Somersby Falls, Central Coast, NSW

Sorry about the lack of post guys, been pretty flat out of late with work, who would think shooting landscapes full time can be so time consuming. Anyway here is a shot from good old Somersby Falls, tried to put something in the shot to make it stand out from all the other shots taken at this place.

Panoramic stitch | portrait mode | 5D Mk II | 9 shots | Polariser | F16

Somersby Falls Vertical, Central Coast, NSW

Shooting slide film at the best of times can be difficult to nail the exposure. Go under the canopy and it can be even harder to perfect. Slow film, reciprocity failure of that film, center filter adding one stop and then a polariser adding two stops. All adds up to quite a long exposure. At least under the canopy the lighting it quite even.

From memory this would have been about 3 min at F16 on the Fuji GX617. If shooting on digital I would have looked at getting my shutter speed to about 1 sec. You get better water detail and also it avoids the highlight at the bottom of the water fall. On this shot even though the highlight is bright it isn’t pure white which is good. If it was it would need repairing.

Heading out this weekend to shoot more under the canopy shots. Undecided if it will be the Blue Mountains or Barrington Tops. Kind of leaning towards the Barrington Tops. See how the weather is come Saturday / Sunday.

Somersby Falls at 17mm

I have been flat out last week shooting for the Lonely Planet so I thought I would chuck this shot up taken recently at Somersby Falls for those checking the blog and seeing nothing new. Sorry guys.

Shot at 17mm on the 5D Mk II.

Lower Somersby Falls, Central Coast, NSW

The Central Coast really has everything a photographer could want to shoot all within a short drive. Somersby Falls is about 5 minutes out of town tucked away just of the f3 freeway.

This shot was taken this Sunday (25th Oct) on a rainy day while I was running a one on one course. Perfect conditions for shooting such a location.