Take nothing but photos - Leave nothing but footprints
This shot was taken in the immense dune field between Lake Wau Wauka and Iron Prince Reef in the Howe Wilderness Zone, Croajingolong National Park. It is just near Cape Howe on the Victorian, New South Wales border where the coast line takes a dramatic turn north resulting in the sand building up on this rock flanked headland.
On this particular day I had arisen an hour before dawn and witnessed the white dunes absorb all the predawn colours before a spectacular ocean sunrise had me chewing through my film in awe. I wandered around the huge dune field taking advantage of the morning light that emphasised the ripples in the sand. After some inclement weather this part of the dune field had dried out unevenly resulting in sand bands of differing moisture content being blown in alternate directions. The result was this remarkable, and logic defying pattern.
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Caroline Gorka
Very nice Travis !!!
Robert Elliott
fantastic, superb composition, love the curve of the horizon, and those footprints go on forever.
salsbells69
ah…Croajingolong..only a few more months and i will be feasting my eyes and burning my calves back on these dunes. Wonderful shot Travis..wonderful sentiment.
Curtiss Simpson
Awesome view, beautiful !
stephaniek
Wow! Awesome image!!! Fantastic (as usual) Travis!!
Steven Guy
Beautiful work Travis !
KathyT
Excellent!
Mel Brackstone
Fisheye is perfect for this, what a magnificent scene!
Di Jenkins
WOW
gaylene
Wow and wow again – I love especially the extra picture you added to the right – monochromatic shot (was this intentional or just the early day colours?)
Travis Easton replied
Hi Gaylene, thanks, Wau Wauka Dunes was shot on colour velvia slide film and latter converted to black and white.
George Lenz
nice title and i like the sphere effect
John Pitman
Great patterns Travis. Was this taken with a fisheye? John
Travis Easton replied
Yup it’s a 15mm fisheye John, 180 degrees corner to corner, 140 degrees side to side.
joak
stunning pal great stuff
igotmeacanon
cracking shot, great title
dinghysailor1
wonderful place and a brilliant capture!
Globalphotos
Wow, love this one Travis, stunning :))
Donovan wilson
shot travis looks like a grate spot
lianne
Just a magnificent shot Travis and an extraordinary composition! Restful as well. Your color and contrasts are always just stunning! Gorgeous!
Robert Mullner
Love that fisheye Trav…great textures in a vast scene…Brilliant.
midzing
awesome work Travis,,,, well done
Cain Doherty
in outdoor education in high school this was our motto – something i still stand by in areas like this. nice one Travis, the fish looks great too
Anette Tyler
Brillant capture. Love the lines and the light is amazing.
LindaR
sweet shot!! love the view and sun up in the corner as much as the wind swept lines and your single set of footprints…what a wonder just to be in such a place xxx
Mar Silva
I think this is soooooooo beautiful!
Lovely message, too.
AnaCBStudio
Beautiful capture…great textures!...
Jeremy Harrington
fantastic shot Travis
engride
Awesome :D Amazing pic and a great title also :-)
Laurie Puglia
travis, you did excellent job in this one! laurie
Laurie Puglia
I just noticed, you can see the “curviture” of the world in this photo. That’s pretty FANTASTIC!
Robyn Carter
Gorgeous – would love to explore ozzie one day:)
TracySmith
AMEN great shot
Pamela Inverarity
My four year old son Declan is leaning on my knee and tells me he wants a picture like this. He says it’s beautiful. What can I say? He has pretty good taste.
Travis Easton replied
You obviously have a highly intelligent child, lol.
coffeetea
wonderful!! great shot.