What a cool weekend. Literally!!! I’m told that its always warmer at Rottnest but it still felt really cold to me out there. I have to admit this weekend I had very little success with the conditions and struggled to take a decent daytime shot. There was a stack of clouds that never quite made it over until today unfortunately so I had clear skies all weekend. What this did mean though was that night photography was definitely on the cards especially with an almost full moon.
I decided to try out the Canon 14mm F/2.8 lens that I had for the weekend and see what it could do. I headed up to Pinky Beach at Rottnest and setup my camera at the top of the stairs that lead down to the beach from the lighthouse. After a long exposure I managed to capture what I thought was a reasonable shot. Would I buy the Canon 14mm F/2.8? I don’t think so. Its a cool lens but it doesn’t do anything my 16-35mm can’t do and you can’t use filters on the 14mm which means more post processing work.
Camera Settings:
Lens – Canon 14mm F/2.8
Aperture – F11
Iso – 125
Shutter – 9mins
Hope you all had a warmer weekend than I did. 🙂
Jamie Paterson
14 Comments
Yep nice mate!
You will only see this lack of people at that spot in winter eh!
Hi Mark,
Exactly mate. No teeny boppers sneaking out for a party. Where were the stables when you were working them mate?
Jamie
Nice work mate.
Thanks very much hyperfocal. 🙂
More Rotto pics please!
Mate they just aren’t up to the same standard as yours. I’m heading down south this Friday afternoon just for the night to go and make up for last weekend.
Jamie
Sorry missed the stables question…they were in the centre of the island inbetween the lakes. The house is still there just to the right of the road that divided the lakes going out to West End.
That was a lot of fun I can tell ya..My own horse and a girl that came over each weekend coz she had her horse agisted.
Taking people out of trail rides all the time. etc etc!
Hey Mark,
I was actually leading up to a question with that house. Do you know what its used for now?
Jamie
Hey Jamie, quick qestion, what brand of water housing are you using. Are you using your DSLR or using a different camera.
Check out my latest post on this question as I have had good responses but know you have taken some wave images and Im keen to get your view.
cheers Adrian
Hi Adrian,
I’m using a Canon 5D in an Aquatech D35 underwater housing to take my photos.
Jamie
9 minutes(?) wow, did you go for a stroll and come back?
there’s no way i could have that patience lol
awesome photo
I watched Family Guy on my iPhone. 😉
Jamie
I’ve been to Rottnest Island only once and I’ dying to come back! This shot reminds me of a lot of good memories of my brief stay there, *sigh*
I wish I was there now!
Man, I am so jealous!
I wish I was there too, thanks for sharing your experience and this awesome shot.