Standing

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 22, 2012693 views8 comments

I just finished culling and processing about 1100 photos from a New Zealand/Australia/Fiji trip, and thought I'd start posting some.

This is a 4-shot pano of the Three Sisters rock formation in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney, Australia. I took it from the usual tourist overlook, although at this time in the evening there was hardly anyone around after the tour bus crowds earlier. They missed the best view in this light! Anyway, the name is part of an aboriginal legend.

Thanks for looking!

Olympus E-520
Zuiko 12-60 @ 30mm
f/6.3
1/160 s
ISO 100
Handheld
PS CS4 for raw conversion, pano assembly, web prep

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on March 22, 2012 at 9:58 AM

I love scenes like this that reach into great distances. The light on the rock formations is very nice and complimented by the cool blues of the far hills. Nice image

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM

I would love to be there~ great capture.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM

I love this view and comp even though it's from the tourist platform. Beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on March 22, 2012 at 5:53 PM

Well composed with good lighting. The sky is complementary.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 22, 2012 at 6:09 PM

Lovely vista! I like the play of the shadow and light on the landscape, it adds some nice depth.
Were you able to stay for the true "golden hour"??

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Comment posted by David Bostedo on March 22, 2012 at 7:33 PM

Thanks Morkel! No we weren't. We had a couple of mile walk back to town to catch a train... Plus, some additional cloud cover was rolling in (the sisters were in shadow about 20 minutes after this) so I'm telling myself it wouldn't have been very good.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 23, 2012 at 5:28 PM

I love the depth that you've captured. That looks like a great valley to explore and the three sisters make a great entry for the eyes.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 24, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Comp and light look very good. It feels very natural compared to some of the images we make nowadays.

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