Moonrise and Field

[Octane]

I had never been further west across New South Wales, than, say, Wagga Wagga. However, this past weekend, I decided to go for a drive out to the country to see what lay there insofar as inspiring landscapes to photograph. I quickly realised that once you get passed Darlington Point along the Sturt Highway, it just gets flat. Very flat.

On this particular afternoon, it was very foggy and quite overcast. I was hoping to come across a state forest or national park where I could do some long exposure spooky and dramatic misty fog images. Fail.

Driving on, about an hour before sunset, I noticed a thin orange glow on the horizon. It was clearing. But, the problem was, that the landscape was rather uninspiring and flat.

I finally got out into clear skies as the sun began to set. Dropping speed, I frantically sought out anything I could grab and came upon this area out near Hay. The overcast conditions must have dumped quite a fair amount of rain and it went on like this for kilometres.

This is definitely far from the greatest image I've ever made, but, I'm quite fond of the Belt of Venus as it's one of my favourite subjects to image, as well as the positioning of the Moon, and the subtle colouring in the grasses in the foreground.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
5s f/16.0 at 24.0mm iso100

Slightly larger version here (http://users.tpg.com.au/octane2/maf.html).

Comments, critique, etc., most welcome.

H

[luigi]

Very very beautiful, amazing palette of colors and the leading lines help the composition a lot. No nits, print it and frame it!

[Ric]

There's some fantastic colours and hues in this one H. Once you get out around Hay it's all very flat out there.

I think the flatness/starkness of the region brings out and highlights the horizon and moon rise.

Watch out for Skippy and his mates out that way though, they appear like flies around sunset.

[troypiggo]

Amazing sky. I saw a similar sky on a recent return from a work trip to Goondiwindi. I wish I had my gear with me to capture it, it was by far the best BoV I've seen/noticed.

[TrevorW]

Great colour H

[shelltree]

Fantastic capture mate, love the sky, it looks almost three tone and compliments the barren landscape really nicely and the moon rising is the perfect touch.

Shell

[Screwdriverone]

Ooooh, that's special H !

Very nice all over, nice work.

Thanks for posting it....love the line: Fail! :)

Cheers

Chris

[Octane]

Luis,

I thought you might like this one, being a landscape man yourself. ; )

I've done an 18x12" of it and it came out lovely!



Ric,

Cheers, mate.

I will have to go the whole distance and make it out to Mungo. That was kind of the plan for that weekend, amongst other things, but, just ran out of time.

Oh, I must have been lucky -- didn't see a single roo. In the Snowy's I saw wild horses, and everything else you can imagine that'd run out onto the road!

Thanks, again.



Troy,

Thanks, bruddah. It certainly is a very magical time of day. Would be better with violently lit clouds, etc., but, sometimes simplicity rules.



Trevor,

Thanks, mate.



Shellie,

Funny you mention the three tone thing. I was going to name the image Tri-tone Fascination, after one of my favourite albums by one of my favourite artists. : )



Cheers, guys and gal. ; )

H

[Octane]

Chris,

Thanks, sir!

I use fail in day-to-day terminology. : P

H

[lacad01]

Excellent stuff. Quite a range of colours captured there :thumbsup:

[spearo]

lovely pastel colors!
very nice
frank

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: nice pic H :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Loving the colors ;)

[Octane]

Adam,

Thanks, mate. That brief period where the Belt is very pronounced and saturated is quite special.



Frank,

Thanks, buddy. : ) Looks like I can't make it tonight. Besides, the clouds look lke poo, too. : (



Jen,

Thanks, missy!



Thanks, guys.

H