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Many of you would be aware I like my long trips over to the likes of The Flinders, and Outback SA. These are usually between 2 and 3 weeks long, and will normally involve over 6,000km travelled. Well, I've also wanted to do a bit of 4wd'ing a bit closer to home...

Last weekend we had the chance to spend a couple of days 'playing' in the Blue Mountains - not far from Newnes (in the bush between the Zig Zag railway and Lithgow) - COOL!!!

A couple of pics from the weekend - comments/suggestions requested




(how do you do these areas justice???)


(11 image pano)

If getting there is half the fun then taking photographs must be the other half! Excellent pics. Is the last one a pano?

I really like the last 2 images there Leon. I would say that these do do justice to the area but maybe we should wait to some of the locals rip into you!

The only critique for you is some cropping suggestions...for #3 I would lose a bit off the bottom, and for the pano maybe straighten it out a bit and get that horizon further off the mid-line...oh the mountains are calling me!

Leon I would suggest to increase the blues in the skies in #3.

How about an IR type of shot for the pano?

sheepie wrote:suggestions requested

Take me with you next time
#1 I'd push further towards a silhouette
#3 perhaps a graduated ND or a CPL to improve the balance between sky & foreground. Also I'd like to lose a little more of the haze in the distance
#4 I agree with Cameron. Get the horizon off centre & straighten it a bit Maybe even go past level as the midground plateau (RHS) is tipping that side up a bit visually.

I think #3 is the most impressive. If possible, I'd suggest to take it again after rain (no haze), late or early depending on the orientation and with some interesting clouds in the sky.

Regards,
Murray

Hey Leon,
There are some interesting tracks and country out that way. I have spent a bit of time out there involved with vegitation survey work.
Your pics are great for capturing the escence of those vistas. They are really cool when you are there very early or late.


We can organise a weekend up here some time if anyone wants to.

Murray Foote wrote: I'd suggest to take it again after rain (no haze)

Usually, less wine, the night before, helps to counter the "no haze" effect.

nice, i've spent a bit of time up there over he years too. No 4wd now so just memories now. Newnes is worth a look too if you are ever back up that way

I think you have done it justice in the pano shot, maybe also giving some extra room on the bottom may have helped, however it is still a nicely framed shot.

bit of 4wd'ing a bit closer to home...

lithgow and the surrounds are great for this, there are quite a few active 4wdrivers, out near the state pine forest or out on the left hand side as you head towards newnes. I did some 4wd training out there before a Broome/Gibb River road trip and was amazed at all the available tracks, additionally there are tracks for all levels

We can organise a weekend up here some time if anyone wants to.

that would be great, even just a day trip to one of the more favorable locations would be good.

Matt. K wrote:Is the last one a pano?

The last one has a panoramic aspect ratio, yes. So of course it is a pano!

Looking at the extreme field of view in the image and the large image size (5000 pixels wide) it certainly does seem like a composite stitched image instead of a pano crop from a single original. Was that the question you meant to ask?


Nice work sheepie. I recommend being there to photograph at the start of the day instead of the end. Much less haze.

Wow - what a response! Thanks all, it's been a while since I got as good a response from any of my pics - appreciate it

I'll take on the suggestions, and hopefully do a bit better in a couple of weeks when we head up that way again.

As for organising a shoot up there sometime, sounds like a plan - will see if we can get something sorted when the weather warms up a little more (not the height of summer, but maybe in another couple of months). Stay tuned on that one

gstark wrote:Usually, less wine, the night before, helps to counter the "no haze" effect.

Hrmmm - you know me well ...although it wasn't wine this time - it was however, a 2am finish to the previous night