Rodney Campbell's Blog

I took the girls on some short bushwalks over the weekend and we headed out to a couple locations around North Head on Sydney Harbour.

In the morning we headed out to the Fairfax Walking Track which is at the very tip of North Head near Manly.

It’s a relatively short walk around the walking track (30 mins or less to just walk the circuit) and there is a very level paved path so it’s an easy trip for anyone. The views out to sea and into the harbour towards both South Head and the city are spectacular. We had a very bright almost summer sunny day so the conditions were very contrasty photographically however we had some very interesting clouds in the sky and if you’re in a location like this you have to take some pictures surely 🙂

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 slideshow gallery viewer.

This first image is a wide panorama view towards South Head and the Sydney CBD

Blue Spring Day in Sydney

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 1/50 sec at f/11, ISO 100

and this next is a telephoto view towards the city in the distance

Harbour Curve

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 95 mm, 1/160 sec at f/11, ISO 100

My girls and I enjoying the view (the seaplane was a happy self timer coincidence :))

NIKON D7000 + 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 70 mm, 1/200 sec at f/8, ISO 100

We had a pleasant lunch in Manly and then took a short drive to Balgowlah Heights and walked down to Castle Rock Beach.

The girls played along the beach while I took a few photos including one of them:

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 1/250 sec at f/7.1, ISO 100

and then I had a play with the 10 stop ND filter to try for some moody daytime long exposures on the waters edge

Rising from the Sand

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 8 sec at f/11, ISO 100

Within the Mist

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 30 sec at f/8, ISO 100

when we’d climbed castle rock and had our beach explorations we followed the (30 minute) Grotto Point Walk from Castle Rock and headed out to the Grotto Point Lighthouse

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8, ISO 100

NIKON D7000 + 17.0-50.0 mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm, 1/200 sec at f/8, ISO 100

Then we had the return walk and it was off to have ice cream 🙂

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