Moonrise over Tasman

You might have noticed that I really like the Tasman Peninsula. I've made two trips down there in the last couple of years, and plan to return again in the future.

This shot was taken earlier this year from the deck of Sea Change at Safety Cove. I was in my room getting ready to go out for dinner and after go on the Port Arthur ghost tour, when my host, Rex Mapley, came knocking on my door. He wanted me to see this great view of the moon rising over Tasman Island. I quickly got my gear together and headed out to try and capture it. I couldn't get everything exposed properly so I decided to take two shots and put them together later. The main part of the image was taken with my Nikon D80, while the moon was shot with my Panasonic FZ30.

This shot is the third incarnation. I did the original combo a while ago but, wasn't completely happy with it. Sometime after that I started to tweak it but still wasn't happy. Then last night I had another look at it and NOW I'm happy with the results.

Enjoy! :)

Tasmanian Flora part 2

I have a few more shots I want to share. All of the images in these two posts were taken at Port Arthur.












More of my Flower images can be found here.

Tasmanian Flora

I don't take a lot of photos of flowers but, while I was away on my holiday I made an effort to do so. Here are a couple of my shots from the trip. I still need some practice with this medium but I like the results.











More of my Flower images can be found here.

St Helens

Last week I went on a holiday to St Helens and the Tasman Peninsula. I headed out for St Helens on the Monday morning going via Scottsdale. I was lucky enough that my neighbours let me stay at their shack at Akaroa, just outside the township of St Helens. I got there around lunch time and after off loading the car I went exploring the area.

My first destination was further up the St Helens Point Road. This was the first shot I took on my holiday.



From there I headed to Binalong Bay and the start of the Bay of Fires. I found a nice little beach area that I could explore by myself.



From Binalong Bay I drove to The Gardens which is about the mid point of the Bay of Fires. I looked for a place to park and almost got my car stuck. After extricating myself I found a better parking spot and went for a walk on the beach. While I was watching the waves hit the beach I had a huge shadow pass overhead. It was a very friendly Molly Hawk! He circled around me several times giving me a chance to get a good photo of him. He wasn't worried about me at all!

More shots of him can be found here.



I spied this little flower as I was walking back to the car. This was the first of several flower shots I'd take in the next few days.



From the Gardens I went back to Binalong Bay and took the turn off towards Eddystone Point. This was a gravel road all the way to Eddystone point. My car which started the day clear was soon very, very dirty. My tyres looked like they were white walls! By the time I got to Eddystone Point it was begining to get late. I took some shots of Picnic rocks and then called it a day.



I ended the day back at the shack and got this sunset shot from the front yard.



At the moment I've only processed the photos from the first day. I still have a lot of images to go through. I hope to get some more done in the coming days.