Some stretches of the rocky coastline of South East Tasmania
are inaccessible by road. The only way to experience their grandeur is from the
sea.
The geology is complex but much of the coast consists of vertical
dolerite columns covered by several lichen species, giving the cliffs their
characteristic appearance.
I joined tours taking in the southern coast of Bruny Island
and Tasman Island.
I used my Canon EOS R8 with RF 24-105mm f4-7.1 STM lens.
Neither of these is weather sealed but I managed to keep most of the salt spray
off my gear.
Our outboard powered boat while seaworthy, provided a highly
unstable platform for landscape photography, rocking, rolling, pitching and
banging on the waves.
I held the camera out in front of me, viewing on the monitor
and attempted to grab shots when my desired subject was approximately in frame.
I had to use a fast shutter speed to achieve decent
sharpness in the presence of excessive camera movement.
The pictures turned out decently well given the dull,
overcast conditions.
The R8 has a good sensor with plenty of dynamic range.
However the lens never gets really sharp in the corners at
the wide end of the zoom range, leading to smearing of details in the
peripheral parts of the images.
The RF 24-105mm STM lens is good for general photography,
street, documentary and close ups (at 105mm) but I won’t use it for landscape
again.
Anyway here are some of the photos:
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