Finally after years of flying over this spot I found this tree perched on the side of sandy sand dune on Stockton Beach, thanks to +Rodney Campbell and +Suren J for the company, it would have been a miserable walk in and out by myself 🙂 and I hope ya's had fun.
I spotted a number of trees a few years back while flogging over the beach into Williamtown in the back of a Lear35 after a recent flight earlier this year in the front of a smash-8 i had a nice clear view of the dunes and spotted, what I have now dubbed, the "gerry tree". It did look quite different from up there, however it met my criteria for lonely and interesting, thus the quest for a photo of it started 🙂
+Rodney Campbell, +Suren J and myself spent quite sometime photographing the tree from various angles and using multiple techniques (see one of rods version here: https://plus.google.com/102418874970398612673/posts/7pZCMjNudd4)
one of the shots was a result of some funky light painting on the tree while at high isos to capture the sweet milkyway view and hence the first of a few images of the gerry tree
D7000 with a sand filled Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ 11mm- Aperture: f/2.8 and Shutter Speed: 20 seconds
out front – absolutely nothing but fresh air and plenty of sand.
to the right – blue coloured LED torch.
Love the night time sky!! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with the #LandscapePhotography theme!!
i love it +Gerard Blacklock, and what great fun!!
The result of this combination is gorgeous! It's not always easy to work in complete darkness with a high iso without the noise problem, but it was an exellent idea to play with the light that bring the image has a fabulous atmosphere!…A very nice composition for a harmonious work! 🙂
Awesome +Gerard Blacklock
Rich photo Gerard…well done!
Stunning !
Nice one
Ahh – the blue one 🙂 – I was kinda partial to the purple one (red + blue) myself 🙂
Very Pretty
Great experimentation with colour. Love it- out of the box unique.
Romantic
I dont know how you did this but I say its lovly thanks
This wonderful image has been chosen to be shared on #PhotoManiaAustralia +Photo Mania Australia curated by +Tony Heyward +David Tomek +Ed Cobb +John Hunt and +Gerard Blacklock (Photo Mania Australia is a part of +Photo Mania Global) Tony Heyward
Very cool shot, +Gerard Blacklock; and it sounds like a nice tree trek. Hah, I've got a sand-filled 11-16 as well!
+Garry McCarthy
not happy about sand filled tokina's 🙁 i think the life maybe limited now, it just a matter before the sand works itself through the zoom mechanism I reckon, how did yours fare?
Stunning image, my friend. I wish I had the time to try some night photography.
I sent mine in to the local factory shop and had it cleaned; came out just like new; totally worth it. Here's why it happened:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/105575110775527575127/posts/6t82eJ25y7P?pid=6031842655637452386&oid=105575110775527575127
Again..beautiful Gerard