Pic of the Week_Fallen Leaves

This image of fallen leaves was made with early morning light on a frosty morning in Central Victoria. It was a simple image to make. I used a telephoto macro lens from an elevated (birds eye) viewpoint and moved in close to isolate the key elements of the image from their surroundings.
The dewdrops and tonal [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Pic of the Week_Village and Fields_Tibet

This is a very old image, one of the oldest I have on file. It features a village and cultivated fields backing onto step hillsides fringed by low overhanging clouds. I made the image during my first trip to Tibet in 1988. It was my first overseas adventure and involved great beauty, excitement, hardship, illness [...]

Pic of the Week_Close-Up_Yarra Valley

This image was made on a workshop to the fine wine-growing region of the Yarra Valley, north of Melbourne, Australia.
Actually the original image came about, at least in part, by accident. I was setting up a shot with a Canon 180mm f3.5 Macro L  series USM lens. I remember fitting the lens to my Canon [...]

Pic of the Week_Wheel Cactus_Central Victoria

Cairn Curren is a small settlement about 5 minutes drive from Maldon in Central Victoria. It’s a lovely area, noted for its reservoir and associated sailing club. I made the above image on the road between Maldon and Cairn Curren. The wheel cactus, while fascinating to behold, is a weed that has caused considerable difficulty [...]

Pic of the Week_Bay of Martyrs_Great Ocean Road

The Bay of Martyrs is an interesting and scenic location just outside the town of Peterborough along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. While less grandiose and considerably less visited than the famous Twelve Apostles, the Bay of Martyrs can be a sublime location, given the vagaries of weather and light.
The above image was made under late [...]

Pic of the Week_Serenity in Stone

Built in the 7th Century A.D., by King Agbo IV, the Medirigiriya ruins are located in a quiet, peaceful setting thirty-nine kilometres north of the famous ancient city of Polonnaruwa.
While the above image is an old one, recently emerging from my film-based archive and given a new life on the desktop, it brings back memories [...]

Pic of the Week_Reflections_Kakadu

Kakadu is a very special place. It is a wild and beautiful environment in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory. This image was made under late afternoon light on the Yellow Waters Cruise within the Kakadu National Park. Magpie geese, sea eagles and crocodiles thrive in this environment. But the boat on which you [...]

Pic of the Week_In Through the Out Door

This image features the front of an old building in Maldon, Victoria. I was initially drawn to the dark, roughly textured wood and the graphic design elements of the windows and door. While the scene looked good in color, I felt the red painted door was too dominant. I’m happy that the black and white [...]