My Tasmania 2009

I have had some success with calendars this year, which I will cover in a later post, but I decided to create my own for the year 2009. This is probably too late for Christmas but it's still in time for the new year.

It has landscapes from all over Tasmania. I've tried to put a good spread of image into it with sunrises, sunsets, HDR and a little infrared.






Clicking the image will take you to a preview page where you can purchase it.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed taking the images!

Calendar Submission

I've been busy lately!

About a month ago I approached the printers of the Tasmanian Alkaloids calendar about getting some of my images into next years calendar. I was told I had a good chance of this. At the time I had my Photography Anthology book as my portfolio, this got me a foot in the door. They asked me to put some photos together for consideration and thats what I've been doing this last week.

After my trip down the east coast I had some very good landscapes but, I still had plenty of images from the trip that I hadn't processed. I knew some of them would be good chances of making the calendar so, I went through and processed a select few.

For my presentation I put another book together with only Tasmanian Landscapes in it.

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Book Preview

Many of the images in the book have been seen on my blog before or are on my site. Some are still sitting on my computer waiting for me to upload to my site at a later date. They cover a wide area of Tasmania. Strahan, St Helens, Freycinet, Tasman Peninsula, Port Arthur, Richmond Bridge, Russell Falls and Mt Roland. I hope that I will be successful in getting some images in their calendar.

2007 in Review

In 2007 I started to take photography much more serious and saw a marked improvement from 2006. The following images are some of my favourites from the year in chronological order.

8 Balls Racked


The Nut, Stanley


Church Ruins at Port Arthur


Locked


Port Arthur


Safety Cove, Tasman Peninsula


Full Moon


Sunset


Memorial Statue, Sheffield


Alter


This image won Photo Forum Contest #7
History Studies


This image earned a photo of the week at Catchfence photos.
Scott Waters


In July I upgrade my camera from My Panasonic FZ-30 to a Nikon D80. It is a fantastic camera!!
Lilydale River


Hogarth Falls


Strahan Harbour HDR


Strahan Harbour


Formula 3


This image earned a photo of the week #8 at Catchfence photos.
Matt Coates


This image earned a photo of the week #12 at Catchfence photos.
Mitchell Griffin


Evercreech River


Russell Falls


Russell Falls IR


Walkway


To finish the year off with a bang, some fireworks!


If you want to see more of my images, have a look at my website!

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.