Most of the recent posts have been from this region. I haven’t spent any time yet in the town (Port Kembla). I hope to explore this whole area more in the next few months.
X-Pan Street
Industrial landscaping at it’s finest. Photographically a very interesting area to shoot. Narrow pavements (sidewalks) - I suppose because they don’t get much pedestrian traffic. This area is predominantly factories. I’d been wanting to visit this area for a few years now but never made the turnoff when passing through. Its close to the coast. It was a coal shipping area with a deep harbour that then developed a significantly large steelworks.
Including colour for comparison. Film simulation jpg: Nostalgic Neg.
Never to be released
Rock, shaped like a heart and trapped by branches somewhere on the Australian coast.
Old forest
If you’ve visited Australia as a photographer, in particular doing landscape photography, Tasmania is a must visit destination. Not sure why I haven’t looked at these images I took back in 2018. Old growth forests provide an abundance of opportunities for this type of work. So many intimate nooks and crannies that are not that difficult to access. Again, you can’t really tell which camera was used to take this shot. As is happens it was the Olympus EM5 III. One reason I liked to get around these places with the Oly is the IBIS. My D800 of course didn’t have it so a tripod was always carried along. But in wet weather it was much more convenient without it. Forest shots in low light and sometimes drizzle were no problem. And I’ve always enjoyed Olympus colours. Even otherwise, almost no editing on shots like these.
Dreamscape
Am I in another world now? Whenever go out for a photowalk I take the chance to use the xpan setting on the Fuji GFX 100S. Conditions for photography were perfect - a soft light due to slight overcast weather and in this image a conspicuous lack of people/tourists in the area. A timely entry of a man and his boy. The man happens to be pointing which in the context of this photograph give the image some extra weight or significance. What’s not so obvious is the ocean in the background due to the B&W conversion. Tonally the grass and sea are similar. You gotta be lucky sometimes! As always, click to enlarge image.
Industrial breakwater
Well it’s in an industrial zone anyway. These massive rocks form a part of a breakwater stopping surf from hitting the bay where there is both a marina and docking for larger ships to load their cargo. It extends for maybe a kilometre with huge concrete blocks either side of a disused railway track at a height of 30-40 ft above sea level. I think the walkway is open to the public most of the time with plenty of people fishing the quiet side. All images shot with Fuji GFX 100S and GF 32-64mm.
