Poised high in the hills

Al Neaimi, 10 months ago

great image ..

Jeff Burns, 10 months ago

Awesome Mel love the sand! WOW

HaRaKiRi, 10 months ago

Really interesting image

Anne van Alkemade, 10 months ago

stunning

Halcyon007, 10 months ago

Now that title is bang on LOL.

The textures in the sand are amazing, the tones are fantastic and the composition brilliant.

(I don’t half fancy a toblerone now tho!)

TonyLegg, 10 months ago

That should stop the tourists !!!! excellent

RichardV, 10 months ago

Great shot. Reminds me of a ‘Toblerone’ lol.

Torfinn Johann..., 10 months ago

Excellent shot! Love the textures in the sand, and play with light.

Michael Douglass, 10 months ago

love the richness of tone here. nice mel

Lumineux, 10 months ago

Oh my! This almost looks like a huge monster emerging from the sands. Very nice lighting, and great composition.

ozczecho, 10 months ago

Love the spine…beautifully composed.

Hans Kawitzki, 10 months ago

Great patterns,shapes and composition

micmac, 10 months ago

Fantastic work.

Adrian Donoghue, 10 months ago

This is a beauty Mel.

Jason Moses, 10 months ago

Ooh, this belongs on a Pink Floyd album cover or something =) I like the real estate title thing as well.

Andy Harris, 10 months ago

what a strange set of structures… what are they/ Lovely photography, love the shapes, sand and shadows that are created here. Great one Mel !

Annette Blattman, 10 months ago

always been one of my favs mel, the detail is amazing

Michael D'Andr..., 10 months ago

Awesome!

Shane Walker, 10 months ago

Ahhh Heres an old favourite of mine, nice one Mel.

Mel Brackstone, 10 months ago

Thanks so much for your lovely comments, everyone! This has been cross-processed lightly to bring out the tones

Christina Martin, 10 months ago

Beautiful work Mel

Steve Bulford, 10 months ago

A really nice image, good composition!

Susan Zohn, 10 months ago

Wow, just gorgeous.

richiedean, 10 months ago

Interesting shapes and textures, great perspective, nice composition

Zigga, 10 months ago

Wonderful image Mel. Love the texture…

Walter Quirtmair, 10 months ago

Cool. Now – what is this?

Michael Bermi..., 10 months ago

Nice one Mel.

These are Tank Traps known as Dragons teeth for those who asked.

Patricia L. Ba..., 10 months ago

Amazing, Mel.

brummieboy, 10 months ago

Fascinating shot ….

Charlie, 10 months ago

Hey Mel! This is a great image….I like the contrast of the hard edges of the concrete objects with the soft wind-driven swirl shapes of the sand….Excellent!!

Brian Beckett, 10 months ago

Excellent image Mel well done

David Stuart, 10 months ago

Wow, stunning !!

Susan Grissom, 10 months ago

Besides loving the textures in the sand, love how the ‘things” go off in the distance and the tones.

mlgkats, 10 months ago

this great photo, nice idea

Nikki Mulkern, 10 months ago

This is brilliant, amazing image!

ferndesign, 10 months ago

great work well done

Joyce Dickens,..., 10 months ago

Awesome image Mel; outstanding work!

PhotogeniquE IPA, 10 months ago

love this – so other-worldly, mysterious, surreal

frogster, 10 months ago

Simply wonderful Mel.

Victor(Vic) Be..., 10 months ago

wooow !
it’s amaazing !
just speechless !
dream to visit such beautful places !
FAV

Tony Moore, 10 months ago

Fantastic image, beautiful textures, brilliant lighting, The sun is just in the right place,
fantasy image.
Love it
FAVED

Steven Agius, 10 months ago

Wonderful image Mel, great composition and colour.

Alexia Wardell, 10 months ago

Very interesting, great job.

cdwork, 10 months ago

Love your perspective! The textures in the sand are great! Feels good

adriano, 10 months ago

Fantastic!

Deborah Parkin, 10 months ago

this is such a beautiful shot Mel – the lighting is superb as is the composition – just love the texture of the sand.

Kim Roper, 10 months ago

Superb image Mel, those tank traps create a perfect visual line and the ripples in the sand give it atmosphere!

Sean Farragher, 10 months ago

fantastic shot

Sharon Hammond, 10 months ago

What a wonderful image. Luv the lighting – hits all the right spots

Paul Vanzella, 10 months ago

wow Mel – you are just going from strength to strength – love the way you’ve handled the tones in this image… edging on the surreal side which is always good… stunning piece of work, great colour balance and depth to this image!

Jessica Tremp, 10 months ago

just love those ripples in the sand, they are mesmerizing

PaulBradley, 10 months ago

Nice shot Mel, rather surreal.

wondawe, 10 months ago

nicely integrated, well done. Is this a slalom course for sand buggies? or the graves of dune surfers?

TheFatman, 10 months ago

Another stunning peice of imagery Mel….. The tones and the texture are beyond words…thank you Mel for another visual eyegasm….

Marianna Patra..., 10 months ago

impressive geometry adds to the overall effect, great

hugo, 10 months ago

great shot, Mel; love the composition and repetition!!

PNFdeb, 10 months ago

great shapes…

JayVee, 10 months ago

I like this shot. specially the texture of the sand. Are those tracks of a tank in the background?

SNik, 10 months ago

right place, time, eye. stunning result

Andrew Brown, 10 months ago

Great patterns in the sand and lovely tones Mel

John Robb, 10 months ago

I look down the long list of names and wonder – why oh why haven’t I mentioned this before that I think this is a wonderful image with a fantastic play of light.

Shanina Conway, 10 months ago

Wow Mel…amazing work…could be another planet..well one in my dreams;)

Antanas, 10 months ago

Great work, well done!

alistair mcbride, 10 months ago

Still love these tank traps,they make amazing shot,well done Mel

Brian Puhl IPA, 10 months ago

wow Mel, this is amazing, a new favorite of mine!!!! You do such perfect work!

Joan Smart, 10 months ago

what a wonderful capture !!! details are fantastic !!

John Conway, 10 months ago

Stockton Real Estate? :-)

great detail and colour in this Mel

Jing3011, 10 months ago

Impressive

Paul Tupman, 10 months ago

Wow! This really is fantastic Mel.. the tones and textures in this are wonderful and I love the pyramid forms emerging from the sand.. very cinematic!

Marina Alexander, 10 months ago

Awesome image, nice work as always.

Robert Mullner, 10 months ago

Fantastic composition. Very interesting piece of work.

caroline ellis, 10 months ago

how do you find such images, wonderful.

Naomi Frost, 10 months ago

Fabulous tones and textures and I love how the pyramids lead you through the image. Awesome, Mel.

Peter Davidson, 10 months ago

Great sci-fi image!

Catalin Soare, 10 months ago

Fantastic work of art! Dunes

aphoto4you, 10 months ago

dramatic photo…awsome…jegustavsen,

JrPhoto, 10 months ago

Fab.

paul romanowski, 9 months ago

cool,...........what are this things?

paul romanowski, 9 months ago

i see, i thought so, but never knew you had such things in auslandia….....cool just the same

Andrew James M..., 9 months ago

nice title.. and great image

Kate Towers IPA, 9 months ago

wow excellent

lanalang, 9 months ago

Congrats Mel, terrific composition!

flower68, 9 months ago

WOW! fantastic shot.fantastic landscape. I need to travel!! Beautiful photography!

barb, 9 months ago

wonderfully surreal.

joolz, 9 months ago

Another great take on this Mel.
It is so alien looking!

Ant Vaughan, 9 months ago

I love it!!!

janik, 9 months ago

Cool.

lance leopold, 9 months ago

It’s got the lot,love it,Mel!!

Kurt Tutschek, 9 months ago

how impressive – beautiful composition.

Calum Alexander, 9 months ago

Wow amazing capture

Ian James, 9 months ago

excellant shot I love the patterns in the sand.

Jeremy Harrington, 9 months ago

absolutely fantastic image.. very well done.. perfect composition and lines and tones and everything!

Chris Clark, 9 months ago

absolutely stunning Mel, another good one

Kareliz, 9 months ago

Such a eyecatching image. great lines and light. Well done.

Rinkydink, 9 months ago

stumbled on this by accident – fantastic clean image ….love it

berndt2, 9 months ago

Such an intriguing image – there’s really no way to tell what it is: teeth in the sand? pyramids from a distance and a height (sci-fi style)? Really cool shot full of mystery and atmosphere

Heather Rivet..., 8 months ago

outstanding

Kuntal Daftary, 7 months ago

great shot ! the patterns in the sand and the pattern of the arrangement of the pyramids both make this a unique shot – leaves one speculating on what the subject is.

Jocelyn Hyers, 7 months ago

very abstract take … the textures really add to its impact ..

jean-michel ma..., 7 months ago

very good work….great…!!!!

Sue Kane, 7 months ago

its all been said Mel…top stuff as usual!!!!!...l love your series of these!!

Gregoryno6, 7 months ago

Who’s been burying sharks at the beach again?

Cvail73, 7 months ago

Very powerful picture!

carpenter777, 7 months ago

love it

davidmilne, 7 months ago

Excellent work!

eraline, 7 months ago

Hi,its just breath taken

coffeebean, 7 months ago

Oh my golly gosh your work is incredible, this just does amazing things to my senses, WOW LOVE IT.

William Hallatt, 6 months ago

Odd… :)

Blackroaches, 6 months ago

This is an amazing piece of work, my friend! Technically excellent, beautiful in the aesthetic sense, and subjectively very interesting. I can look into this scene for a good while. Congratulations!

Matt Halls, 6 months ago

Superb!

Simon Mears, 6 months ago

stunning stunning..the texture of the sand like the rings in the trunk of as tree. except that this has a feeling of forever..i don’t know what these pyramid features are. it looks otherwordly to me..a fabulous picture!

Simon Mears, 6 months ago

wow, are these really tank traps? from WWII.?

Mel Brackstone in reply to Simon Mears’s comment, 6 months ago

They are indeed tank traps Simon, which had been put down along the entire 26km length of Stockton bight, to protect Williamtown airbase during World War II. These were the only ones still visible in Oct 2004, but they’ve now been lost to the sand blow. Perhaps a couple of good storms will unearth some of them again one day.

Nancy Vice, 6 months ago

wonderful image :) love your work

LisaR, 6 months ago

Great composition! Another terrific image!

Michelle Dry, 5 months ago

Love your work, this one looks like an ancient civilization emerging from the sand!

Michelle Dry, 5 months ago

Love your work, this one looks like an ancient civilization emerging from the sand!

Vonney, 5 months ago

You can almost feel the sand here.
It is such a powerful shot!
Love it.

Tabitha Borges, 4 months ago

very dramatic..

Steve Rowsell, 2 months ago

fantastic texture and depth., love it.