Category Archives: Wilpena Pound

On the Road

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Peter MacDonald

Wilpena Pound

Wilpena Pound, Flinders Ranges. Looking south from Gum Creek Station towards St. Mary’s Peak.

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Back to Red Country

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Peter MacDonald

Angorichina Hills

Salt bush in the foreground, Bonney Point on Wilpena Pound in the distance. The view from a hilltop on Angorichina Station near Blinman in the central Flinders Ranges.

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Bunyeroo

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Peter MacDonald

I took some friends through the Flinders Ranges National Park a little while ago and this is one of the lookouts we stopped at briefly.

It’s one of the most photographed scenes in the Park. It highly probable you have seen it somewhere before, or perhaps even taken one yourself.

It is the road to Bunyeroo Gorge with Wilpena Pound in the background.

I can’t say I have done anything creative here….just stood at the lookout and taken the shot, hand held. f18, 1/40th sec, ISO 100.

Still, it is a pretty impressive vista with all the ingredients for making a fine photo.

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On the Road

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Peter MacDonald

Heading north along the road between Hawker and Leigh Creek. Wilpena Pound straight ahead.

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More Winter Colours

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Peter MacDonald

Even a cold and overcast day can’t completely dull the rich colours of the lichen covered rocks around Wilpena Pound in the central Flinders Ranges.

This is the south-west corner of the Pound, an area regularly visited because of the spectacular escarpments in the background.

Rocks in a different setting in two new photographs posted in the Overflow section which you can jump to by clicking here.

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Graciously Accepted

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Peter MacDonald

This wasn’t planned but in the landscape photography business graciously accept unexpected gifts.

It started out being a location for tonight’s full moon.

Just a shot of the moon over the top of the mountains when the sunset would light up the cliff faces.

The planned shot didn’t work out but when the sun had already dipped well beneath the horizon its afterglow lit up the south-western walls of Wilpena Pound in the central Flinders Ranges.

The beautiful colours lasted about a minute…maybe two before fading slowly into darkness.

The full moon tonight……covered by rain clouds.

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It Was A Dark and Stormy Morning…….

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Peter MacDonald

With apologies to Snoopy……

Wilpena Pound, central Flinders Ranges with Rawnsley Bluff and Bonney pound the main features in the background.

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Flash Flood

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

It’s easy to tell, judging but the height of the embankment, that the waters dumped in this downpour are but a drop in the ocean.

The Brachina Overflow once more with the western wall of Wilpena Pound in the background.

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Moralana Moon

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

Tomorrow night is the full Moon (December 11) and full moons are a great opportunity for a good landscape.

It is usually best to start working out where the best place is for the photograph a couple of days before the event.

The moon moves further north or south depending on the time of year, so a great location last month might not be the best this month.

I like shooting the night before the full moon. There’s still light from the setting sun to illuminate the scene when the moon is climbing into the sky.

This is the south-west corner of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges.

It is also good insurance to shoot the night before. The next night there was cloud cover and no moon visible at all.

f22, exposure 1.6 second. ISO 100

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First Light of Day

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Peter MacDonald

Rawnsley Bluff, Wilpena Pound.

f13, shutter 1/5. ISO 100, focal length 120mm

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