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21/01/2024

Summer Sunset

Over the summer holidays we spent a couple of nights up the Sunshine Coast. On one particular evening we were out with the kids playing at the beach and the sunset looked promising, so I grabbed my camera kit from the car and was fortunate that the skies turned into this ripper sunset!

Location: Bulcock Beach, Caloundra

Fujifilm XT-4
10-24 @ 10mm
ISO200 f/11 1/2sec
Lee 0.6 soft grad filter
Manfrotto tripod

Capture time: 4/1/2024 6:57pm

07/08/2022

Grass Tree Sunset

This shot was taken at the summit of Mount Kiangarow, part of the Bunya Mountains, a couple of hours from Brisbane.

Captured on velvia 50 film with my Fuji G617 panoramic film camera.

Fuji G617
Velvia 50 (220)
f/22 1/2 sec
Capture time: 13/3/2021 5:14pm

Photographers notes: Mount Kiangarow (Bunya Mountains) grass trees

04/08/2022

Appleford

I have titled this image Appleford, as that is the field note I have documented for this image which I captured on Velvia 50 film in April 2021, on an autumnal colours photography roadtrip. I seem to remember the name Appleford was either engraved on the fence or on the letterbox near the fence. This tree lined driveway capture my eye due to the magnificent orange and red foliage.

Fuji G617 panoramic film camera
Velvia 50 (220 film)
f/22 1/2sec
circular polariser

Capture date: 27/4/2021 10:19am

Field notes: Appleford

07/01/2022

Noosa National Park

Noosa National Park has to be one of the most beautiful places on this earth. If you have never been there, do yourself a favour and check it out one day. It is beautiful to walk through on a cloudless day when the sun is high in the sky. You get to see the most beautiful aqua waters amongst the bushland and beaches.

6 horizontal images stitched
Fujifilm XT-4
16-55 @ 16mm
ISO160 f/8 1/60sec
Manfrotto tripod
Hoya circular polariser

Capture time: 13/12/2021 1:50pm

30/12/2021

I have just prepared a short image blog with a lot of my landscape photography from 2021. Check it out at

In this blog post, Martin reflects on his landscape photography adventures throughout 2021.

28/12/2021

Out to Dinner

This photo was taken at sunset at Noosa Main Beach during a family holiday up there. This has to be my favourite place to visit in the world - it is so beautiful up there! Having said that, it is quite hard to capture on camera as sunrises and sunsets (at least in summer) are blocked by headlands or bushland. This image captures the time of the day where swimmers are exchanged for evening wear.

4 horizontal images stitched:
Fujifilm XT-4
16-50 @ 34mm
ISO160 f/8 1/30sec

Capture time:
16/12/2021 6:33pm
Lee filters
Manfrotto tripod

29/10/2021

Kangaroo Love

This photo was taken at sunrise at Cape Hillsborough in July 2021. Cape Hillsborough is well known for the kangaroos that visit at sunrise and we were not disappointed this particular morning. We were fortunate to witness these kangaroos and a really nice sunrise this particular morning.

Fujifilm XT-4
16-55 @ 18.7mm
ISO200 f/11 1/18sec

Capture time: 2/7/2021 6:49am

19/09/2021

Gostwyck Chapel

I took this photo in Autumn 2021, during a brief 3 night trip down to the New England Region of New South Wales. This particular location is fantastic to photograph and I think this was the 3rd or 4th time I have been here. I find it somewhat bemusing that as a photographer, you may be granted some really nice conditions to shoot a particular scene at a particular time, but that's not the conditions you want! I can recall being at this location previously where there was some epic light through the trees onto the church, and all I wanted was there to be fog! This time there was heaps of fog, and all I wanted was some light to pop out!

6 horizontal images stitched
FujiFilm XT-4
10-24 @ 16mm
ISO200 f/11 3sec

Capture time: 28/4/2021 6:17am

P.S. I love that I shot this image at 6:17 as that is the ratio my panoramic film camera shoots in - 617!

02/09/2021

Bullocky Rest Reflections

This photo was taken at Bullocky Rest on the shores of Lake Samsonvale. In early July I visited this location twice in two days for sunset. Unfortunately during my first outing the high clouds dissipated and I just missed the awesome sunset light due to a few wrong turns on the way!

Four horizontal images stitched:
FujiFilm XT-4
10-24mm @ 10mm
ISO 160 f/8 1/60sec
Lee filters

18/08/2021

Araluen Falls, Finch Hatton

Araluen Falls is one of a couple of waterfalls located at Finch Hatton Gorge, west of Mackay. This waterfall is a short and easy 2km walk from the car park location. The drive to here is quite interesting too with many river crossings along the way. We didn't venture to the Wheel of Fire Cascades, which is a waterfall another 1.4km walk from this location.

4 horizontal images stitched:
Fujifilm XT-4
16-55mm @ 34.2mm
ISO 160 f/22 1.5sec
circular polariser

Capture time: 2:57pm 3/7/2021

20/07/2021

Images from Queensland, Australia

08/07/2021

Shute Harbour

Shute Harbour is located in the Whitsunday region, east of Airlie Beach. It is a short, but windy, 10 minute drive through the Conway National Park from Airlie Beach. This harbour used to be the second busiest commuter port in Australia! We visited here during a family road trip in June/July 2021 and I was fortunate enough to capture this rainbow over the harbour!

Fujifilm XT-4
16-55 @ 24mm
ISO400 f/8 1/420sec
Hoya HD circular polariser
Capture time: 30/6/2021 10:09am