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Waking up well before dawn I drove through the fog filled valley hoping to get above the clouds for what I was sure would be a magnificent vista. Eventually I broke through found this spot and tree to accompany the magnificent pre dawn light and in awe observed this beautiful sight. For more pictures from this area check out my Mt Buffalo gallery. To check out other mountain photographs see my Mountains gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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This shot was taken on Squeaky Beach at Wilsons Promontory on what I considered to be a fairly flat sunset. I had tried a few other shots on the rock platforms at the other end of the beach with limited results and as it was now getting very dark I was on my way back to the car. There was a limited orange glow on the horizon which wasn’t particularly arresting but from previous experience I thought the camera might ‘see’ the scene better than the naked eye. Large area’s of black silhouette in a frame I generally don’t like so I tried to balance that with the sea and sky with a fairly long zoom. The exposure was thirty seconds long, flattening the waves and intensifying the light and colours (velvia helps too). The end result was my favourite shot of the trip. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Flynn holding daddy’s finger at three days old.
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As is the case with many of my shots there is a considerable time gap between finding a good location for an image and shooting it. I found this spot in March 2007 on an overcast day completely unsuitable for photography. I finally returned in November 2007 to capture the shot I had envisaged all those months before. On this occassion the light surpassed my expectations with the results being worth the wait. Taken on Pillar Point at Wilsons Promontory. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Taken on the remote Merika Beach in the Nadgee wilderness reserve NSW, Australia. For more pictures of this area check out my Croajingolong gallery. For more shots like this check out my Textures gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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I found this little beauty on the track behind North Refuge Cove down at Wilsons Promontory. It’s called a Fan Fern (Sticherus urceolatus) and I love its symmetry. One of those overcast days that is hopeless for big landscapes but fantastic for some of natures smaller treasures. Taken on a circumnavigation I did of the Prom that you can read about here . For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. For more shots shots in this genre check out my Flora gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Ben Cairn is a small basalt cliff near Mt Donna Buang in the Yarra Valley to the east of Melbourne. I took this on the same day I took trees in the mist after teaching for the day at Upper Yarra Secondary College. Donna Buang is the closest peak to Melbourne to regularly see winter snows. I’d love to visit Ben Cairn in the white stuff one day. It would be a big trip however being a long way from the closest open road. In summer it is also one of the closest rock climbing areas to Melbourne and although mosses grow verdantly on its faces each winter a small group of hard core climbers return each year to clean them off and scale there medium height. I last climbed there in 1993, climbing seven routes including the imaginatively named ‘Frankenstein and the Wereturkeys’. For more pics from this area check out my Yarra Valley gallery. To view other work in this genre check out my Flora gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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I took this shot back in January 2006 when my family and my two sister in laws and their families hired a house down at Waratah North near Wilsons Promontory. I took this shot in a farmers paddock across the road from our house after doing the dishes. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Another view of Larkin Cove, my favourite beach anywhere. It is simply perfect, small, gorgeous white sand, beautiful boulders, flanked by green headlands with a great view. It is in a remote wilderness with no tracks to it and would seldom recieve any footprints except from the occassional sea kayaker or intrepid bush walker. A true natural treasure. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Yanakie Beach is just outside Wilsons Promontory National Park and is one of the few easy to get to sunrise locations at or near the Prom. I took this shot in August 2007 just as the sun peaked over Shag Rocks, named after the birds that are often seen drying their feathers there. Fortunately the tide was all the way in covering the extensive mud flats. A beautiful spot on a beautiful morning. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Took this shot last week in a paddock behind our b&b near Alexandra while away for three days for our tenth anniversary. I think my polariser over cooked the sky a bit, oh well. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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I found balancing rock on the Vereker Range at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. To get to this vantage point I had to climb a tree onto an adjacent boulder. This involved getting a considerable height off the ground using the very thin upper story of the tree. On top the view as you can see was spectacular and not wanting my friend to miss out I tried to convince him to come up and join me. Mick however would have no part in such a foolhardy venture (I wonder if owning a camera is a health hazzard? ;-) For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Took this one two weeks ago during our tenth anniversary get away. Was just driving down the Goulburn Valley Highway near sunset and this scene came into view and after a quick stop was safely in my camera. No colour enhancement just a big zoom to focus in on a good bit of sky. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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The headwaters of the Taggerty River starts in Melbourne’s closest ski resort, Lake Mountain. The closest town to Lake Mountain is called Marysville which is blessed with many nearby waterfalls, one of the most popular is the Taggerty River which has a circuit walk near it named after the Beeches which line part of the walk. I’m always amazed at the tenacity of life, how that fern can grow on that soiless rock in the middle of a river ??? amazing. I was up there a few weeks ago and got my slides back yesterday. I’ve been very impressed with my new 24-70mm f/2.8L lens, very fast and sharp but the surprise for me has been far more accurate colour. With my old lens (the mid range 24-80mm) the colour tended to shift to blue far more with these long exposures. For more pics from this area check out my Yarra Ranges gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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The Battle of Waterloo occured on the 18th June 1815 and marked the end of the French domination of Europe under Napoleon Bonaparte. It was a coalition of British, Russian, Austrian and Prussians under the leadership of The Duke of Wellington. Waterloo Bay was visited on the anniversary of this battle thus the current nomenclature. This picture was taken in the pre dawn light using a very long exposure from near Little Waterloo Bay looking along this incredibly ruggard coastline towards Cape Wellington. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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The remote and beautiful First Creek, Errinundra Plateau, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. I got up at 5:30am drove almost 200km much of it over mountain roads, found that the road to the start of the walk was closed so walked 6km to get to the start then walked another 3km through thick bush to get to the top of the falls where the fun really began. On the entire walk in, the sun was blazing and the few shots I took were terrible the contrast being too great to record properly but just as I reached the falls a very thick cloud layer descended offering me as good a lighting condition as is possible for this kind of photography. Below the main falls the country becomes quite steep and I climbed in and out of it until 6:00pm before walking back. I reached the track in last light then walked the 6km back before returning home getting to bed at 1:30am. A tiring but extremely satisfying day. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM @ 16mm / Filter: Circular Polarising / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 5 sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Post production: levels, sharpening For more waterfall shots check out my Waterfalls gallery. For other shots from this area check out my Gippsland gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Another shot from my recent family holiday to Lake Tyers with my new 5DmkII. The light was amazing and now that I’m shooting digital I was experimenting more with filters and bracketing with my fav being this stop under with a full length 3 stop neutral density graduated filter. Now that I’ve shot a few frames to be honest I’m not seeing digital as a step up colour wise compared to my old Velvia shots with these sort of sunset shots (outside of the orange sunset it seems a bit colourless and grey too me). For waterfall, low light and wildlife it leaves Velvia for dead but I think Velvia will still have a place in my arsenal in certain situations. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70 f/2.8 USM @ 27mm / Filter: Cokin 121F, 3 stop full length neutral density graduated filter / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 1.3sec / Aperture: f/22 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: -1 stop / Post production: none For other shots from this area check out my Gippsland gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Another shot from my recent family holiday to Lake Tyers with my new 5DmkII. This was my first sunset with the new toy and I had fun experimenting a bit more with my neutral density graduated filters to compare results. I shot the scene with 2 & 3 stop ND grads to see how they compared my fav being this 2 stop ND grad. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70 f/2.8 USM @ 24mm / Filter: Cokin 121M, 2 stop neutral density graduated filter / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 0.6sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: none For other shots from this area check out my Gippsland gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Took this last night (24/1/09) on a three day sea kayak trip we did around Wilsons Promontories north end. Last night we stayed at the beautiful Tin Mine Cove and witnessed a gorgeous sunset followed by this lovely post sunset glow. At the time I was so busy taking the photo I didn’t actually realize that I was taking a shot of two boats mored side by side and only clicked the next morning after talking to the yachty of the second boat (they had dinner together then mored apart for the night). The island is called Granite Island and is home to a healthy bird colony. In retrospect I think I could of done better with this shot. I left it at my default landscape settings of ISO 100 f/16 but this combination gave an exposure length of 25sec and despite the exceptional stillness of the water there is still a detectable movement in the boats. If I did this again I probably would have tried ISO 400 and f/8 to shorten the exposure length and sharpen those boats. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM @ 100mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 25sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: plus 2/3rds For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Took this on my Australia Day 2009 weekend sea kayak trip around the Prom on our first morning. This was one of those cloudless and very intense summer mornings when the sun just catapulted up above that horizon becoming too intense and bright for good images almost instantly. This particular spot is away from any designated walking routes so is no doubt experienced only very rarely. I got up before dawn and before any of my buddies were even thinking of saying hello to the new day. So I got this beautiful sight all to myself and additionally didn’t have the worry of unthinking friends stomping their footprints straight through the middle of my compositions like happened the previous day. It’s funny I just walk around beaches very carefully these days totally aware of the impact my footfalls will have on any composition but of course this is not normal with others oblivious to such aesthetic considerations. The great looking lichens on the foreground rock were certainly a big bonus. Took a few of this one and the only way I could get any colour in the sky was to piggy back a 2 and 3 stop neutral density graduated filter (i.e. 5 stops) and then I had to make sure I placed them perfectly so I didn’t darken the headland (close but not perfect, good filter use is invisible and I haven’t quite succeeded in that here, I think I prefer winter sunrises). Fortunately my test shots were done pre-sunrise so I was all set up when the moment came. Amazing how much jiggery pokery it takes to get something to look the same as you see it. One of my companions had hiked the north end of the Prom years before, walking almost 60km in stifling heat on inland viewless tracks in two days with very heavy packs, there destination Lighthouse Point. When they got there he was bitterly disappointed to see a small light on a stick atop a short metal framed tower and not the impressive round stone building they had envisaged. I think Russ enjoyed this trip much better certainly gave us a good laugh to reminisce about his younger gung-ho hiking days. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF24-70 f/2.8L USM @ 30mm / Filter: Cokin P121M 2 stop ND Grad and P121S 3 stop ND grad / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 0.8 sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: minus 1/3rd stop / Post Capture: Levels, hue saturation, dodging & sharpening in PS4 For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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They say you can’t believe / Everything you read in the paper / I wish that were true today So many loved / So many lost / So many could not get away And if tears were rain / And prayers a blanket / So many could have been saved / Wish I could ease the pain / Turn back time and the wind / But God has taken what He gave The wind blew one way / Saved my friend / Then blew the other / Took another home I can’t stop thinking / In what ifs / But I want to / I’m happy you are here still And if tears were rain / And prayers a blanket / So many could have been saved / Wish I could ease the pain / Turn back time and the wind / But God has taken what He gave I’m sure they were strong to the last / They lived too fast / For the sun / I’m sure they loved the hardest / They’d ever done / I know they won I’m sure this rain is tears / From heaven / To wash away the pain (C) words and music Caleb White 2009 Caleb is a good friend ex drum student and a very talented singer/ songwriter drummer. He will post the music to go with this on his facebook page soon. Photo taken at Wilsons Promontory after the 2005 bush fires just as life started to return. If only hearts were as resilient as nature. The recent spate of Victorian bush fires has also included the Prom burning The Cathedral above Sealers Cove an adjoining mountain only a few kilometers from here. The ‘saved friend’ is a good mutual mate… 100% of profits will go to the Salvos bushfire Appeal (I’ve put my margin up more than usual as it’s kind of pointless donating unless there’s a bit of money in it).
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Another shot from my pinnacles evening with Tony Middleton . Great spot, great company, great evening. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM @ 35mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 30 sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto For other shots from this area check out my Bass Coast gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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A few weeks back I was all organized to do a landscape photography clinic at the Pinnacles with a school group as part of their outdoor Ed course. Unfortunately the day it was to happen was one of heat and high winds and with the Black Saturday fires still burning the government placed a blanket ban on all school camps state wide. The outdoor Ed teacher is still keen to do it as an afternoon activity so I scouted out some locations on Port Phillip Bay on Wednesday after school with this spot being the best. This is very much a filter created image and is shall we say an artistic rendering of the scene I actually saw. Firstly I put a circular polariser in front of the lens then attached a Cokin P filter holder onto that. Into this I put a Cokin P121S, 3 stop graduated neutral density filter, a P121 F full length 3 stop graduated neutral density filter and a Cokin P197 Sunset Filter. The effect of all this glass in front of the lens was to cut down the light enough to give a nice long exposure to flatten the water, the grads to even out the exposure of the very bright sky and the sunset to give it a bit of colour which the day had yet to deliver. Later on when it had delivered it the foreground rocks were in such deep shadow that a similar composition would not have worked as well. I also got wet to my middle to get in the right position. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM @ 28mm / Filter: circular polariser, Cokin P. 121S, 3 stop graduated neutral density filter, a P121 F full length 3 stop graduated neutral density filter and a Cokin P. 197 Sunset Filter / ISO: 100 (in retrospect ISO 50 would of been better) / Shutter Speed: 2.5sec / Aperture: f/22 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: +2/3rds stop / When: 6:40pm on 11/3/09 For other shots in this genre check out my Melbourne/ Urban Landscapes gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Pelican Point, Port Phillip Bay Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM @ 35mm / Filter: circular polarizer, Cokin P. 121S, 3 stop graduated neutral density filter, a P121 F full length 3 stop graduated neutral density filter and a Cokin P. 197 Sunset Filter / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 2.5sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: +2/3rds stop / When: 6:50pm on 11/3/09 For other shots in this genre check out my Melbourne/ Urban Landscapes gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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