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Sunday, 5 May 2024

Coastal cliffs of southern Tasmania with Canon EOS R8 and RF 24-105mm STM 5 May 2024

 



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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