Free week again, and today I wanted to show some more photos from my outing down to the Mornington Peninsula. One of the reasons for going was the photograph the arch at St Paul’s, the one that is now gone, as we discovered.
However, there was another spot that we wanted to go to that I hadn’t been to before, London Bridge in Portsea. Unlike the other place this one is still standing. Who knows for how long.
It is an interesting spot and you can get great photos from the top and walk down to the beach and look around. We were there at low tide. Would love to see what it is like at high tide.
So we started at the top, and you may have noticed these photos are a little different because they were taken with my infrared camera. It is the first time I think I have photographed somewhere like this with it, and I have to say it won’t be my last. I think I liked these more than the colour ones I took. I will show you those at some point so you can see.
Here is a selection from around London Bridge, more to come.
Our next host is Elke from pictures imperfect blog and she has decided to do NATURALLY MONOCHROME, so greys, blacks and whites, for Monochrome Madness #36. That is happening next week.
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I love the mood here, Leanne.
Thank you Sofia.
Oh yes, the infrared works very well for these! In particular it seems to emphasise the textures in the rocks and swirls in the sea 🙂
Thank you Sarah, glad to hear you like it. I agree about that. 😀
The Magpies are so good standing guard.
Here’s my contribution. I had to do a sea theme as well
https://bushboy.blog/2025/06/04/going-fishing-early-morning/
Hahah, the maggies were a good start to the day.
That area is so beautiful 🙂
Yeah I have to agree, it is good to because it isn’t really one of those popular tourist destinations so there aren’t thousands of people there.
Love the header
thank you Ritva.
Great, this is amazing. Thank you dear Leanne, have a nice day, Love, nia
Thank you Nia.
I thought London Bridge had fallen. Must have been the arch on the Great Ocean Rd but I can’t remember the name 🤔
It did, but not this one, the one you are thinking of is the one along the Great Ocean Road, this one is on the other side of the bay.
It was the same name wasn’t it?
Yeah it was.
Dramatic feel to these photos, enhanced perhaps by infra-red. (Don’t know much about infra-red!) But yes, it would be interesting to compare these with colour images.
Thank you Geoff, I like how the infrared makes the greenery white, I will post some of the colour ones soon.
The two birds in that first photo look like they were posing just for you.
They were I’m sure. lol. They were there for so long. I was just saying I walked up the first one, got about 2 feet away and we both just looked at other, when I brought up the camera to take a photo, it was about to leave, so I said, alright alright I’ll step back, I did and it stayed there. So funny. I couldn’t get that close to the other one, it flew away.
I like the watchers on the fence! Monochrome with sea water has fascinated me since I first saw Cee’s badge for her b&w challenge way back when I started blogging. A great collection of photos. – I, on the other hand, am completely landbound: https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2025/06/03/looking-down-on-people-since-1100/
They were funny, the birds, magpies we call them. I walked up one and thought it would fly away, but it just looked up me, I couldn’t believe it. I agree about the sea water adn monochrome, great combo. Thank you Elke.
A very different London Bridge and I like this one!
Yeah, very different, thank you Beth.
These pictures are absolutely amazing Leanne!
Thank you Anne.