Dance to the End of Time #3

Geoff Coleman - Landscapes

Dance to the End of Time #3

Dance to the End of Time
Dance to the End of Time #2

Another one from the archives that I didn’t get around to posting.

I shot this 3 years ago in winter under a full moon at about midnight at Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains, Australia. This was my first shoot outside at night in winter. It was minus 5 degrees and when I got back home and my fingers started to thaw out I couldn’t believe the pain – Lesson 1 for winter night shots – wear mittens at the very least!
These trees were drowned along with a whole valley to create a man-made lake as part of a hydro scheme in the 1950s. They resurfaced as a result of a drought we’d been having for the last few years courtesy of global warming.

Canon 30D
Tv: 30 secs
Av: f/3.5
ISO: 800

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Dance to the End of Time #3 by Geoff Coleman - Landscapes
Dance to the End of Time #3 by Geoff Coleman - Landscapes
  • dinghysailor1

    dinghysailor1

    WOW geoff.. a stellar capture in all senses… lol.. absolutely awesome and unique …great mood as well as superb skill to this

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Aw shucks – you say the sweetest things – thanks my friend

  • Garth Smith

    Garth Smith

    STellar indeed LOL, love the play on words but it is a great shot, I’d love to take one this good.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks Garth – what a lovely thing to say.

  • MONoxide

    MONoxide

    this is magical!
    beautiful work :)

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks – glad you like it.

  • pene

    pene

    WOW !!!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Ta muchly.

  • Virginia N. Fred

    Virginia N. Fred

    Fantastic work

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks

  • vagabondimages

    vagabondimages

    Incredible work Geoff!! Wow!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Ta muchly Simone.

  • LoneAngel

    LoneAngel

    very nice work

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Glad you like it – thanks.

  • Andrew Murrell

    Andrew Murrell

    Stunning!! A great capture and to have the Milky Way showing so well even with a Full moon. The moons illumination of the dead trees looks great against the stellar background. The 800iso has not impacted the image very much either. A great photo.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    It was an incredible sky – never seen so many stars in a full-moon sky. Thanks for your lovely comment.

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Excellent work geoff – the contrast is superb

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks Helene – it was what I was going for.

  • Alice Oates

    Alice Oates

    Absolutely fantastic image….

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks Alice.

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton

    Great shot mate, fantastic mood, those trees have so much character. Got frost nip a few times myself and the thawing process is without a doubt the most painful experience I’ve ever gone through. Years ago I got excited about a dawn snow shoot on the Bogong high plains and took off in the early morning without gloves, bad mistake. It was the same pain as banging your thumb with a hummer except over all the fingers and it lasts much much longer, gloves are good.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    I hear you brother – the analogy with the hammer is an excellent one – incredible pain! Never forgotten the mittens since! Was worth it though. These trees are no longer standing so I’m glad to have got them while they were. Thanks mate.

  • Debra James Percival

    Debra James P...

    Absolutely Gorgeous! Wonderful shot.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks Debra.

  • Richard George

    Richard George

    Wonderful capture…nice work Geoff!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks Richard – much appreciated.

  • Marguerite Foxon

    Marguerite Foxon

    OMG ... ‘the heavens declare God’s handiwork…’ as the Psalmist says.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Yep some of those Psalmists just nailed it. Thanks Marguerite.

  • mstrace

    mstrace

    simply gorgeous – that night sky is unreal, silky yet thick, looks as if the tree was placed in front of the sky or vice versa. hard to believe its one photo. I’d love if this was on the ceiling in my bedroom, so I could look at it every night before falling asleep.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Well then buy a poster of it silly and stick it on your ceiling lol!! Yeah it’s all one pic – I took a gaziillion shots of these trees from all angles – it was such an incredible night and the landscape so surreal and timeless. Thanks so much Trace for stopping by – how you been. Oh I’ve got a new profile for my non-landscapes if you’re interested over here

  • Tatiana R

    Tatiana R

    Very impressive image, trying to figure out how it was shot, looks very low, but there should be water if the trees were drown at some stage?

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks for your lovely comment. Yes they used to be completely underwater but the drought has been so long and intense that the shoreline is now 300m away from them so I was able to stand beneath them and photography up their length to the night sky above. You can see another perspective of the same trees here

  • Sue Kane

    Sue Kane

    Excellent image Geoff…leaves you pondering!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    That’s a lovely comment – I was hoping it would. Thanks Sue.

  • RavenSoul

    RavenSoul

    EXCELLENT!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks!

  • siriusgrafik

    siriusgrafik

    mind blowing work!!!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thank you kindly.

  • Erika Gouws

    Erika Gouws

    This is sooo beautiful!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    So glad you like it – thanks.

  • James Coard

    James Coard

    Fantastic image – those old trees reaching up to the stars gives a great sense of time passing. I am also jealous that I’m swamped by light pollution wherever I go and never see skies like this. Great work!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks James – yeah you really have to get away from the cities to see the real sky anymore. Very sad.

  • Mark Maloney

    Mark Maloney

    wow

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Ta

  • David Haworth

    David Haworth

    crystal clear winter air hey Geoff. Looks great!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Yep the most amazing skies up that way – thanks David.

  • KcranmerArt

    KcranmerArt

    Why you manage to drop my jaw everytime I visit your pf is beyond me…Dear Lord Geoff this ROCKS!!!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    What a lovely thing to say Kelly – so glad you like it – thanks heaps.

  • Marilyn Baldey

    Marilyn Baldey

    Fabulous image.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Ta muchly

  • Barbara Morrison

    Barbara Morrison

    Beautiful image!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks

  • CarolM

    CarolM

    Just beautiful and it looks cold!! So clear and crisp. An awesome image!!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Cold doesn’t even come close to descibing it brrrrr! Thanks for your lovely comment.

  • Andrew Murrell

    Andrew Murrell

  • John Vandeven

    John Vandeven

    Excellent shot Geoff.

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thanks John – much appreciated.

  • A.M. Ruttle

    A.M. Ruttle

    Congrats on your feature – well deserved!

  • Geoff Coleman... replied

    Thank you – much appreciated

  • Rajdev D

    Rajdev D

    Marvelous shot.

  • Sundar Singh

    Sundar Singh

    She’s a beauty! The the ISO sensitvity of your Cannon is great! My pentax doesn’t quite give the same clarity at 800 ISO and at 30 seconds!

  • SMOKEYDOGSOCKS

    SMOKEYDOGSOCKS

    WOW, I WISH WE HAD THIS KIND OF VIEW OF THE MILKY WAY. I LIVE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THERE IS SO MUCH LIGHT POLLUTION THAT I’VE NEVER EVEN ATTEMPTED TO GET A SHOT LIKE THIS. DO YOU MIND IF I ASK WHICH LENS YOU USED? ALSO, WAS IT A STRAIGHT 30 SECONDS ON A TRIPOD OR AN EQUITORIAL MOUNT? I HAVE A MEADE ATX60ET WITH AN EQUITORIAL MOUNT AND I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT PUTING MY CAMERA ON IT, BUT I CAN’T FIND BOTH OF THE MOUNTS I NEED FOR THE CAMERA TO FIT THE TELESCOPE AND EVEN IF I COULD, THE TELESCOPE MOUNTING SYSTEM WOULD PREVENT ME FROM TAKING STRAIGHT UP IMAGES, THE CAMERA WOULD HIT THE BASE. BOB :)

  • BigD

    BigD

    Fantastic

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