Wetland Dreaming - Wonga Wetlands, Albury NSW - The HDR Experience

Philip Johnson

Wetland Dreaming - Wonga Wetlands, Albury NSW - The HDR Experience

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For those travelling the Hume HIghway 540 KIlometres south by road from Sydney, a stay in the City of Albury is well worth the time . Wonga Wetlands is the result of what can be done with some imagination and the use of wastewater, the bird population is amazing, best times are early morning or the time leading up to dusk. The asrea is dotted with bird hides , a perfect place to relax with a camera and a good lens.

Wonga Wetlands, on the Murray River floodplain is being gently restored from grazing land using Albury City’s environmentally treated wastewater. This is another absorbing natural conservation area featuring amazing 600year old Murray River Red Gums and an astonishing number of birds. Albury’s Wonga Wetlands incorporate seven lagoons covering a surface area of about 80ha on the Murray River flood plain. Take a wander to Wonga if only for the picture perfect Murray landscape views. There are plenty of bird hides and viewing points to take advantage of. ‘Wonga’ means cormorant in Wiradjuri language, here you may find the Little Black Cormorant, the Little Pied Cormorant, Pied Cormorant and the Great Cormorant. There are 130 Species of birds living in and using the wetlands

Nikon D300, Sigma D300, Photomatix D300, 5 Bracketted Images , light tidy in Capture NX

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Wetland Dreaming - Wonga Wetlands, Albury NSW - The HDR Experience by Philip Johnson
Wetland Dreaming - Wonga Wetlands, Albury NSW - The HDR Experience by Philip Johnson
  • Margot Kiesskalt

    Margot Kiesskalt

    A very distinctive image – fantastic!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thanks Margot , it was a magic spot

  • Joe Thill

    Joe Thill

    Awesome work Philip. Love the composition of this, spectacular effect from the reflection too. Nicely done!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thanks Joe it was a magic spot at dusk

  • Lindsay Knowles

    Lindsay Knowles

    Awesome shot Philip

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thanks Lindsay was a great spot, very relaxing , they have bird hides dotting the area , with a good lens it would be graet for bird photographers

  • Claire Farley

    Claire Farley

    WOW! Very stunning work Philip!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank you Clare

  • Tom Gomez

    Tom Gomez

    Super image, great colour and reflections …

  • Philip Johnson replied

    thanks Tom , just wish i won the lottery and bought that special lens

  • Andrew Widdowson

    Andrew Widdowson

    Awesome colours and nice reflections here Philip.

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank You Andrew i think the HDR added to the work

  • John Vandeven

    John Vandeven

    Great work Phillip…..I have never the Wonga Wetlands look this good.

  • CanonViews

    CanonViews

    Cracking image. Stunning colour and reflections.

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thanks Iain great spot at great time of the day

  • Tparker

    Tparker

    Beautful work

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu

    this is MAGIC

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank you the conditions worked

  • Linda Ridpath

    Linda Ridpath

    WOW, this is wonderful Philip, the colour is stunning!!!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank You Linda

  • bertspix

    bertspix

    simply marvellous…Bert

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thanks Bert I’ll put you in charge of publicity lol

  • Cherubtree

    Cherubtree

    You r pics are just gorgeous!! That must be a wonderful place to live!!!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank you Valerie

  • Stacy Rodriguez

    Stacy Rodriguez

    beautiful shot and color.

  • Philip Johnson replied

    TYhnak you Stacy

  • maxy

    maxy

    Wow – spectacular color!!! Love the reflection of the tree in the middle – fantastic work!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank you the tree worked well the reflection was handy too

  • Eyal Nahmias

    Eyal Nahmias

    excellent color, light and dramatic appeal. consider only straightening the horizon line that tilts to the right. Still beautiful image.

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Eyal thanks for the tip and comments

  • Jan Richardson

    Jan Richardson

    Philip, this is outstanding, and going into my favourites. The colour is magnificent, the subject beautiful, and, well, this has to be HDR at its very best!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Jan

    Thank you the HDR worked well, woga has been on my list for a while , I finally made it there

  • Fremme

    Fremme

    this is quite impressive, great composition, colors are so amazing, great job and i have to say, you have some of the most impressive HDR images I’ve seen, wow

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thanks Fremme

    the conditions worked well

  • Gene Praag

    Gene Praag

    Absolutely stunning….The color is wonderful!

  • Steve Sass

    Steve Sass

    Fantastic Philip!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank You Steve

    If you get around Albury its worth some time with the camera, the site is dotted with BIrd Hides so you can sit by a lagoon with your camera and not alert the birds

  • Featch

    Featch

    wonderful work, really great

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher

    gorgeous colors

  • mazzfarrell

    mazzfarrell

    Awesome, love the colours

  • elphonline

    elphonline

    stunning shot.

  • Bev Woodman

    Bev Woodman

    Beautiful!!!

  • Harald Gick

    Harald Gick

    Outstanding work!

  • Corina Daniela Obertas

    Corina Daniela...

    Fabulous work of art Philip! Did you used HDR?

  • Wendi Donaldson

    Wendi Donaldson

    Amazing shot…..gorgeous colours and light.

  • ej29

    ej29

    This is fantastic…love all the color..you do such beautiful work!!!

  • Jonathan Bartlett

    Jonathan Bartlett

    absolutely stunning shot Philip!!

  • Shaina Lunde

    Shaina Lunde

    Beautiful capture the colors and reflection is amazing!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thank you Shaina

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    Gorgeous image and coloring

  • Samantha Goode

    Samantha Goode

    Wow what a truly amazing capture Philip. Simply stunning.

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Samantha

    Thanks for the comments, , i’ll put you in charge of publicity lol

  • Smudger

    Smudger

    stunning shot

  • Philip Johnson replied

    Thanks Steve , I think the HDR added to this shot

  • Samantha Goode

    Samantha Goode

    no problem – I’ll do it for free ;-) lol

  • Arthur Richardson

    Arthur Richardson

    Pure magic.

  • Lusia

    Lusia

    Hey Phil! So very proud of you!! This is an amazing shot! I dont want to sound like an idiot bec. I don’t know the technical terms.. but it’s truly magic!

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    WoW, Philip!

  • Philip Johnson replied

    thank you the conditions helped

  • Dene Wessling

    Dene Wessling

    love the photo congrats on making a feature in
    mornings-and-evenings-sunbeams-storms

  • Philip Johnson replied

    thanks Dene honoured as usual

  • Kristina Sans

    Kristina Sans

    This photograph is amazing! I have never seen anything quite like it!

  • Lindsay Oram

    Lindsay Oram

    Great shot. Love the vivid colours

  • aussiedi

    aussiedi

    An amazing shot, great comp, great colour and clarity of the refelction.. well done mate..

    Di…thanks for adding me to your watch list

  • valzart

    valzart

    Aww wondrous shot sweetheART ;} happy hugglez

  • Ashley W

    Ashley W

    This is awesome – you have such distinctive and creative colouring in your work… you could almost turn this photo upside down and not know the difference … lovely work x

  • katpix

    katpix

    This is absolutely beautiful

  • LynnH64

    LynnH64

    Incredible work!

  • Jason Connolly

    Jason Connolly

    Brilliant shot philip..

  • Tamara Bobst

    Tamara Bobst

    Stunning

  • C J Lewis

    C J Lewis

    Fantastic shot…love the colouring and composition :)

  • linda858100

    linda858100

    AWESOME

  • Lisa Roberts

    Lisa Roberts

    Fantastic Philip – I would love to visit one day
    Lisa x

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater

    totally stunning work excellent colour

  • PaulAlbert

    PaulAlbert

    Thanks! Philip, for the watchlist nod! appreciate it !as well this golden capture, Well Done! paul

  • gwensgems668

    gwensgems668

    WOW – great work – love this!!

  • John Vandeven

    John Vandeven

    Congrats on the feature Philip.

  • pene

    pene

    WOW !!! STUNNING !!!

    (but would be nicer if it was straightened)
    :)

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA

    Congrats on winning the sunset/silhouette challenge mate!!!

  • Vicki Ferrari

    Vicki Ferrari

    Beautiful! The water and reflection look like lungs on the earth, opening up! Fantastic work.

  • RiSH :

    RiSH :

    Directly from final fantasy :)

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    Beautiful work, Phil!

  • Judy O'Neil

    Judy O'Neil

  • Paul Davis

    Paul Davis

    Best HDR I’ve seen!

  • Lynda Robinson

    Lynda Robinson

    Congratulations on your win Philip. This is such a fabulous image!

  • jimmyh

    jimmyh

    i really like the reflection of the centre tree and the colour is stunning.

  • emolena

    emolena

    Incredibly fabulous picture ! Amazing work !

  • FelicityB

    FelicityB

    Well done for spotting such a stunning scene, and for taking such a fabulous picture :))

  • Jens Helmstedt

    Jens Helmstedt

    Very beautiful shot!

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    Hi, Christopher: WETLAND DREAMING has been cleared to enter the BLUE RIBBON CHALLENGE in Mornings & Evenings - Sunbeams & Storms.
    22 Feb 2009

  • Dayonda

    Dayonda

    Please excuse me, Philip: I was watching some movie with Christopher something singer and stuffed your name completely. I’m really embarrassed. Dayonda

  • JuliaWright

    JuliaWright

    Very beautiful image!

  • terryt

    terryt

    WOW!....The reflections are Marvelous!!

  • Kate Purdy

    Kate Purdy

    Stunning color and incredible reflection, well done!!!

  • Dave & Trena Puckett

    Dave & Trena P...

    amazing.. so beautiful

  • Iris Greenwell

    Iris Greenwell

    Wow, this is an amazing image. beautiful colors! Well done.

  • derekenz

    derekenz

    Stunning work!!!!!!!! Thanks for your comments!!

  • Steve Buffington

    Steve Buffington

    Always good to come by and see what you are up to Philip. Excellent shot in every way. And an example of how the Rules of Thirds is a Rule of Thumb. Sometimes the center is best.

  • danita clark

    danita clark

    Wonderful golden tones

  • GailD

    GailD

    Pure gold. Great.

  • PamAmos

    PamAmos

    Beautiful sunset…........love the reflections….........stunning
    Pam :)

  • Gerardo Sánchez

    Gerardo Sánchez 4 days ago

    Precious reflection. Great shot :)

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