•November 14, 2009 •
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Haven’t posted anything for a while as I have been moving house. Amazing how much crap you accumulate! You promise yourself that you will be ruthless and chuck out all the stuff you haven’t seen for ages but somehow it manages to stay with you. (Now, which box is that obscure doodad in? I need it right now!)
Probably won’t post anything for a little while either as I am about to undergo a hip replacement, so things won’t be much fun for a litttle while!
Anyway, one of the reasons I love going down to Tasmania is that you run across a lot of things like this old holding yard. Bush carpentry at it’s very best.
There are still a few of the old blokes who used to build things like this still around but sadly their numbers are dwindling.
While building materials and methods have “improved” over the years, it will be a sad day when places like this no longer exist don’t you think?
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Tags: farming, old, old buildings, old skills, photography, photos, Tasmania, timber
•November 2, 2009 •
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Tags: Cradle Mt, Gustav Weindorfer, Lightroom 2, National Parks, photography, photos, Tasmania, tourism, travel, Waldheim
•October 27, 2009 •
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•October 17, 2009 •
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Driving down a Tasmanian backroad just following my nose. Not much happening,sky is a flat dull grey. Come around a corner and find this little gem!
It was once quite a large house and just up the road was I guess it’s replacement, a large colonial type mansion which is probably Heritage listed.
In it’s heyday this would have been a large prosperous farm owned by wealthy people.
Had to stop and take some pics. Used a treatment in Lightroom called Detail Booster which suited it quite nicely I think. Hope you like it!
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Tags: farming, Lightroom 2, photography, photos, rural, Tasmania, tourism, travel
•October 7, 2009 •
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These are 3 images I have entered into a competition run by the Spirit of Tasmania who operate the Bass Strait Ferry. It is called ‘Capture the Spirit’ and is open to any resident of Oz who has some images of Tasmania.
Prizes include Canon1000D cameras and Accomodation packages etc.
Like most comps of this nature they require copyright waivers for the winning images so they can use them for promotion.
If you want more info go to www.capturethespirit.com.au



BTW you can also vote for your favourite image and be in the running for a prize as well. I could do with an extra camera! hint,hint.
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Tags: Canon, Photo competition, photography, photos, rural, Tasmania, tourism, travel
•September 29, 2009 •
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It doesn’t seem so long ago that photographers such as Tony Middleton who lives in Victoria were posting images of a dry, blackened landscape after the horrific bushfires.
At the same time we here in Queensland had flooding rains and everything was green and juming out of it’s skin!
How the tables have turned. Tony is posting images of lush green meadows and we here in Qld are going through one of the driest winters for a long time!
i had spotted this windmill and water trough a while back and thought it could make an interesting shot. God only knows what the Brahman cattle on this property are drinking as there is no surface water anywhere that I can see!
Bring on the wet season!

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Tags: cattle, climate, dry season, farming, nature, photography, photos, rural, wet season, Whitsundays
•September 29, 2009 •
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No, I am not recovering from a lager frenzy! You have probably all heard about the dust storms that have enveloped the eastern states over the last week. Well they even made it into the tropics, not as severe as further south but they have hung around longer. The light and visibility have been pretty ordinary over the last week, not the beautiful blue skies we are used to at this time of the year!
I havn’t really bothered shooting much till it all goes away but I did manage to get a couple of worthwile images one afternoon.
Look familiar Fletch?
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Tags: dust storm, photography, photos, skies, sunset, Whitsundays, yachts
•September 28, 2009 •
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Even though most of the 6 people who read this blog are photographers and probably make their own, I have made up some 2010 calendars of my travels over the last year or so.
Available at my RedBubble site-
http://www.redbubble.com/people/wootton60/calendars
They would make great Xmas gifts.
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Tags: Calendars, Kimberley Coast, photography, photos, Tasmania, Whitsundays
•September 23, 2009 •
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Serendipity is such a great word and one that all photographers relate to I think!
Driving around the backroads anywhere but especially in Tasmania, you come across little gems like this tractor. Old and probably very rarely used,if at all, he seems to be peering eagerly out of his shed.
You can almost hear him thinking “Just give me one more chance! I’ll show these new tractors a thing or two!”
I can’t decide which I like better, the version above or the one below.
Anybody have an opinion?

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Tags: Lightroom 2, photography, photos, rural, Serendipity, Tasmania, tractors, travel
•September 20, 2009 •
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Does anybody out there have a favourite place such as a river,valley or landmark that you never tire of looking at? Well this mountain is one such place for me.
Mt. Roland is a mountain that always affects me whenever I look at it. I have never been to the top of it, (yet) I have circumnavigated it many times and it draws me like a magnet whenever I am in it’s vicinity.
It is deeply entwined in my family history, my great-grandfather carved a farm out of the Tasmanian bush in it’s shadow, my mother’s ashes are part of it, as will my father’s one day and possibly mine as well!
I don’t know of any mountain that dominates its surroundings like this one except for perhaps Uluru and from certain angles it even has a similar profile.
I still havn’t found the perfect location to shoot this mountain from and that can change with the time of the year. I think it is in the middle of one of the local farms, may have to do a dawn raid one day……

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Tags: mountains, Mt Roland, photography, photos, rural, Tasmania, tourism, travel
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