day out of lockdown.
So, I've got on board the Sony A7 III,
probably one of it's last outings.
If you saw my more recent video,
I've just purchased the Sony A7 IV,
so, very excited to get that.
But for today,
just looking around at some small intimate scenes,
some rocks, perhaps,
just sort of experimenting, really.
So, come along for the journey.
Let's have a look.
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So, what I'm doing now is trying to find a way
to compose a shot
without my reflection in it.
Which is easier said than done.
So, I see some lovely colors here,
contrasting with the metallic of the rocks.
So, I just thought I'd show you what I can see here.
So, we've got the little urchin here;
a little red urchin.
We've got these shades and blades
of golden, really red rock below,
and off-tracked by the dark-blue balsate rock
around the edge, so,
I think it looks okay.
And I'm gonna have to crop here
'cause I don't want that.
So, I've moved around a bit
so the tripod is not in the reflection of the water.
I put the polarizer on just to really saturate
the red of the sea urchin
and take some of the glare off the rocks.
So, like I've got a fire,
a line of fire going through the middle of the scene.
Using aperture of f/11; ISO 400.
Give me 1/4 of a second.
And I'll probably just focus stack it,
just in case, around the edges.
But, I'll put the image up now
and let me know what you think.
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So, I've just taken that last frame,
I've just noticed actually, just in front of me here,
some lovely, layered textures of,
again, some urchins or seagrasses,
but also leading out there's some lovely, beautiful textures
of some red rock lines,
like this one here, but in front of the foreground here.
So, might frame up for that shot now.
Well, this little image,
this little image I'm really excited about.
So, I've got some really black balsate rock coming through
and then these lines and streaks of,
again, some red oxidization.
I don't really know.
I'm gonna have to do some research on rocks,
like I do on trees,
but a really exciting photograph.
I'm really actually happy with this one.
So, we'll go f/13; ISO 400,
again, 1/4 of a second,
but it's really vivid, the red and the black,
so, great contrast there.
So, looking forward to showing you this one too.
So, have a look,
and let me know what you think of this one as well.
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So, today's video is very much
just about enjoying the moment,
and getting our freedom back essentially
here in Victoria.
Absolutely spectacular morning.
And I'm working in the shade
'cause I knew that the sun was rising
behind this headland.
So, I reckon I've probably got another
hour or so,
where I can work these rock pools
up against this rock cliff-face behind me
to find some really interesting shapes.
So, really excited to be here with you all.
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So, I'm just looking around now
for different textures and colors
and shapes and lines,
and you can see how high the tide comes in here
on the edge of Bass Strait.
So, Tasmania and the Antarctic is just behind me.
But yeah, the rocks look quite wet and damp,
which is great.
Little bit of contrast here on the, on the cliff face.
So, need to work a little bit harder I think
before we can find another shot.
It just feels so good
to be at the beach or the ocean.
It's a great feeling.
Most of you will know that I've been
focused on the local woods and, you know,
I love local photography and the accessibility of it,
but also more importantly, just, you know, really,
you know, just traveling around
and exploring the local locations,
but to be back here at the bottom of Victoria;
magnificent.
So, I've been working this little area here
for quite a while,
and I was up in the rocks behind me here
and I couldn't film 'cause,
hard to get the photograph and the tripod up the rocks.
And I'll show that image to you in a minute,
but I've come back down
and I've just stumbled across this little scene here.
So, I'll show you now what I'm looking at.
So, got a bit of ambient light
coming in on the side here,
lining up with the side of these rocks,
and then we've got the 2 curves,
it's like a little canyon here.
And the contrast in color
of the red, burgundy color of the rocks in the actual water,
along with the beautiful balsam.
I keep saying balsamic!
Bal, basalate, basalate?
Balsate. Balsate!
Rocks on the edges here.
And actually, there's a tiny little sea urchin here,
which we might not be able to see on the camera.
So, yeah, pretty little scenes.
So, just before I show you the photograph
thought I'd just like to share with you:
so, again, we've got actually a little bit of sidelight,
ambient light, coming in on the side of the rocks here,
which is actually making these rocks here actually glow,
which is fantastic.
And, sitting at f/8;
IS0 160; 1/5th of a second,
slightly underexposed again,
and I'm focus stacking around the edges at the bottom
to make sure I've got a nice sharp image, so.
So, with a bit of luck,
it's turned out as well as it looks in-field.
So, beautiful conditions.
So, hopefully you enjoy it.
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I thought I'd share with you a couple of tips
that I think have been really useful for me today.
So, certainly bringing a Polaroid has helped
to get that reflection off the water,
which I think, probably 101 for water photography,
unless you really want the,
the sheen on top of the rock pools.
Second tip would be focus stacking the images.
So, the lens that we used today,
which is the 16-35 f/2.8 by Sony,
is quite sharp anyway,
but I have focus stacked the corners
just to make sure I've got a really sharp image throughout.
And pretty much the only other tip is
get out there and enjoy yourself.
I mean, absolutely fantastic.
And to be out here on Bass Strait, Southern Ocean, again,
smell that sea air,
it really is fantastic.
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Next video you're gonna wanna watch
is the video I did recently on seascape and minimalism.
I'll leave a link in the description below.
Other than that, I'll see you the next video.
Bye for now.