Old Rock, Glen Helen Gorge

[geoffsims (Geoff)]

Beautiful!

Can not wait to see more from this trip.

I'm with Greg! When do we get to see the eclipse ones

[alexch (Alex)]

Originally Posted by geoffsims

Beautiful!



I'm with Greg! When do we get to see the eclipse ones

Thanks, Geoff!

There is not much to write home about the eclipse, the clouds on the horizon and not being able to put the camera where I wanted, made the footage much less interesting.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

I've just noticed that alpha Cent is shining through a tree. Lovely. Please tell me it was all planned.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by alexch

Hi All,

I am back from the 3-week long trip to the Red Centre ........
Cheers,
Alex

An an amazing part of planet earth to be sure (having recently been there as well )

I am a great fan of your images Alex, but this one....despite the sublime colours.. doesn't have the right composition for my eye....it lacks "balance" which I'd only give a B+ score to, rather than your usual A+ imagery.

While a pretty image, I suspect there is much more in your bag of tricks from the red centre

[alexch (Alex)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

I've just noticed that alpha Cent is shining through a tree. Lovely. Please tell me it was all planned.

No - it was a very welcome accident

[alexch (Alex)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

An an amazing part of planet earth to be sure (having recently been there as well )

I am a great fan of your images Alex, but this one....despite the sublime colours.. doesn't have the right composition for my eye....it lacks "balance" which I'd only give a B+ score to, rather than your usual A+ imagery.

While a pretty image, I suspect there is much more in your bag of tricks from the red centre

Fair enough, and thanks for the constructive criticism. It is very valid and I would have probably said the same if I was looking at someone else's image. But in this case I am very subjective, still vividly remembering how I saw the scene, especially the moonlit ghost gums which I had to include.

The weather was not to cooperative when we were up there and the scenery already beckons to come back. I have got a few scenes for timelapse but not as many dedicated still images as I would have liked.

Cheers,
Alex

[Phil Hart]

Lovely image Alex. You've sure had some fun travels as well!

Have you used a star filter to accentuate the bright stars or is that the way they came out of the camera? They have a nice size glow to them either way.

Phil

[alexch (Alex)]

Originally Posted by philiphart

Lovely image Alex. You've sure had some fun travels as well!

Have you used a star filter to accentuate the bright stars or is that the way they came out of the camera? They have a nice size glow to them either way.

Phil

Thanks, Phil.
I applied just a little dose of StarSpikes PS plugin (by Noel Carboni).

Cheers,
Alex

[ourkind (Carlos)]

That's beautiful Alex well done! Tones, subject and framing are excellent!

[colinmlegg (Colin)]

It's a beautiful striking image. Nothing more to say

[schmikko (Michael)]

That's just a stunning image.