Water Lily_Kakadu

 
Kakadu National Park is one of Australia’s most important and spectacular national parks. Providing the visitor with a great introduction to many of the regions key elements: landscape, wildlife and weather. While interaction with indigenous people is usually limited, dialogue with local tour operators, guides and national park officers provide the visitor with fascinating insights [...]

River Ice_Jiuzhaigou_China

Situated in the north of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou is a national park of truly stunning beauty. Crystal clear turquoise lakes, steep, forested hillsides and clean, mountain air makes the park an outstanding natural beauty and one of the very best locations for landscape photography in China.
The above image was made in the middle of winter [...]

Orange Rocks_Duck Point_Wilsons Promontory_Australia

 
In today’s post we re-visit Wilsons Promontory in southeastern Victoria. This time our image features the rarely visited Duck Point, one of my favorite locations on the prom, just outside the boundaries of the national park.
I was attracted to the vibrant color of the rocks and composed the image in such a way that allows [...]

Black Boys_Millers Landing_Wilsons Promontory

Wilsons Promontory is one of my favorite locations for landscape photography. Situated on the southernmost tip of the Australian mainland the boundaries of the prom enclose a very special place: a haven for wildlife, remote wilderness and a national park with sensational walks and sublime natural beauty.
The above image, a close up of a Black [...]

Monk_Sri Lanka

I photographed this monk during a brief break while travelling with my old friend Darren Cuttler (Cutts) from Colombo to Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.
The monk was happy to walk with me to the top of the ancient stone steps for a view of the ruins and forest below. After a few quick frames it was [...]

Rock Pools and Sky_Great Ocean Road

Here’s another image from the Great Ocean Road, this time from the beautiful and often wild Johanna Beach. The image was made with a Hasselblad X-PAN II camera, up close, to place extra emphasis on the foreground rock pools.
I’ve included two versions of the image, a pretty accurate rendition of the original color transparency and [...]

Looking Seaward_Port Campbell National Park

The above image was made along the Great Ocean Road in the Port Campbell National Park. The image was made during twilight at the end of a wonderfully long day of travel and photography. I remember the mood being quite eerie as the approaching gloom of the blue, stormy sky began to overcome the last [...]

Rock Detail_Moonlight Head_Great Ocean Road

I made the above image at Moonlight Head on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. The use of a panoramic camera, such as the Hasselblad X-PAN II camera, is usually isolated to more distant landscapes. But by moving in closer the panoramic format allows the photographer to monumentalize a specific detail within the larger landscape.
I love the [...]

Pic of the Week_Salt and Sky_South Australia

In the arid north of South Australia I photographed this scene situated on the edge of a huge saltpan. I was attracted to the vivid sky and the textural similarities between the clouds and the salt encrusted ridge in the foreground. A narrow aperture (e.g. f16) produced the large depth of field (DOF) required to [...]

Twilight_Lake_Chewton_Victoria

Here’s a familiar place for regular visitors to this site. Chewton Lake is one of a variety of landscapes visited by participants in photography workshops I run in Central Victoria.
This particular image was made at twilight after a great day exploring the region. A long 8-second exposure was required to gather enough light onto the [...]