Aerials around Noosa, Queensland.

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A visit with an old friend afforded me a little spare time to capture a little series of aerial images around Noosa, Queensland.

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Cheers 🙂

Velothon Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 2017

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

A glorious Sunshine Coast winter’s day for Stage 2 of the Velothon Sunshine Coast, 2017.

Dawn at Moffat Beach, immediately prior to the days riding.

Ready to ride…

Mount Tibrogargan backdrop.

Mount Coonowrin (“Crookneck”) backdrop.

Cheers 🙂

Surfers and wave refraction at Rainbow Bay, Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Surfers and wave refraction around Snapper Rocks into Rainbow Bay, Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Cheers 🙂

Waves at Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Large and interesting waves and reflected waves at Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Cheers 🙂

Summer long exposure on Kings Beach, Caloundra – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

’tis a tad dreary out today, so here’s to looking forward to more of this – Kings Beach, Caloundra, on the fabulous Sunshine Coast of QLD.

Cheers 🙂

Metropolitan Caloundra Surf Lifesaving Club surf lifesavers launch a surf boat at Kings Beach, Caloundra – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Launching of the Metropolitan Caloundra Surf Lifesaving Club surf boat “Uncle Pete” for some training off the magnificent Kings Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

Cheers 🙂

Surf Rescue Boards and a Surf Boat on Australia Day at Kings Beach, Caloundra – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Colour abounded on a glorious Australia Day morning at the magnificent Kings Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.

Surf Rescue Boards 2AM-008523 ©Andrew McInnes. All Rights Reserved.

Cheers 🙂

Early-summer thunderstorms, Caloundra.

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Andrew McInnes Photography

We have experienced a few dramatic early-summer thunderstorms at our new home over the last few weeks. These scenes are from Kings Beach and Happy Valley, at Caloundra – on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. Some show storms building, others in mid-action, and others of the retreat.

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Experimenting with steel-wool in photography – plus a Jeep Wrangler.

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Andrew McInnes Photography

Last weekend I went with a mate to San Luis Pass, Galveston, Texas to experiment with molten steel as an element/feature in photo’s, and ended up combining formed steel in the image too 🙂

We had a blast experimenting with this – thanks to Jeremy Caton for his self-sacrificing work “spinning the fire” (his hands are all torn up from the rotating cable – there will be gloves next time). NOTE: The use of this steel-wool technique requires locations that will not be conducive to ignition and subsequent fire!

As this was the first time either of us had tried this technique I have included the initial “practice” images – practice for Jeremy with the steel-wool, and practice for me as I figured the required metering for this molten steel. The final image is the result of the shoot.

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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens. f22 for 5 seconds at ISO 100.
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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens. f11 for 13 seconds at ISO 100.
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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4L lens. f8 for 30 seconds at ISO 400.
Copyright © Andrew McInnes/2AM Photography. All rights reserved.

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Calcium Carbonate structures from Western Australia.

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Andrew McInnes Photography

This photo-blog shows some of the unique calcium carbonate structures we saw on our brief but wonderful 10 days of exploring parts of Western Australia. Hope you find it interesting and “pretty”.

All images Copyright © Andrew and Allison McInnes/2AM Photography. All rights reserved.
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First, here are a few images of limestone pillars known as the Pinnacles Desert in Nambung National Park, near Cervantes, Western Australia. These spires exist up to 3.5m tall (11.5 feet). We were forunate to experience these fascinating structures in conjunction with a simple yet glorious sunset.

Here is one for scaling purposes – the model is actually 1/2 of 2AM (the missus), “getting down amongst ’em.”

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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4 lens. f11 for 3.2 seconds at ISO 100.
Southern stars and a full light-painting job on this one.
© Andrew and Allison McInnes/2AM Photography. All rights reserved.

The next series shows Thrombolites at Lake Clifton, Western Australia – the largest reef of living thrombolites in the southern hemisphere. Thrombolitic structures have an internal clotted structure (as opposed to those that have a laminated organisation, which are stromatolitic – next series of images) and are formed through precipitation of calcium carbonate within the microenvironment by microbes as a result of photosynthetic and metabolic activity (source: Hilary Wheater, “Thrombolites of Lake Clifton.” 2010).

Lastly, this series shows Stromatolites (living), the world’s oldest organisms, at Hamlin Pool in Shark Bay, Western Australia – a hyper-saline environment. Similar to thrombolites, these rock-like structures are layered accretionary structures formed in shallow water by the trapping, binding and cementation of sedimentary grains by biofilms of microorganisms, especially cyanobacteria (commonly known as blue-green algae). Stromatolites provide some of the most ancient records of life on Earth. Shark Bay’s stromatolites are only 2,000 to 3,000 years old, but they are similar to life forms found on Earth up to 3.5 billion years ago. Until about 500 million years ago, stromatolites were the only macroscopic evidence of life on the planet. (sources: Wikipedia; Sharkbay.org)

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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4 lens. f11 for 1/15 second at ISO 500.
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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4 lens. f11 for 1/10 second at ISO 500.
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These next three are more about the magnificent sunset and silky smooth waters – an absolutely immaculate evening!

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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4 lens. f11 for 1/125 second at ISO 500.
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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4 lens. f5.6 for 0.6 second at ISO 100.
© Andrew and Allison McInnes/2AM Photography. All rights reserved.

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Canon 7D with Canon 24-105mm f/4 lens. f5.6 for 1.3 seconds at ISO 100.
© Andrew and Allison McInnes/2AM Photography. All rights reserved.

More photo’s from Western Australia to follow, including Emu Creek Station, Kalbarri National Park, and Karinjini National Park.

Comments welcomed.

Bye for now.

Andrew McInnes Photography

Imagery © Andrew McInnes

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Aerials around Noosa, Queensland.

Velothon Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 2017

Surfers and wave refraction at Rainbow Bay, Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Waves at Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Summer long exposure on Kings Beach, Caloundra – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Metropolitan Caloundra Surf Lifesaving Club surf lifesavers launch a surf boat at Kings Beach, Caloundra – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Surf Rescue Boards and a Surf Boat on Australia Day at Kings Beach, Caloundra – the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Early-summer thunderstorms, Caloundra.

Experimenting with steel-wool in photography – plus a Jeep Wrangler.

Calcium Carbonate structures from Western Australia.