Dunbogan and the cranky clouds

Posted on December 16, 2013 by gerry

Don't let the name turn you off – prime realestate and some cliffs (behind the shot) that are to die for.

What I find really amazing about doing seascape sessions is the variations in the rock, in the space of only 25 kms the rock on the headlands can change from basalt (well i think its basalt, its black and smooth and fing slippery) to this kind of conglomerate rock.

Probably a geologists dream 😉 Anyway some cranky clouds.

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The Witch Widjirriejuggi and the fate of the 3 brothers of the Birpai tribe

Posted on December 16, 2013 by gerry

North Brother, the European name (by Captain Cook) for the hill in the distance and the place where one of the Dreamtime legend Birpai tribe brothers rests.

Like the Napoleon advertisement, its a crime not to ~~prime~~ view large 🙂

It was a bit wild and woolley out this evening – look carefully and you can see the lightning in two places on the right of the image – don't ask how i stitched a image and got two lighting bolts 😉 its a long story 😉 6 landscape orientation images stitched.

Sometimes its worthwhile braving the elements for a shot and this was one such time, although i and others have questioned my sanity here considering the hill (north brother) in the distance did get fried by lightning 🙂 and I was considering heading up there for sunset 🙂

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Ship wrecker

Posted on December 15, 2013 by gerry

I can only imagine the pain one would be in if one was to come anywhere near this place in a boat at night even in the mildest of conditions…

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Natural Frame

Posted on December 2, 2013 by gerry

After spending quite sometime wandering around the lower part of the falls looking for a darn tree to frame the lower falls, this tree just jumped out and said frame me 🙂 Pure gnarliness – its like nature just knew what to do to make a nice image.

Once again, nature, 3.5 stars for you!

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Welcome to the Morning – The outflow

Posted on December 2, 2013 by gerry

After ditching (sorry guys) +Suren J and +Rodney Campbell for my morning exercise (sand run follwed by rock run 😉 ) I finally came upon some very nice rock shelves which did lend them to be positioned with the moments of brilliant colour on the dark and threatening clouds.

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The National

Posted on December 1, 2013 by gerry

nope not the band, the falls

perfect conditions for a little LE, purely for the clouds of course. The tree on the top was just awesome, reminds me of a falls on the Gibb river road with a fat Boab tree on the top of the falls.

Kudos for +Rodney Campbell and +Suren J for joining me, particularly Suren, we will get you over your fear of heights 😉

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It had wanna be a good fish ;)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by gerry

I reckon if you get swept in here, even in the mildest conditions I would rate your chance as slim or buckleys 🙂

Beautiful, but dangerous, not only the sea, but the geology too, the conglomerate rock is very loose and prone to break away underfoot.

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Kattang

Posted on October 29, 2013 by gerry

As always, its a crime not to view large.

I love the days and the locations which enable me to capture a scene with both the bright warm sunrise/sunset and the incoming (or outgoing) darkness.

Our country needs more reserves and parks like this, these kind of views and country should be accessible to all, not just a select few with the ability to buy land and build on the edge.

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Tannin Creek

Posted on October 27, 2013 by gerry

Kylies Beach, NSW

There is something slightly disconcerting about standing in tea coloured water 🙂

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Layering

Posted on September 16, 2013 by gerry

It has not rained in Sydney for some weeks, on the only weekend where I had some free time to pursue some imagery and it decides to rain, on both days of the weekend, however, with rain comes clouds and when you are on the edge of the storm clouds you can get some funky stuff happening with the clouds.

Looking south down Kurnell towards the infamous De-salination plant, offset powered by the Capital Hill wind farm

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Dang, that horizon's in the middle again.

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Disillusioned Light and the green veins

Posted on September 14, 2013 by gerry

Kurnell, its gotta be one of the most under rated locales in Sydney, I personally love it – the line of cliff walls have so many unique features all along the 15 odd kilometer stretch. This one is the easiest point to get to, the rest, involves lots of walking.

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Selfie Saturday

Posted on September 14, 2013 by gerry

Someone need to give the place some scale 🙂 even so, one cannot tell that the boulders on the right are the size of buses from the picture – conveying a sense of scale with a wide angle lens is quite difficult.

The tree, the shed, the silo and strange clouds

Posted on September 10, 2013 by gerry

No shortage of grass in this paddock and i suspect, no shortage of tasty snakes either.

Technically, a tricky image to capture, the sun had already passed over the clouds and hence the dynamic range of the scene is quite large, the image is captured by bracketing a number of shots and finally assembling them into a panorama format.

View large.

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