Monthly Archives: July 2010

Winter Storm

Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin

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Afternoon Shadows

Posted on July 28, 2010 by admin

The contrast once again between the Coongie Lakes and the previous photo from Lake Eyre.

Both are very beautiful. Lake Eyre perhaps having the edge.

But to me the contrast is the abounding life in the Coongie system and the lifelessness of the Lake Eyre salt water.

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Air to Eyre…One More Time

Posted on July 27, 2010 by admin

There’s many more Lake Eyre and Coongie Lakes shots but I’m wondering if they are are becoming a little repetitious. Feedback through the comments section please.

This was taken in an afternoon shoot. It is similar to the one I selected for the limited edition print run posted a few days ago.

Adam, the pilot from WrightsAir and I spent more than an hour flying around Silcrete Island because of the amazing colours, the stillness of the water and the really evident currents of salt and fresh water.

This is a finger of land from the mainland not far from Silcrete, featured here and posted earlier this month.

Because of the afternoon light, the colours and sunlight made many different effects on the water and the land as we circled around.

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On The Road

Posted on July 26, 2010 by admin

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Full Moon on the Rise

Posted on July 25, 2010 by admin

Often the best time to shoot the full moon is the night before.

On the eve, the Moon rises a little before the sun goes down so there’s a time when all the late afternoon light is at its best and the moon is already above the horizon.

Knowing where the moon is going to rise is handy for making a good composition.

Canon 5D. Lens EF28-300mm f3.5-5.6L IS USM. Shot at f25 1/6 sec, ISO 200

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Dune 2

Posted on July 22, 2010 by admin

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The Morning After…..

Posted on July 21, 2010 by admin

Wedge-tailed eagles are usually associated with broad wingspans soaring high in the heavens or for their lethal looking talons and beaks.

After a night when the temperature has plunged to freezing Outback temperatures it’s a different story.

Here’s one which looks almost like a penguin, rugged up to beat the cold…..caught with the dressing gown on and a bad hair day in progress.

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Lake Eyre Prints – Limited Editions

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin

Three photographs I’m releasing for sale in a limited edition form from the work I have been doing on Lake Eyre in recent months.

Broken Banks
Warburton River, Lake Eyre, South Australia 2010

Belt Bay
Warburton Groove, Lake Eyre, South Australia 2010

Silcrete Island
Madigan Bay, Lake Eyre, South Australia 2010

Each image is printed on the best quality fine art pearl cotton paper using the Giclee printing process.

They are 48 centimetres wide and 30 centimetres high.

Each photograph is limited to 250 prints. The prints are numbered and signed.

They are $120 each which includes postage and insurance within Australia – postage is $10 extra for overseas.

To order a print, email me at Email here or phone 0429 703 693 (the mobile is not always in range – leave a message and I will return the call).

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Dune I

Posted on July 15, 2010 by admin

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Pelican Island

Posted on July 14, 2010 by admin

Presumably science still hasn’t come up with the answer as to how these pelicans know when the Coongie Lakes fill with water.

Since it happens only once every decade or longer it’s hard to know how ‘they’ know.

Even birds in Russia get on the wing and head down for a paddle and a bit of mating.

All that aside, it’s even harder to figure out how they can come back to the same island in the lakes to breed.

I mean, when they left, they weren’t much more than chicks and have cruised around our coasts for ten years or so.

This is the same place I photographed in 1999. Click here to look at the island back then (it’s the third photo down). It doesn’t look much like the same place. Yet they know.

Soon, if not already, the larger of the two islands will be crammed with pelicans and not long after that there will be almost as many chicks ready to start the cycle all over again.

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