Russell Falls

My trip to the Mt Field National park was very enjoyable. I met up with another photographer from the Photo forum, Tim. We had some fun taking shots and shared the gruelling task of a long day of walking.

It was a beautiful spring day and the Waterfalls were spectacular. I never realised how big the Russell Falls actually were until I witnessed them up close. The flow of water was down a little but there was still plenty to admire, especially on the top portion of the falls.

It's a gentle walk to the bottom of the Russell Falls from the visitors centre. The track then kicks up step to the top where the track continues to the Horse Shoe Falls. The sun was too harsh to get a good shot of the Horse Shoe Falls.

The Lady Barron Falls can be reached from here by following a long track. The reduced flow of water and harsh sunlight made these falls hard to photograph, but well worth the effort to see. The walk back to the Visitors centre was flat along side the river until the track suddenly stopped and headed up a huge set of stairs. Thankfully the builders provided some seats at different levels of the climb. It was a long way to the top!

Russell Falls - from the observation deck.


Russell Falls - from higher up the track in Infrared. (Well worth the walk!)


More images from the Mt Field area and the Russell Falls can be found here.

I've also been hooked by HDR (High Dynamic Range) over the weekend. (Thanks Jen!) I have been playing around with a program called Photomatix. This is one of the many creations I've come up with so far.

Strahan - HDR


More of my HDR images can be found here.

Getting Warmer

It's starting to warm up here in Tasmania! Yesterday it got to 29 degrees Celsius (approx 84 degrees Fahrenheit) and today it made it above 31 (approx 88). I can't imagine how hot it will be when summer actually gets here.

I haven't been out to take any photos of late but I'm looking forward to getting out this weekend. I have a trip planned to the Mt Field National Park, located in the south of Tasmania. The picturesque Russell Falls are located in the park as well as the Horseshoe Falls and Lady Barron Falls. Hopefully I can get some good shots while I'm there.

Sportsman Cup Finished!

Well, after a long night of processing I managed to finish my entire back-log of images from the go karts! I now have galleries for the Masport Cup, Sportsman Cup and the Tasmanian State Titles on my web site. You can follow the links to each of them.



Don't forget the new price list! Prices have been reduced on all print sizes! Photos make excellent gifts, so make sure you get your orders in soon to ensure they arrive before Christmas.

JD and Holden

While at golf yesterday we had the Jack Daniels racing team promotional truck in the car park. It was part of the promotion of the next round of the V8 super cars, being held next weekend at Symmons Plains.

I had the Junior club champion in my group and I offered to get his photo taken with the JD girl after we finished the round. Here are a couple of the photos.

Price Drop for Christmas!

With Christmas approaching fast I thought a price reduction would be in order!

For a current list of prices click here.

Place your orders soon to ensure delivery before the holidays.

Evercreech

We had a public holiday Monday and I used the time to photograph some landscapes. I headed to a place called Evercreech, situated in the Fingal forest. I had planned to visit the Mathinna Falls area, four separate falls in the chain. But there was a fallen tree across the road, so I ended up at Evercreech.

The area is very nice, A real slice of paradise! I played in the rivers taking photos and made the walk into the Evercreech waterfall. I got some nice images from the day! I also got a couple of leeches, the little buggers!



More images can be found here.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

As the title says, I've been busy these last couple of months. My day job has been flat out with work which has been taking up a lot of my time.

Three things have kept me busy. Work is the first thing. Photographing the Masport Cup, Sportsman Cup and the Tassie State Kart Titles is the second thing thats kept me busy. The third is processing all the images from those events, thats taken a lot of time!!

I finally finished all the images from the state titles and they can be found on my website. 2007 Tassie State Titles



Now that I've finished the State title images I can focus on the Sportsman Cup. I got some good shots from that day and hope to have them finished as soon as possible.