Govetts Leap at the top of the Blue Mountains is a favourite spot of mine. This is a dawn shoot and was blessed some interesting cloud, but also mist in the valley below. This was shot from a lower vantage point that the car park area at the top, and I think it gave me…
This was a quick visit as I was meandering around the area while on a short break early in January. It was in part of play around with the idea of ‘long lens’ landscape photography.This is the idea of going beyond the normal wide-angle landscape shots and instead picking out more details in the view…
A return to this famous lookout at Blackheath – this time at sunrise.This was prompted by a fabulous photo my youngest son, Sam took c.2003 using our very first digital camera, a 5 megapixel Canon Powershot (from memory). That image was printed and framed and still looks amazing for a mere 5Mp shot.I was hoping…
Deep into the l-o-n-g 2021 COVID lockdown, I was very keen to bust out for some shooting.In the hope of getting some dramatic sunrise clouds, I headed up to Katoomba and Eaglehawk Lookout on Cliff Drive. This is a super easy spot to get to, being only a few metres off the roadway, and it…
This was my first attempt at a sunset shoot.Again, a learning exercise for me.North’s Lookout is a less touristy location for sunsets but is spectacular IF you have a broken cloudy sky. It provides a stunning view into the Megalong Valley with cliff walls on each side. The foreground is a deep gully called Nellie’s…
One stunning Sunday morning, I set out to check out some vantage points along Narrowneck in Katoomba.Narrowneck is a skinny plateau extending south from Katoomba (see map below). The eastern side looks out over the Jamison Valley, with Mt Solitary in the south. The western side overlooks the Megalong Valley.While the road/trail along Narrowneck has…