The family recently took a trip to the Broadbeach so my partner could run the Gold Coast (half) Marathon. I took the opportunity to get some practice using my camera since there’s plenty of interesting photo ops down there.
I ordered some neutral density (ND) and polarizer filters which had arrived just days before the trip, so I wanted to try them out in the bright sunlight. I’d noticed on our Sydney trip a few months ago that it was impossible to get decent exposure on the distant cityscape while taking videos at the proper shutter speed and minimum ISO setting. The adjustable ND filter would allow shooting in these bright conditions at Burleigh Heads but unfortunately it left dark patchy spots on the images, especially when turned to the darker setting. This is a bit disappointing since apparently the solution to this is to buy multiple filters which quickly gets very expensive.
The polarizing filter seemed to work well though but I didn’t use it very much. The main reason I wanted it is to adjust the reflective characteristics of a car’s paintwork while taking pics and videos. I’ll have to wait til I can get my hands on a nice shiny car to play with it a bit more.
We also decided to visit the rainforest at Mount Tamborine so I had a go at some long exposure shots at the waterfalls. Happily, these turned out quite nicely. Check out some of my favourite photos in the gallery below. The images have been reduced in size quite a bit since the raw files are about 13MB each.
Enjoy!
The Curtis Falls rainforest walk at Mount Tamborine.
Gallery - Gold Coast Trip - Photography Practice
