2018 Project 52, second quarter by Lindsay (CormacD)

[CormacD]

Second quarter started. My wife and I will be travelling in Australia for at least 8 weeks by car towing our caravan and plan to get some good shots.

We will be heading south, from where we live near Perth, to the south coast, then turning east and crossing the Nullarbor Plains on the Eyre Highway then heading north through the Red Centre to Darwin. We will be spending some time on the way to Darwin at or near Uluru (Eyre's Rock), in Alice Springs, in Coober Pedy, Katherine etc.

I will be posting the first photo in a few days as we are heading off in the morning and are busy packing.

[billtils]

Enjoy the trip - and I look forward to enjoying the pics .

[CormacD]

Stopped for 2 nights at Foreshore Caravan Park in the port town of Esperance on the south coast in Western Australia. There is a big bay with a lot of islands. There are beautiful beaches and a National Park nearby. The old jetty was built in 1938 and abandoned in 1965 and has since been badly neglected, unfortunately. I’ve selected a few scenes below. Have had to wait a few days to get decent signal for the internet as travelling across the Nullarbor Plain.

#1 Beach at bottom of stairs, 10 April, 1152 am, ISO 100, 18.5 mm, f/7.1, 1/80 s



# 2 Almost down on the beach, 10April. 12.08 pm, ISO100, 18.5 mm, f/7.1, 1/160 s



#3 Jetty, 10th April, 3.37 pm, ISO100, 18.5 mm, f/7.1, 1/100 s

[Urbanflyer]

wonderful to see these shots! Thanks!

[Shadowman]

Nice scenes, for me the foliage looks soft and distracting and that's only because the wind is blowing and the 1/100-160s shutter speeds aren't fast enough to freeze the movement. You might like the look and it the slight blur can help convey movement but for me the greenery in the first and second image encompasses a significant portion of your composition and also has immediate impact as it resides in the foreground.

[CormacD]

wonderful to see these shots! Thanks!

Thanks Judith, I hope I can keep them coming.

[CormacD]

Nice scenes, for me the foliage looks soft and distracting and that's only because the wind is blowing and the 1/100-160s shutter speeds aren't fast enough to freeze the movement. You might like the look and it the slight blur can help convey movement but for me the greenery in the first and second image encompasses a significant portion of your composition and also has immediate impact as it resides in the foreground.

Thanks John, on reflection I think you are spot on and the shutter speeds are a little slow, also maybe the aperture could be a touch smaller, I'll watch out for this next time.

[CormacD]

Across the Nullabor Plains on 18th April, Bunda Cliffs on the coastline of the Great Australian Bight. Then up the Stuart Highway towards Alice Springs in the Red Centre.

# 1 Bunda Cliffs



#2 Lake Hart, a small salt lake just north of Woomera.

[billtils]

Stopped for 2 nights at Foreshore Caravan Park in the port town of Esperance on the south coast in Western Australia.

Nice shots Lindsay - very "South West WA" looking

[CormacD]

Nice shots Lindsay - very "South West WA" looking

Thanks Bill, beautiful part of the country.

[CormacD]

Visited Coober Pedy a couple of days ago, opals were first mined there in about 1914 and it continues. The area is in central South Australia in a desert that used to be a massive inland sea about 120 million years ago or so. The opal forming process started back then. The local museum has examples of the ancient marine fossils such as snails, shells an fish. The following selection of photos may give you a bit of an idea of the countryside.

#1 Mullock heaps and holes left by people mining spread over some 70 km.



#2 The Breakaways, is a formation of small hills that are untouched and are part of the ancient sea bed.



#3 The Two Dogs Sleeping, part of the Breakaways formation



#4 The Dog Fence, a fence built in the 19th century some 5700 km across the country to help stop wild native dogs, the dingos, from moving into sheep country and killing them off. This section is on the Moon Plane.



#5 An example of an underground home in Coober Pedy, where some 50% of the people live in underground housing, including hotels, shops and churches. The temperature remains a constant 22 to 25 degrees Celsius.

[joebranko]

Very interesting country. Great shots!

[CormacD]

Very interesting country. Great shots!

Thanks for your interest and comments, Joe. Yes it certainly is a bit different.

[billtils]

Nice work on the underground house shot Lindsay, and a good selection of the others to give the flavour of this uniques place.

[rudi]

Good write up and good pictures Lindsay. Special like the idea and your capture off the underground house !

[CormacD]

Thanks Bill and Rudi, yes an absolutely amazing place and the locals are promoting it for tourism just as it is.

[CormacD]

Spent the past 3 days at Yulara Campground near the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Here are a shot of the famous iconic Uluru (previously known as Ayres Rock) and Kata Tjuta (previously the Olgas).

#1 Uluru at sunset with sun behind me, a blend of 3 exposures.



#2 Kata Tjuta a panoramic with some HDR help.

[CormacD]

We have driven 6000 km to get a photo of the Devil's Marbles at Karlu Karlu in the Northern Territory Australia just north of Alice Springs. Hope you like it.

[CormacD]

[CormacD]

West MacDonnel Ranges out from Alice Springs. The road to Redbank Gorge.