Canon 5D Mk II + 17-40mm F4 L USM @ 30mm, 0.6 Second, f/16, ISO50

In 1935, the SS Maheno drifted ashore on the coast of Fraser Island during a strong cyclone while being towed from Melbourne to Japan to be pulled apart for scrap metal. 75 years later it is one impressive piece of scrap metal, and also one of the main tourist attractions along the east coast of Fraser Island along 75 Mile Beach.

The light on this particular morning was brilliant, illuminating the left side of rusting ship perfectly, without being too harsh. Nobody else was around. The tide was out just enough to expose a lot of the ship, but also in enough to create the leading line I had in mind. There were low clouds and high whispy clouds both catching the soft warm light. This was one of those times when you’re out shooting photographs and you just know that you’re going to come home with something satisfying. The conditions couldn’t have been much better.

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Over the past few weeks artist Michael J Summers has been loosely recreating some of my photographs using acrylic paint on canvas. This morning I stopped by Michael’s gallery / studio and got to see the work he’d been doing with my photos. The vivid colours in my photographs – captured at sunset – caught Michael’s attention, which he has managed to transfer across onto the canvas with his brush and paint. Being such large sized paintings, obviously they look much better viewed in person, but I have included a few web sized copies below.

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Cottesloe Sunset

Acrylic on canvas – 1750 x 1050mm – approx. $3,000

Fraser Island Mangrove

Acrylic on canvas – 1750 x 1050mm – approx. $3,000

If you are interested in purchasing either of these paintings, please visit Michael at his Applecross gallery (791 Canning Highway) or phone the gallery on (08) 9316 0060.

After a long day shooting various locations around Fraser Island; Darren, Simon and I decided to head to Mckenzie’s Jetty on the west side of the island to shoot the sunset.

Unfortunately I didn’t make the most of the light during its ‘peak’, but I did manage to get this photograph that I like after the sun had long disappeared over the horizon.

I slowly composed my image around this Mangrove tree not far from Mckenzie’s Jetty, while also trying to capture the hint of red light on the clouds and the golden glow of the setting sun over the horizon. A long exposure allowed me to really pull out the colours of the rapidly darkening sky.

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I haven’t had much time for processing my photographs in recent times, but here’s a quick one I processed last week of 75 Mile Beach from my trip to Fraser Island with Darren Tierney and Simon Beedle. Also, I don’t have the internet at home at the moment either after moving house, so that’s why my blog posts have been scarce.

I lost count of the number of times we drove up and down this stretch of beach during our trip, but it was a lot! The photograph below was from one of our early morning drives down the beach to check out the Maheno shipwreck. I found the light facing North to be better on this particular morning, so decided to leave the shipwreck for another morning, as I wanted to shoot the Maheno from the front – facing south.

Just a quick post as I don’t have much time. A couple of dingo shots from Fraser Island. We saw quite a few dingoes while we were on the Island. The dingo in the photos below was probably the most relaxed of the lot.

Enjoy!