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Simon Yeo

Star Trails from Arthurs Seat

Jan 22, 2017 | Photography | 0 comments

Star Trails from Arthurs Seat

Yesterday I said I was going to try and do more long exposure star trail photography.  Well, the opportunity arose shortly afterwards.

My son needed to be picked up from Hastings at 6AM.  It was a clear night, so I decided to head out a few hours earlier for some night photography.  I went to Arthurs Seat on the Mornington Peninsula, which was only around 25 minutes from where I had to be at 6AM.

I’ve already written about it over on Vic Pics, but suffice to say I’m really happy with how it turned out.  Especially the light trails from the vessels heading to Melbourne along the main shipping channel.

Read my Vic Pics post here – www.vic.pics/peninsula-star-trails-from-arthurs-seat 

Peninsula Star Trails from Arthurs Seat by Simon Yeo on Flickr

Quick video of Olympus Live Composition

Jan 21, 2017 | Photography | 0 comments

Quick video of Olympus Live Composition

My wife calls it a photo drive.  Basically I chuck the camera in the car and head off somewhere to take photos.  I might be gone for a couple of hours, or all day.

I went for a photo drive a couple of weeks ago and headed west.  My first stop was Stawell, the last was Wycheproof, with lots small towns in-between.  All up I was gone for 23 hours – yes, it was a long day!  My only regret was that I did this on the Friday before going back to work after the Christmas break, and I haven’t had much time since then to process most of the pictures taken on the day.  The exception was the night time long exposure shots from Wycheproof.

Live Composition is a mode in Olympus OM-D cameras that allows you to stack multiple long exposures in camera to create stunning star and light trail photos.  I was excited to process the Live Composition shots from Wycheproof, where the railway runs along the middle of the main street.  I featured a couple of those Live Composition shots on my Vic Pics blog, and they also got a good reaction on Flickr.

I thought I would share a quick video from my phone taken during one of the hour long Live Composition shots, which shows the multiple exposures stacking and composing the end shot on the camera’s rear screen.

I really like these long exposure composition shots, which bring out amazing star trails.  I’ve got a few ideas for possible locations, so when the skies are clear, I’ll be off on another photo drive for some Live Composition photography.