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NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 34.5 mm, 4 sec at f/16, ISO 31

A little further downstream from Weeping Rock are these lovely sequence of smaller cascades. It’s a beautiful spot. Probably even good for a swim… and the circular eddies are excellent for bringing your items (like an umbrella) back to you… just sayin’…

However one upside if your feet are already saturated there’s less concern about walking out into the flow a little to get a better angle on the river

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

The Curve

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 15 sec at f/13, ISO 64 x 16 Frames

A 16 Frame stitched panorama at Weeping Rock. The pano is 5 vertical frames wide and I manually bracketed each of the positions. I also adjusted the polariser at each position to optimise the level of polarisation to best deal with the extensive glare on the wet rocks and reveal that rich orange below

That lovely curved handrail and steps along with the smoothly flowing water was too hard to pass up here

For Natalie and Donovan who were interested in the arca panning clamp I’m using atop my ballhead. You can see here even with relatively close objects (like the end of the handrail) at 24mm, automatic stitching wasn’t a problem. Even with the rotation not happening around the lens nodal point with this simple setup

The conditions ended up being perfect for photographing exposed waterfalls like this. 100% overcast skies for soft shadowless light and still some mist and fog around

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Weeping

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 60 mm, 30 sec at f/9, ISO 64

Last day of the Focus long weekend away in the Blue Mountains

It had rained quite a bit overnight and it was still raining in the morning. We’d arrived at the Wentworth Falls carpark and just sat in the car hoping the rain would eventually stop. Just on sunrise it was looking more promising so we headed down here to Weeping Rock falls

Vertorama Point

DJI Mini 3 Pro FC3582 + 6.7 mm f/1.7 @ 6.72 mm, 1/15 sec at f/1.7, ISO 160 x 3 Frames

A quick little 3 frame vertical panorama at Panorama Point just after sunset

Looking from straight down and up to the horizon

Sunblessed

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S @ 63 mm, 1/30 sec at f/8, ISO 64

A sunset session at Hargraves Lookout in the Blue Mountains with the Focus crew. Great views over Megalong valley from here

I’d not been to this spot before and we walked out to Panorama Point (where this image was taken). We’re looking back towards where the sun was just about to drop below the heavier clouds and set. A touch of golden god rays lighting the hilltops below

Even using a reverse grad I’ve had to bracket and blend the exposures to retain detail

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.