At a time when spring is in full swing the colours are the most obvious thing one sees but as soon as dusk begins to fall on the land all colours turn to grey…
Category Archives: Forest
Mono trunks…
Also posted in Flora, Gardens, Landscape, Monochrome, Trees
Tagged first basin, Launceston, Tasmania, trees
Steel hand rails…
Also posted in Australian, Gardens, Landscape, Minimal, Monochrome, Urban Landscape
Tagged hand, rail, Steel
Peppermint gum in the gorge…
Also posted in Abstract, Flora
Tagged Cataract gorge, Eucalyptus, Launceston, peppermint gum, Tasmania, Tree
Bristly Cottonheads…
When these fluffy yellow fellows the Bristly Cottonheads pop up in clumps throughout clearings in the Jarrah forest its a sure sign the spring is here even though the heavy rain and the thermometer would indicate otherwise…
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Tagged Bristly cottonheads, Jarrah forest, spring
Rose Orange Forest…
Olympus EM-5 full spectrum converted.
If anyone tries to convince another that total knee replacements are painless its an absolute lie it hurts like hell I’m doing the exercises and tonight I walked a km. The twenty something physio said the more exercise you do the less pain you will have thats a lie to, besides what the heck would she know! Rant over…
A Japanese Garden in the West Australian Bush!
Canon 5D ƒ11 1/60s ISO 100 Voigtlander 40mm lens
Also posted in Gardens, Landscape, Trees
Tagged Australian Bush, Japanese Garden
Xanthorea and a stormy sky
Canon 5D converted to IR ƒ/8 1/160 ISO400
On of the most noticeable features of the Western Australian bush is the Xanthorea or grass tree also called a black boy because of its black burnt trunk. This is a Xanthorea flower spike which they seem to shoot out every few years much to the delight of every nectar loving creature.
Tagged Black boy, Grass tree, xanthorea
South West in the Mahogany Creek forest…
Canon 4D IR ƒ/11 1/160s ISO160 Voigtlander 40mm
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Tagged forest, Mahogany Creek, South West
Towards a fading sun…
Sigma DP2 Merrrill.
I shot several versions of this quickly as the light was fading. This was shot in monochrome with a Yellow filter to try and extract a bit of detail from the sky. It didn’t work! so I toned it in Topaz restyle for dramatic effect…
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Tagged fading sun, forest