Umpherston Sink-hole: duo

I visited Umpherston Sink-hole, Mount Gambier SA, today, and was blown away by how spectacular it was, from top to bottom. Here’s the view of above-the-top from the bottom. 

Fujifilm X30, edited with Snapseed app.

Buninyong Botanical Gardens: giant beyond the canopy

The deep green canopy of a small tree beckoned me into its embrace…turning to look up, I noticed the tall tree towering above it.

Ballarat Botanical Gardens: the arms of giants

My favourite part of visiting the gardens was walking among giants – these giant sequoiadendrons (Redwoods) were planted in the first part of the nineteenth century, and are believed to be among the oldest in Australia. But these are merely adolescents in a species which can live ten times as long. One even had a branch hanging invitingly low, so I sat for a moment on it, feeling it sway from the high-up attachment point.

Hold it Lads!: preparing to descend

This shot was taken on-the-fly after stopping to take this previous photo, and we’d resumed driving. Something about the way the trees are arranged over the hill makes me think of a group of kids about to descend the hill to run crashing into the river below on a hot summer’s day.

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Sunday Afternoon Ramble: light and shadows

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Drive By Shootings: trees in the gloom

The pleasure of shooting on the fly from the passenger side is discovering the occasional image that lends itself to a particular post-production treatment – here, I’ve used Pixlr-o-matic to introduce extra atmosphere.

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Car Panel Painting: tree-lined track

Taken using my HTC Legend smartphone and Vignette app for Android. Please click image to view full size.

Silhouetted Trees with Sunset

Shot with my HTC Legend smartphone and Vignette app for Android.

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