Outdoor Theatre Outback Tibooburra

Joe Mortelliti

Outdoor Theatre Outback Tibooburra

Outback people do it tough and have a real odd sense of humour. Here in Tibooburra the outdoor theatre is provided with chairs sitting on desert soil,the shadows created caught my eye and I composed this image.
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Outdoor Theatre Outback Tibooburra by Joe Mortelliti
Outdoor Theatre Outback Tibooburra by Joe Mortelliti
  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellafounder

    The shadows almost make this image come alive. Great work!

  • Keith Melder

    Keith Melder

    Once again your work inspires me.
    Very cool Joe. Very cool.

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone

    Just love this one Joe, thanks for taking it :)

  • Jessica Tremp

    Jessica Tremp

    love this Joe

  • Joe Mortelliti

    Joe Mortelliti

    Appreciate the feed back everyone

  • Helen Green

    Helen Green

    I was lucky enough to see the photos from your big outback trip at Geelong Camera club. They look fantastic here and even better in print.

    This is the one that I really remember and love (although I did like them all). It certainly tells a story to me. I grew up in Mildura where it is much hotter than it is here but nowhere as extreme as in the outback, I can feel exactly what it would be like to be sitting in this photo.

  • Joe Mortelliti

    Joe Mortelliti

    Thanks Helen for those positive comments, and pleased my pic drew out those feelongs and memories.

  • Sharon Bishop

    Sharon Bishop

    I really renjoy the simplicity, yet effectiveness of this shot.

  • Cain Doherty

    Cain Doherty

    great catch, love it

  • Zaldy Infante

    Zaldy Infante

    what a marvel

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    Great story and fascinating photo. Good eye; great composition.

  • JennyMac

    JennyMac

    Really love this image… you’ve portrayed the sense of outback humour and toughness so well! I was very amused when I visited Tibooburra and saw their ‘cinema’... great work… : )

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Hi Jenny,
    Yes must admit we were very amused also,your comments have rekindle the fun we had here,thanks

  • Amy Greenberg

    Amy Greenberg

    Really nice image. i love how you captured the humor in this

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks Amy outback people have a great sense of humour.
    I have a shot on the Oodnadatta track, some 750km of dirt road, half way out is a giant beach umberalla at the track turnoff to a homestead…nothing else in sight apart from pebbles under a harsh sun.

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    This is still one of my favorites, Joe.

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks Jan,
    I also like your choice:-),
    An upmarket gallery has selected and planning it for display as a Limited Edition, at $400, so will be interesting to see how it goes,my current redbubble price is half that so I will have to change it once it hanges in the gallery.

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    Wow. Congratulations, Joe! That’s terrific.

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks Jan, appreciate the feed back:-)

  • Lois Bryan

    Lois Bryan

    outstanding … so simple and so compelling!! I love to catch shadow-shots!!!!! you’ve done a great job on this one!!!

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks Lois getting that sort of positive feed back is great

  • Barbara Burkhardt

    Barbara Burkhardt

    Brilliant pic and well done with the gallery interest.

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks Barbara

  • RichardIsik

    RichardIsik

    Nice and creative work, Joe.

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks for taking a look,these more abstract concepts have got your attention:-)

  • Rita H. Ireland

    Rita H. Ireland

    very awesome image!

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Hi Rita,
    Thanks for commenting:-)

  • -Lilith-

    -Lilith-

    This is an outstanding image Joe! I can feel the atmosphere of the place although we see so little of it…
    Great work!

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Appreciate the interest and comments Lilith:-)

  • deepbluwater

    deepbluwater

    gorgeous shadows and composition…

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks for commenting dbw:-)

  • Darren Stones

    Darren Stones

    Love the quirky feel to this, Joe. It could only happen in OZ. Beaut stuff.

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Love outback quirks:-)

  • Globalphotos

    Globalphotos

    Love how the shadows are standing to attention, great find !!

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks Gp, only covered 12,000km to find this one:)...it’s a big outback:)

  • Svetlana Sewell

    Svetlana Sewell

    Excellent:))))))

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thank you for taking a look Svetlana:-)

  • Clare McClelland

    Clare McClelland

    I’ve sat on one of those chairs, and will never forget the drive-in there! It’s a classic, I took photos of the screen against the midday sky, haven’t scanned them tho’.
    So glad to see this photo, which you have caught so well!

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    What a place, full of fun memories too, look forward to seeing more of your outback images also,thanks for looking and commenting Clare

  • Mark Coward

    Mark Coward

    Wonderful shadows, a dusty, dry humour. Nice one.

  • stelo

    stelo

    WOW!

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    :-)

  • Peter Lusby Taylor

    Peter Lusby Ta...

    really excellent

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Appreciate the visit Peter

  • JanG

    JanG

    Love the mood, the sense of the heat and dryness. Makes me think the landscape is slowly absorbing the color from the chairs left out there, just a pale green remaining.

  • Joe Mortelliti replied

    Thanks Jan, I like your observations:-)

  • Heather Hartkamp

    Heather Hartkamp 25 days ago

    I do like quirky images like this Jo. I can just imagine people lined up watching a movie in all the dust!!!

  • Joe Mortelliti replied 25 days ago

    Thanks for the visit Heather:-)

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