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…
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…
This is a unique glen and half cave most famous for being used as a set in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (the bit where he visits the kids in the underground dwelling with stilt houses etc). It is accessed by a tiny slot canyon leading to a small enclosed waterfall and glen which can be…
These are few shots of blooms in out garden. Not a lot of thought in the composition, really just wanted to capture their innate beauty and how they bring to mind God’s creativity and His gift of such things to us. Some of these flowers have a story to them: The orange rose (which, while…
A lazy drive through Hartley Vale revealed a couple of photography locations that I hadn’t considered before. On the Great Western Highway, there is Hartley cemetery, and directly opposite is a private property with an impressive. long driveway lined with maples. Then a little further west is the Hartley Historic village. [edit: since this visit…
Between Mt Victoria and Lithgow, there is a road that runs north-ish off the Great Western Highway – Mid-Hartley Rd. It’s an alternative route into the town of Lithgow that runs through Hartley Valley. A couple of kilometers from the Great Western Highway there is this house. I stumbled across it while on a work…