One of the joys of having a diesel car and only making short trips in it is regularly having the particulate filter become blocked. Short of replacing the filter, which costs lots of $$, the only way to clear it out is to take the car on a drive and try to burn the trapped particulates off. So on Sunday I took went down to Princes Pier in Port Melbourne to try and clear out the particulate filter in my car and take some photographs of the pier while I was down there.
Construction of Princes Pier was completed in 1915 and until the late 1960s it served as one of the major entry points into Melbourne for new migrants arriving by ship. The pier was eventually closed in 1990 and in the subsequent years a series of fires damaged the pier and several structures built on it. Then in 2006 restoration work was commenced with the first 200 odd metres of decking being restored and the remaining 400 metres of wooden pylons being preserved.
The remaining pylons are fascinating to photograph and they remind me of the old cattle jetty at Point Nepean but on a massive scale! At this time of year the position of the sun during sunset bathes the pylons in soft orange and pink light.
The two photographs below were taken 5 minutes apart and show the changing colours of the light during sunset.
Pentax K7, Pentax DA* 16 – 50 mm f/2.8, ISO 100, f/14, 10 sec.
Pentax K7, Pentax DA* 16 – 50 mm f/2.8, ISO 100, f/11, 15 sec.
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