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Long and Wide

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S @ 14 mm, 5 sec at f/11, ISO 64 x 7 Frames

Long and Wide – A seven (7) frame stitched panorama taken at sunset at Long Jetty on the Central Coast

I’m not particularly keen on that curved railing. I probably should have shot it from higher or at a longer focal length but it is what it is…

Pretty calm setting so the water is nice and glassy for some good reflections

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Otherworld

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/200 sec at f/3.5, ISO 100

Amazing textures and patterns that look like it’s from another planet. Quite mysterious and beautiful to look at like this but probably not so much in real life on the ground

It’s actually a straight down view over part of Mannering Lake on the NSW Central Coast

I think “lake” is probably a generous term – I’d say “mining tailings dam” is a more likely moniker

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Raining Illusions

NIKON Z 7 + 14.0 mm f/2.4 @ 14 mm, 30 sec at f/2.4, ISO 320 x 88 Frames + 519 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

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Raining Illusions was the image I’d ostensibly come to Sculptures By The Sea to take

All the rest was just some light painting fun before and after this

The sculpture is titled “Lens” and is by artist Joel Adler. It’s in what we call the prime position here in Marks Park at Bondi. A giant disco ball (or mirrorball) sitting within this stone circle. It’s spinable too

For this final image we have some light painting extravaganza in the foreground blended with the star trails for the sky

We had a bit of luck with the near absence of clouds. From around 10:35PM till we were forced to finish at around 11:20PM. Alas the clouds started rolling over at this point. I was actually hoping to let the trails run for at least another hour. Unfortunately around 45 minutes was all we’d get

I even managed to get some of the star trails reflected in the top part of the mirrorball which was kinda neat

The pixel stick rainbow wave wasn’t mine. Another group of light painters wanted to jump in and do some stuff before we started doing star trails exposures

The Earth is Flat

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 236.00 sec at f/8, ISO 100

… apparently ….

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By artist Ling Gang Mao, “The Earth Is Flat” is another artwork to be found at Sculpture by the Sea at  Bondi this year

I have “the map of China” floating in an extended sea of green

The Broken Man

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 40 mm, 280 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100

This piece at Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi is actually titled “Benoit”. A sculpture by artist Bruno Catalano

Some nice streaky (long exposure) cloud movement and star rotation in the sky. A little blue EL wire extravaganza at the bottom. Some selective side lighting of the sculpture and that’s it