Cape Town Sea 2025
Sea photographs from our March 2025 trip to Cape Town — mostly long-exposure shots of the southern Cape coastline. I have been taking seascape photographs of this area for fifteen years or more, and thought I had run out of locations. But this trip, my friend and neighbour Martin showed me several more, and inspired by this, I found other new views and locations I hadn’t shot before. Once again, this trip reminded me of the great beauty of the granite and sandstone geology of the Cape coastline.
Long-exposure shots result in a lot of light entering the camera, and as a result, Neutral Density filters are needed to achieve a normal exposure. Fortunately, my OM-1 Mark II has a unique computational photography feature called Live ND that removes the need for most physical ND filters. This eliminates the risk of losing physical filters into the foaming briny — which I have done a great deal. All these long-exposure shots were taken using Live ND.
Another clever computational feature of the OM cameras is Live Composite. This enables the capture of moving lights across a scene — star trails, car lights, or train movement. No other camera system has this, and it can be very effective. I have included three of these shots in the album, including one of the first morning train to Simons Town, which I am particularly pleased with.
Photographs in this album include: Noordhoek Beach sunset, Kalk Bay storm, Table Mountain sunset from Bloubergstrand, Millers Point, Chapmans Peak light trails, Millers Point rock pool, and more.
View the full album at mcaughtry.photo/albums/cape-town-sea-2025. Touch or click any image to open a lightbox view; tap the full-screen icon for the best experience. Click the “i” icon beneath any thumbnail for full EXIF data and location information.