Travis easton
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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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This one’s not by Frank Herbert but it still tells a good story. Taken on the Cape Howe dune field in Croajingolong National Park, Victoria, 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 took this picture in my front yard to finish off a film and to my great surprise I loved the result. It is of a Soft tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica. It won a second place in a local photography competition run by Harvey Norman. 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 stayed for a week in the Otways with my family in September at Apollo Bay. Most people would be put off by the fact that it rained everyday that week but for me it was heaven as the waterfalls were in fine form. This particular waterfall is a popular tourist walk about 3km long that I did with my 4 and 7 year old girls. I’ve visited the falls a few times before but never with such a spectacular flow of water. For more pictures from this area check out my The Otways gallery. For more waterfall pictures check out my Waterfalls gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Back in ‘98 I did the overland track, Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair in the middle of winter. It was very cold, but crowd free and the snow capped peaks were magnificient. On the middle day of our walk we climbed Mt Ossa (1617m), the highest Mountain is Tassie on which my friend Toby insisted that he must pose on its snow covered top in the buff. Later me and a now clothed Toby climed Pelion East. The previous occassion I’d done this walk was back in the scouts in 1989 on which occassion I did not get the chance to climb Pelion East which I had regretted ever since. It was therefore particularly special to finally get up it and more so in the glorious light of the late afternoon. We didn’t reach our hut until after dark happy in our days adventures. For more Tassie shots check out my Tasmania gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Powlett River is the spot our illustrous government has told us we will build the southern hemispheres largest desalination plant. There has been no consultation or environmental impact studies just an announcement of what will happen. Needless to say this move to convert a wilderness and pastoral area into a pollution guzzling industrial estate is not being well recieved. To run this $3,200,000,000 plant an additional 1,200,000,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases will be released into the atmosphere each year plus it will pollute the local marine environment at a rate of 7,000litres a second which will obviously alter and possibly (some say definitely) destroy the local marine environment. This will in turn force the Philip Island Seal and Fairy Penguin (Parade) population to look for better feeding grounds risking the $75,000,000 a year that tourists spend visiting these natural attractions. On top of that the site for the plant as you can see is absolutely gorgeous (it’s 200m from where I took this photo). To find out more visit your water your say 100% of profits from this image will go to the, your water your say action group fighting fund (I’ve put the margin up more than usual as the donation thing is kind of pointless unless there’s a bit of money in it). For other shots from this area check out my Bass Coast gallery.
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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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Took this a few years back on one of those unforgettable mornings above the clouds at Mt Buffalo. I’ve tried to find the spot where I took this shot on subsequent visits and never have… weird. For more pictures from this area check out my Mt Buffalo gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Another shot from my little anniversary get away two weeks ago. By the overgrown and faint nature of the trail in combination with the profusion of blackberries I don’t imagine this drop would get many visits. Getting to the top of the falls isn’t too difficult, getting to the bottom however was a little more involved. The falls are in the middle of a big loop in the river, the two ends of the loop in combination with a significant altitude drop being too much of a temptation for the hydro engineers to ignore. So despite its relatively modest flows just above the falls is a weir with a pipe running over the neck of the loop with a small hydro generator at the bottom. The result is a very modest flow in between where the falls are even in spring. Still a nice drop despite this. Took heaps of shots and finally packed everything up to go home then as I was recrossing the river saw this angle and thought… 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Took this shot two weeks ago on Mt Donna Buang in the clouds and rain. The weather wasn’t really condusive for photography but the mist was so atmospheric I thought I’d have a go anyway. Pointing a camera almost straight up in the rain with a wide angle lens and an umbrella is a delicate balancing act. It involved lots of lens wiping, hoping and a few screw ups (drips and umbrella in frame didn’t quite give the shot the right vibe). Of all my shots this ended up being my only drip free and umbrellaless one. To check out other shots from this area see 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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A shot from my recent family holiday to Lake Tyers with my new 5DmkII. Unfortunately a computer virus is giving me hell at the moment and it was re-imaged a few days ago and I’m waiting until next Monday to get CS4 installed so until then it’s jpeg’s straight from the camera (I’ll process the RAW’s next week). Yes it was an amazing night. I took a few of this exact shot at ISO 100 bracketed with long exposures but after these shots a bird flew into the frame and I grabbed 4 more as it flew across at 1600 ISO and very shallow depth of field but these turned out to be my fav’s (best viewed large to see the birdy).Only wish I remembered to take my old film camera to take a few Velvia shots to compare, but I forgot. I left after putting the kids to bed and at the time the light wasn’t looking in any way like it would shape up to anything special… Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70 f/2.8 USM @ 42mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 1600 / Shutter Speed: 1/250thsec / Aperture: f/2.8 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: -1/3rd / 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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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 my Pinnacles sunset shoot with Tony Middleton with my new 5DmkII last week. I must say this camera has totally transformed the way I shoot. When I shot with Velvia I’d rarely shoot more than 36 shots a day. On this shoot with digital I shot 102 shots in around an hour. I bracket everything (for a few shots I took 6 brackets) and of those shots I’m happy with at least one of each composition set I took. Wonderful to just shoot each scene with different lenses, filters and compositions to see what works best without worrying about the expense and with the ability to check you’ve got it or not and bracket a bit further afield if necessary. Strangely satisfying to flow so quickly from one viewpoint to the next too. With this shot it was just walking from one spot to the next and thought a boulder shot would be good, now are there any that stand out, and literally as the thought occurs I see these little beauties which as you can see were quite unique in this boulder strewn landscape. After a bit of tripod fun on the boulders this was the result. Would be interesting to take this one again under different lighting conditions but this one works for me anyway. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM @ 18mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 0.5 sec / Aperture: f/22 / 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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Just before Christmas I went to Cumberland River in the Otways for a few days with my three girls. The last thing we did before returning to Melbourne was to visit this magical little drop. Due to good unseasonal rains just before we left it was in fine form (for summer) and was a really lovely way to cap off our stay. A week after I took this this I got my 5DmkII so this was one of my last Velvia 50 shoots… maybe! Camera: EOS30 / Lens: EF24-70 f/2.8L USM @ 28mm / Film: Velvia 50 For more pictures from this area check out my The Otways gallery. For more waterfall pictures check out my Waterfalls gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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Kiss that Frog (you tube link) Peter Gabriel (from the Album ‘US’) Jump in the water…. Sweet little princess, let me introduce his frogness / You alone can get him singing, / He’s all puffed up, wanna be your king Oh you can do it, c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon c’mon / Lady kiss that frog Splash, dash, heard your call, / Bring you back your golden ball / He’s gonna dive down in the deep end / He’s gonna be just like your best friend So what’s one little kiss, one tiny little touch? / Aah, he’s wanting it so much I swear that this is royal blood, running through my skin / Oh, can you see the state I’m in Kiss it better, kiss it better Get it into your head / He’s living with you he sleeps in your bed / Can’t you hear beyond the croaking / Don’t you know that I’m not joking Aah, you think you won’t, I think you will / Don’t you know that this tongue can kill C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon / Lady kiss that frog Let him sit beside you, eat right off your plate / You don’t have to be afraid, there’s nothing here to hate / Princess, you might like it, if you lowered your defence / Kiss that frog, and you will get your prince… Jump in the water, c’mon baby jump in with me / Jump in the water, c’mon baby get wet, get wet, get wet / Kiss that frog, lady kiss that frog / Get wet, get wet Northern Green Tree Frog – Litoria caerulea Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM with 24mm extension tube @ 70mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 2000 / Shutter Speed: 1.3 sec / Aperture: f/22 / WB: Auto / When: 5:54pm on 20/5/09 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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This shot is a giant 11 shot stitch and is just shy of a full 360 degrees (I shot enough to do the 360 this composition just worked better). For those who like silly technical image facts the original is around 5 meters (17 feet) long by about 1 meter (3 feet) high at 300dpi and with 2 layers created a 3.8 gigabyte file which almost gave my computer a hernia taking around 20 minutes to save. Pelican Point is in Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne. For obvious reasons best viewed large. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 35mm / Filter: UV / ISO: 100 / Shutter Speed: 1/6th sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: +2/3rds stop / Velbon tripod with a Really Right Stuff pano head / When: 7:13pm 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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Took this last night (17/7/09) of the Gateway Sculpture on Tullamarine Freeway, Melbourne. Love those strong geometric lines. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM @ 70mm / Filters: none / ISO: 200 / Shutter Speed: 8 sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: – 2/3rds of a stop / When: 6:52pm on 17/7/09 For other shots in this genre check out my Urban Landscapes gallery.
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The Gateway Sculpture, Tullamarine Freeway, Melbourne. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye / Filters: none / ISO: 200 / Shutter Speed: 13 sec / Aperture: f/14 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: none / When: 6:30pm on 17/7/09 For other shots in this genre check out my Urban Landscapes gallery.
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I know, I know, I’ve posted a few of this lately, but I wanted to frame a really big one and didn’t think my 21 megapixel camera had enough resolution to do it justice so I waited for a windless night and went back. This baby is a four shot stitch giving me all the res I need for a mega print (enough for a large poster size and more) without the fisheye lens distortion although the perspective is still pretty extreme. Not sure if I like the clear or cloudy sky more, opinions welcome. Gateway Sculpture, Tullamarine Freeway, Melbourne, Australia. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 16-35mm f/2.8 II USM @ 18mm / Filters: UV / ISO: 200 / Shutter Speed: 25 sec / Aperture: f/11 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: – 1/3rd of a stop / When: 9:02pm on 29/7/09 / Tripod: Velbon with a really right stuff pano head (4 shots) For other shots in this genre check out my Urban Landscapes gallery.
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In many ways I feel this shot marks an epoch moment in my journey as a photographer as I feel it is the first shot that I have truly achieved the quality of a large format image. I shot it with my 5D mkII with a 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, and my Really Right Stuff pano head and it is made up of 12 shots, shot 10 degrees apart then perfectly stitched together in Photoshop CS4. I have my work displayed in many galleries but most of them are in or near the geographic location they were shot in. These locations not being affluent areas I have found generally that only my smaller cheaper prints sell, however one of these galleries recently opened another outlet in the CBD and have asked me for some of my urban landscapes. I did have a few I was happy with but decided it would be better to reshoot them with my new pro level gear so I’ve spent numerous evenings over the last few weeks in the city re visiting and re shooting some favorite locations. My thinking is that if I display my work in the CBD I might be able to snare some sales from wealthy and/ or corporate buyers but to do this I need big to huge prints of extremely high quality. With this shot I will be able to print a 47” x 17” (120×44cm) print at full resolution. Obviously printing and framing a print this large will be very costly so before I did this I thought I might present it to the rb world to see if you guys and gals out there reckon the shot warrants it. As always all feedback gratefully received and appreciated. Trav Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 16-35mm f/2.8 II USM @ 16mm / Filters: UV / ISO: 200 / Shutter Speed: 8 sec / Aperture: f/16 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: – 1/3rd of a stop / When: 9:02pm on 29/7/09 / Tripod: Velbon with a really right stuff pano head (12 shots) For other shots in this genre check out my Urban Landscapes gallery.
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MacKenzie Falls is one of those oft photographed, calendar favorites and is probably Victoria’s most visited (and photographed) waterfalls. I have visited it many times but this is the first time with my pro gear so nice to get a quality shot of it finally. It had been raining heaps and they were flowing the best they have in years. They are the largest (not highest) falls in the Grampians and are about 40m high. Saw a claim on one website that they were the highest in Victoria but that honor goes to Dandongadale Falls near Mt Cobbler, at 255m they are just a tad bigger although the website could of got its wording wrong mixing up height with size because they are said to be the largest waterfall (width/ height/ volume) in Victoria and I certainly haven’t come across anything larger. Grampians/ Gariwerd National Park, Victoria, Australia. Camera: Canon EOS 5D mkII / Lens: EF 16-35 f/2.8II USM @ 25mm / Filter: Circular polarizer / ISO: 50 / Shutter Speed: 2 sec / Aperture: f/22 / WB: Auto / Exposure Compensation: -1 and 1/3rd of a stop / Time: 5:35pm on 26/9/09 / / For more Grampians shots check out my Grampians gallery. 10% of all profits go to the Wilderness Society
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