Heavy seas over recent weeks have stripped large volumes of sand from NSW South Coast beaches. At the southern end of Cuttagee Beach, the usual bedrock outcrops are much more extensive.

IRIX 15mm f2.4 Blackstone

Irix 150mm/2.8 Macro

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, developed in Affinity

There’s an abundance of them this year.

backyard photography

Irix 150mm macro

It sprouted, grew, blossomed, fed the pollinators, and went to seed. Now it’s up to the wind to scatter the seeds and start the cycle again.

60 image stack

Irix 150mm

Backyard photography

Photographie au raz de l'eau réalisée avec un Nikon D850 et un Irix 15mm @ F/13, ISO 64 et une pause de 64s.

End of the day...

Irix 150mm macro and Cognisys StackShot rail

Backyard photography

Russulacae

Shot in fading light minutes before sunset

Irix 150mm macro

37 image stack

backyard photography

Backyard photography

Irix 150mm macro

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, Edited in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, edited in Affnity, custom tone map Sea Weed

Composition of two shots. One for the terrain at blue hour and another for the milky way. This image is only possible at the end of August when the milky way is completely vertical, allowing you to see between the rocks no more than thirty minutes. Shots made with Nikon D750 and Irix 15 mm F2.4 lens

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, developed in Affinity

Aminita mushrooms

Irix 150mm macro

backyard photography

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8, HDR in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, developed in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, edited in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly lens, 8 raw photos stacked and edited in Affinity. With this particular stack I developed each image separately, adjusting brightness, exposure, details and luminance noise reduction, all with the same parameters. I think it is the best results, but quite time consuming. The Raw files were dark, as I used available light on a windy sunny day, but on the shade side of a hill. I continue to be impressed with the Sony sensor and it's ability to draw details out of the dark files, while still retaining good range of colour and not too much noise.

Backyard photography

Irix 150mm macro

30 image stack

The Kottingbrun Water-Castle i Lower Austria

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, developed in Affinity

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgOUzodS6E

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, developed in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8, focus stacked and edited in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8, edited in Aurora, filter Winter Forest T

Oriental False Hawksbeard

Irix 150mm f/2.8

41 image stack

backyard photography

Irixs 15m

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8, edited in Affinity, tone map Sea Gum

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, manually focused, focus stacked in Helicon, edited in Affinity

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All I can say is....absolutely NUTS! This has been incredible, amazing, wonderful and whatever other freaking words I can't think of right now because I'm heavily sleep deprived. A single shot of the amazing aurora from last night.

What you can't tell is this was in the middle of about a 17 and a half hour road trip to the arctic circle. But, it's likely the shortest 17 hour ride I've ever taken. It was brutally cold I think about 5 degrees and crazy windy but oh man...was it ever worth it. Just such a wild trip.

Canon R6

Irix 21mm

1.3 sec

f/1.4

ISO 1600

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"IRIX 11mm f/4 Firefly"

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, edited in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, edited in Affinity, custom tone map Softer River

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8, HDR in Affinity, tone map Irix Low Sat 1

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8 macro, focus stacked and edited in Affinity

Irix Dragonfly 150mm f/2.8, edited in Affinity, custom tone map Piper Grove 2