Rodney Campbell's Blog

My daughters and I with cameras in hand went for some walks along the bushwalking trails that follow Bomaderry creek (near Nowra on the NSW South Coast). It is a very beautiful area and well worth the time to walk there (very good walking trails exist) and my girls loved the exploring – we were also lucky to have some water flowing there which enabled me to take some longish exposures for the water.

The Curving Stream

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 40 mm, 1.6 sec at f / 16, ISO 100 + CPL

The water flows underneath this interesting natural rock bridge

The Rock Bridge

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm, 1.0 sec at f / 16, ISO 100 + CPL

Monolith Over Flow

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 0.6 sec at f / 11, ISO 100 + CPL

The large mossy covered rounded boulders in the creek were really very interesting

Flows Through Moss

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 22 mm, 3.0 sec at f / 11, ISO 100 + CPL

Week 16

The Line, Pitt St, Sydney

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 22 mm, 1/160 sec at f / 5.0, ISO 110

Tag, Pitt St, Sydney

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 32 mm, 1/160 sec at f / 5.0, ISO 125

Looking for #222, George St, Sydney

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 1/160 sec at f / 5.0, ISO 250

In continuation of our Easter spent at the Shoalhaven, not content with just a sunset over the river and inspired by the awesome cloudwork and colour from the previous evening we braved the early morning and tried our luck for a sunrise as well. Unfortunately the weather was not so kind the following morning with quite a bit of cloud cover and only a very short window of opportunity for colour. My daughter and I took what we had however and our best results were as follows.

I stuck with the 3 stop Lee GND but this time switched to a longer lens for some more detailed views…

Note: These images (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay gallery viewer.

River of Gold

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 70 mm, 8.0 sec at f / 16, ISO 100 + 0.9 GND

God Rays over Coolangatta

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 70 mm, 0.6 sec at f / 16, ISO 100 + 0.9 GND