Promontory wilson
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Photograph of rock reflections at Tidal River, in the beautiful and tranquil Wilson’s Promontory National Park, Victoria. / This photograph was featured in the Red Bubble groups Reflectivity, Light and Reflection, Nature’s Wonders, All About Water, Rocks and Bones, and All Countries ~ Streams, Brooks, Creeks, Rivers, Ponds & Lakes, Made By Nature, Lakes and Inland Waterways, and Australian Travel Photography. It was also in the top 10 in the ‘Reflections on Water’ in the Rivers, Lakes and Dams group challenge, and ranked #3 In the Real Life Landscapes Challenge, and in the top ten of the All About Water ‘Reflections in Water’ Challenge and also the ALL COUNTRIES – Streams, Brooks, Creeks, Rivers, Ponds & Lakes group challenge ‘Reflections in Water’. It was voted into the top ten of the First Things challenge ‘Tranquility’ / It was voted third in the Rocks and Bones group challenge ‘Wake Up’, and won the challenge ‘Water Reflections’ in the Woman Photographer group. It was voted winner of the Melbourne & Victoria group challenge ‘Victorian Landscapes’ It was also voted winner in the Australian Travel Photography and Writing group challenge ‘Midweek Daydreaming’ and was also voted into the top ten of the Made By Nature challenge ‘Reflections’. It was featured in Featured Features, and was voted Winner in the Wilsons Promontory group challenge ‘Prom Granite’, and into the top ten of the Featured Features challenge PRIZES The Challenge of Challenges. It was also voted runner up in The Woman Photographer challenge ‘Your Magical Place’ , and the Photography Fun challenge ‘Your Best Shot’, and was voted fourth in the All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers challenge ‘Calm as a Mirror’, and sneaked into the top ten of the Mood & Ambience challenge ‘Reflections on Water’ / It also won a Highly Commended at Camberwell Rotary Show. /
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I had just been hiking for two days down at Wilsons Promontory and decided to catch the sunset at Pillar Point before heading home. Two days before 140mm of rain had fallen creating many new creeks I had not seen before. I found this one on the way back to the car after photographing a spectacular sunset from Pillar Point. By the time I reached this spot the sun was long gone but this little rivulet caught my attention. It was so dark that a thirty second exposure was required but I loved how this heightened the blue of the sky reflected in the water while adding a slightly blurred effect to the clouds. Have had one poster sale on rb of this work. 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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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. With the number of visitors and photographers that visit not only Wilsons Promontory but Pillar Point and Squeaky Beach in particular it amazes me that I have never seen this composition before. Shot on Velvia with a Canon EOS30. 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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A perfect winters morning, great light and a rare perfect reflection. I took many shots that morning but had to wait a few weeks to get my film back to see if any had come out. This was the one where everything came together, composition, light and technique. To balance the amazing disparity in light between the shadowed foreground and the bright background I used an ND4 Graduated filter. This filter balances the exposure by only letting one quarter of the light through the top part of the lens as compared to the bottom. The eye is so sophisticated that it automatically compensates for these differences so judging the effects of the filter is basically an educated guess and because I shoot on film I have no on location way of assessing the results and re-shooting if I mess it up. This shot is one of my all time personal favourites. It was also the group avitar for ‘All water and seascapes’ a little while back and was my first laminated print sale on the bub. 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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At the southern end of Five Mile Beach in the Northern Wilderness area of Wilsons Promontory is a seldom visited gem called Freshwater Lake. The Lake is formed at the bottom end of a huge swamp created from the runoff of the Roundback and Vereker Ranges. To get here I had just spent seven hours traversing around the rocky coastal fringe of the Cathedral. I was exhausted and so focused on cooking my dinner at the time that I almost missed this sight. Fortunately I did look behind me and was staggered at the colour of the sky which, minutes before, had been so grey and bland. Immediately I envisioned catching the sky in the still lake which was close by. Upon reaching the lake so taken aback was I from the reflection and the perfect touch of ducks sitting in the middle of it that I audibly sighed disturbing the ducks and ruining the reflection. Fortunately the water stilled again before the light was gone but alas no ducks. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery. To read a story about the trip on which I took this shot see my Tour de Prom article. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Seasons can be very important in photography. This shot for instance was taken in mid winter and the increased rainfall at this time of year had increased the flow of Sealers Creek which in turn had washed more sand out into the cove. The effect of this was a much lower beach which allowed me to get right under this branch and take full advantage of the first rays reflecting off the sand onto its underside. When I last visited in mid summer the gap under this tree was more like 6 inches than 6 feet making a similar shot impossible. 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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First outing for the year photo taken from the summit of Mount Oberon at Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. Below in this shot are Norman Bay, Squeaky Beach and Tidal River the height of this mountain is 558m and the 360 degree views are just awesome worth the 3.4km climb to the top.
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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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This photo is a good example of what not to do, that is to point the lens straight at the sun, it just happened to work on this occassion. Walking along the Loo Errn Trail at Tidal River I found the light catching these reed heads in a compelling way. I didn’t really think the shot would work but I tried it anyway using a fisheye lens and shutting the aperture down to f22. The sun then refracted around the tiny aperture creating the sunburst and there was just enough light in the read heads to balance the brightness of Sol despite the fact that the rest of the shot has almost gone black. The starburst reflection is the thing that really makes the shot for me though. 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 perfect morning at Refuge Cove, 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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I took this shot on an amazing morning at the Cathedral end of 5 Mile Beach at Wilsons Promontory. “The gorgeous sunrise necessitated another early photographic session, madly trying to capture everything in the magic oh so short minutes of glorious light. Soon after this, I was trudging along the soft sand of high tide in the morning heat. With my goal always in view, it felt like I’d been walking for an eternity without actually getting anywhere. Eventually, however, I did arrive and relaxed for an hour and a half while the tide receded to a more acceptable place for my traverse around the rocks.” Excerpt from my Tour de Prom article. For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory 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 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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Last Saturday night I managed to score myself an off track permit to camp on Bad Saddle near Little Oberon at Wilsons Promontory. Got my slides back today and this is the first shot I’ve scanned in. The weather was a bit weird mostly wet dull and overcast except for two small breaks in the clouds. Each sun patch was accompanied seconds later by a windy drenching. The extra heat from the sun being enough to cause the clouds in nearby proximity to drop their bundles. I literally took the shot whipped the camera off the tripod (which seconds later blew over) and with my back to the golden gale tried to protect the camera from the elements under my coat. An amazing place to spend the night and quite literally a privilege to do so. 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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Don’t usually go for the created image as such but I was mucking around the other day and did this simple edit of my most popular rb pic. I love how the clouds, sun and rocks combine to form a face. Hope you like it. 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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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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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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This view is one I have dreamed about for years after seeing it in an article I found on-line. The picture is taken off the rarely visited Mt Norgate (419m) overlooking Oberon Bay, then Norman, Pillar, Leonard and Tongue Points before getting to Shellback Island at Wilsons Promontory. When down amongst these points the fact that they line up is impossible to percieve how they do line up when up here is a true wonder to behold. The difficulty in getting to this spot was staggeringly hard involving two days of hard bushbashing and dangerous sea level traverses to cover less than 10km. Part of the journey can be seen on this You Tube clip . Incidentally this clip was of one of the easier traverses on which no-one actually got (very)wet (was so preoccupied with me and my companions doing the other ones safely I forgot to get my camera out, doh). For more of the story of this trip check out the caption linked with my Anser Island from South-west Point pic below. 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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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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Textures of the sand at Whisky Bay, Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. Nikon D80, Sigma 10-20 at 10mm / F 14, 1/499, ISO 200 /
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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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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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Over the Australia Day weekend I and three buddies sea kayaked around the North end of Wilsons Promontory blissfully unaware that a few short days later this paradise would be burnt to a crisp by Victoria’s recent and devastating bushfires. This fire continues to burn as I write this (20/2/09) and has so far burnt about 30% of the park (basically all the land visible in this picture). If there is no rain soon and the winds turn from there current easterly direction to a strong northerly the entire park could easily go up. This shot was taken on the beautiful and remote Bennison Island in Corner Inlet and offers the perfect vantage point to see what is now gone (view large). The peak on the far left hand side of the frame is called The Cathedral and the fire started there after a lightning strike on the 8/2/09 exactly thirteen days after this shot was taken. The prevailing winds in this area are usually westerlies and these conditions would have resulted in a small localised blaze that would have seen the fire peter out as it hit the nearby ocean. Instead there have been uncommonly sustained easterly winds blowing up to 70km/h spreading the fire straight along the entire length of the Vereker Range (the mountain range on the horizon) and coming north to consume every bit of land between there and the coastline contained in this shot. In 2005 a back burn that reignited burnt 13% of the park, this fire fortunately has thus far avoided these particular areas but if they are re-burnt so soon after this previous fire many of the larger tree species will not have the mojo to regenerate a second time and as there seedlings have not had enough time to mature to the point of producing seed entire species could be lost from large areas. As it is the fire is currently ravaging an area that hasn’t been burnt since the terrible 1951 fires that destroyed 75% of the park. The close succession of fires back then resulted in the permanent loss of all the blue gums in the park. These huge beautiful and majestic trees were once the dominant upper story flora standing over a once open forest floor. The impenetrable tangle that now exists has made my many off track ramblings around the Prom a far more involved pursuit than was once the case. Currently there are 150 ground fire fighters one skycrane and two water bombing helicopters fighting the blaze although ground crews have been forced by the impenetrable scrub to concentrate there efforts to creating and reinforcing current containment lines. Out of interest the footprints on the beach are probably from a Black Wallaby – Wallabia bicolor who despite that huge looking expanse of water has made it to the island across the mud flats at low tide. The small knoll abutting the coast in the center of the frame is called Barry Hill and is in one of the most remote and trackless areas on the promontory. However between 1913 and 1940 this was the location of the Ranger Station at the Prom (it even had its own telegraph line). Now the Prom has easy road access this choice of location seems odd but back then the dominant mode of access was via boat across Corner Inlet from Port Welshpool. If I lived in an ideal landscape photographers world I would have unlimited time to shoot every scene in the ideal light of dawn and dusk but sometimes these criteria are impossible to organize so I do the best I can with the light available in this case late morning. The timing determined by the vagaries of tide (being in a sea kayak) and the fact that camping on the island is not allowed. Despite the less than ideal light I thought the pertinence of current events justified its inclusion. 100% of profits from this shot will go to WRAP Wildlife Rescue and Protection Incorporated which will aid the innumerable animal victims of the recent fires (I’ve put up my margin more than usual because of the donation aspect, basically it’s not worth doing unless there’s a bit of money in it for the charity).
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Took this on a three day sea kayak trip I did around Wilsons Promontory’s north end in January. On the 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 in the background is called Doughboy Island. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8 USM @ 64mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 13sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: plus 2/3rds / When: 9:04pm on 25/1/09 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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A shortlived flare of light and colour paints the sky during mid winter at the Prom’s famous Squeaky beach. bubblesite / photography blog / portfolio ©T.Middleton2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——
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