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Outback Art

Posted on May 16, 2011 by admin

Here’s a little artwork that could do well on the international circuit…probably fetch a fortune.

I guess you would describe it as paint and rust on metal but I’m not sure what the subject is.


It’s the top of a 44-gallon drum (hence the hole) and it’s weathering well on the Oodndatta Track in South Australia’s far north.

The artist is unknown but I can hazard a guess who it was.

Due to some changes being made to the Sentimenal Bloke website there will be no photos published for the next two or three days.

I apologise in advance but it is hoped the changes will give more prominence to the photographs.

I hope the changeover too will be seamless for everyone.

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A Swirl or Two

Posted on May 15, 2011 by admin

It was very hard to leave this wonderful sight and its strange currents but having to be back on the ground by last light was a necessity.

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Swirling Waters

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

Eddying currents and a late afternoon sun give a surreal look to the salty floodwaters and Silcrete Island in Lake Eyre North, central Australia.

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Trouble Ahead

Posted on May 11, 2011 by admin

Droving cattle on Clayton Station, the Birdsville Track in Outback South Australia.

And not too far from where the Lake Eyre shots, posted yesterday, were taken.

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Colours and Contrasts

Posted on May 10, 2011 by admin

Coastal Lake Eyre is an interesting place as the basin refills.

The rising floodwaters eventually find and fill everything in their path, making interesting patterns and contrasts in the salt and desert sands.

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Portrait Too

Posted on May 8, 2011 by admin

It’s a good habit to develop when shooting landscapes, to also look at the portrait perspective too.

Back in late January I photographed this scene link to picture along a stretch of the Arkaroola Creek not far from Bolla Bollana waterhole in the Flinders Ranges.

The portrait version, I think it is a better image.

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The Drover

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

It doesn’t happen often these days – droving cattle in the traditional way with horses.

Motorbikes replaced horses on catlle and sheep stations around Australia because of costs and efficiency.

Nevertheless on the Birdsville Track recently, at Clayton Station, the cattle drive was on once again, with some fine horsemen and women droving the herd.

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Full Moon

Posted on May 4, 2011 by admin

A full moon rising behind the ruins of the Sliding Rock mine on the Warraweena Conservation Park, northern Flinders Ranges.

The night before a full moon, as in this case means the moon has risen at about that same time the sun is setting so there is still plenty of available light.

It can pay to know where the moon is going to rise and have a composition worked out beforehand which was not the case here……just a fortunate opportunity.

f22 @ 1/10th sec, ISO 1600. Canon 5D Mk II with a 28-300mm lens

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Enchanted Forest

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

The trunks and branches of these river red gums along the Parachilna Creek appear to have an almost surreal look as they stand together in formation.

Flinders Ranges magic.

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Enchanted Forest

Posted on May 2, 2011 by admin

Walking down the Parachilna Creek not far from where the creek comes out onto the plains.

Lots of little gems to be found.

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