Monthly Archives: August 2011

On The Road

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

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Land Art

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

Somewhere over the Great Victoria Desert at about 2,500 feet (760 metres)

Canon 5D camera, Canon 24-70 f2.8L lens shot at f7.1, 1/1000th sec ISO 200

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Enchanting Gums

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

River Red Gums are fascinating trees that seem to change characteristics with different light conditions.

Their trunks, branches and bark work shadows and light in countless ways……..their foliage streaming light in a kaleidoscope of patterns.

One of many creek beds at the beautiful Worumba Station, central Flinders Ranges.

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A Gold Rush

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

I was asked to find and shoot some pictures of an acacia that was unusual and had not been seen in the northern Flinders Ranges for many years.

The bush, thought to be acacia bechlerii (no common named, it seems) wasn’t hard to find. It had exceptionally large flower heads ( the golden balls associated with most acacias) and was growing on the highest parts of the mountain tops.

Clearly the good rains of a year or more have regenerated this species with its quite spectacular flower.

A terribly overcast day to take the shots, so on the last of these images I used a flash and diffuser with just enough power to light the flowers and the leaves without illuminating the surrounding rocks and grasses.

Top image f8 @ 1/250th sec ISO 400
Second Image f7.1 @ 1/50th sec ISO 200. Manual flash on about 1/8th power

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Deadwood

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

One of the many Acacias or Wattles which are some of the hardiest species in this harsh country.

Just a tangled skeleton now, stripped of foliage and life by long years without rain.

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Panorama

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

It’s unfortunate panorama images like this get so compressed on the web.

This was one of the shots taken for the 6 metre wide panorama project early this year that did not get used.

Wilpena Pound and the central Flinders Ranges around the Aroona Valley area in all its early morning glory.

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Rainbows the Next…….

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

There wasn’t a lot of time to get this shot at the Arkaroola Village. It was hand held with mostly the settings in the camera that were there when I grabbed it from the case. The ISO was cranked up to the maximum because of the fast fading light.
F22 @ 125th sec ISO 6400

Munyalana Valley on Wooltana Station, northern Flinders Ranges.

This one was shot on a tripod with a little more preparation time.

f22, 1/18th sec, ISO 100

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Stormy One Day……

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

Lichen covered foreground boulders with the south-western corner of Wilpena Pound in the background.

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Colourful Characters

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

It’s once a year thing…strange looking old motorcars, even stranger looking characters.

Bush bashes have become a regular occurrence in the Outback but our local one, the Variety Club Bash does good things for children growing up with disability, serious illness or who are disadvantaged.

People who follow the Sentimental Bloke in other parts of the world may not know what a Bush Bash is.

Briefly its an eight day, let your hair down, drive in the bush (Outback) with your mates in cars which are over 30 years old.

The participants have raised a lot of money for the children’s cause and its a sort of travelling fancy dress thank you party.

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Morning – Patawarta Hill

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

The old shearers quarters on Angorichina Station, near the town of Blinman in the central Flinders Ranges.

The Patawarta Hill in the background was first first brought to prominence by renown painter, Hans Heysen in his work “Land of the Oratunga, a water colour painted in 1932.

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