An Iconic Landscape

 
This is the second version of this image I produced for this blog site. The first was designed to accurately reproduce the original 35mm color transparency. This version explores the same image rendered in black-and-white.
I feel the textural qualities of the image, evident in the rock, clouds and white-crested waves have been further emphasized through [...]

Re-Visiting the Familiar

 
I was born in 1962 in Hamilton a provincial town in Western Victoria, 285km west of Melbourne the state capital, where I currently reside. I remember as a child the population, marked on signs at several main entry points to the town, was 10,200. Back then that seemed like a whole lot of people.
As a [...]

A Life Contained

I photographed this gentleman while on an outing with the Leica Society, a camera club based in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury. While I’ve attended many camera clubs as a judge or guest speaker, the Leica Society is the only club where I was registered as an active member. Unfortunately, a full work schedule stopped [...]

Golden Reflections on Water_Mildura

The city of Mildura is an oasis in the semi-arid Sunraysia region on the Victorian side of the border with NSW. A major producer of citrus fruits, grapes and wine Mildura has become a burgeoning tourist market providing the visitor with lots of photographic opportunities.
I will be spending quite a bit of time in Mildura [...]

Roadside Retreat_Mt Buffalo_Victoria

While on a photography trip to the Victoria Alps I paid a quick visit to Mount Buffalo in Victoria, Australia. Part way up the mountain I decided to pull over and take a look around. Just off the road I discovered this lovely scene. Moving water, trees and rocks always provide opportunities for the energetic [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]