Turrimetta Beach

Earlier this week, I made my first visit to Turimetta Beach; a must-go location for any photography enthusiast. Waking up at 3am wasn't the most fun in the world, but getting there early was worth it. After stumbling around on the beach in the pitch black, we found the famous rock formations and set up our tripods and remote triggers. I finally got another chance to use my NDx8 filter too.

Trying out some Black and White

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 17mm | 119.0 sec @ f/4.0, ISO 400

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 35mm | 20.0 sec @ f/18, ISO 200

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 17mm | 20.0 sec @ f/18, ISO 200

Awesome colors in the sky

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 17mm | 1.3 sec @ f/18, ISO 200 (Stacked Exposures)

I think I could have cropped/framed this one better, but not too sure how

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 24mm | 4.0 sec @ f/18, ISO 200

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 24mm | 1/20 sec @ f/11, ISO 200

And thats that. I will definitely need to revisit with a darker ND filter.

New tripod!

After Vivid, I realized that my trusty old Slik (at least a decade older than me!) wasn't really up to the task of supporting my D90 and fat-ass 17-55 for long exposures. With that in mind, I picked up a Manfrotto 190XPROB and 804RC2 head. Awesome.

Now, no post without pics. As you may remember, I was intending to go back to Milson's point to experiment with long exposures, but I last night I found myself in the vicinity of Lady Macquarie's Chair (on the other side of the harbour), so I decided to stop by and give the new tripod a whirl (yes I just so happened to have my camera in my car. And my new tripod. And my ND filter. :D)

From this side, the bridge and Opera House aren't particularly well lit, so I won't post up those pictures. Instead, here is a bit of the Sydney skyline.

Nikon D90, 17-55 mm f/2.8 @ 18mm | 239.0 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 100

There are a few blurred stars in the sky, but I decided not to remove them in post.