mylandscapes: February 2014

Friday 28 February 2014

SEDGEFIELD BEACH 26 FEBRUARY

Another night of restless sleep, so decided to get up around 5:00am and was faced with a grey dawn... oh well, head down to the beach closest to me and try to make the best of it....

...and was faced with this rare image of Venus and the moon really close together.
Sorry I don't have a telephoto lens....

A moody, brooding feel - I quite like it....

Successful black & white images require strong composition and tonal contrast...

Liked the curving line of the beach...

...and the wonderful edge created by the outgoing tide eroding the edge.

Sunday 16 February 2014

SWARTVLEI BEACH

One of the beaches really close to me in Sedgefield where I live is Swartvlei (Black Lagoon)Beach.

it's a couple of kilometres long and stretches from the estuary mouth in the east to Gericke's Point in the west. The central portion is wide and open (where I shot the following images) and the western end has some really interesting rock formations culminating in Gericke's Point - a rocky outcrop and the western end. Last Thursday early morning was overcast, but I decided to go down and see what I could capture.

Below are some moody, long exposure seascapes which I rather like - I feel there's a certain peacefulness to them despite the brooding feel and the muted tones are a change from the usual reds & oranges...

Thursday 13 February 2014

MOSSEL BAY -- THE POINT

Spent a weekend at Mossel Bay and came back with these images. I tried shooting at sunset, but the sun goes behind the bluff that the lighthouse sits on. So, once again, it was up at 4:30 to be ready pre-sunrise.

The seascapes below were all shot in the area between the restaurants at The Point and the Hotel near the lighthouse. Shot with my Olympus EM5 and 12-40 PRO and the wonderful little Samyang 7.5mm fisheye.