Amongst other things over the Christmas break, I have been reviewing a heap of slides and negatives that I took as a teenager during various trips we took in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. It was the time of the trusty RICOH 35 EFL and Pentax P30n, 35mm film cameras. Below 3 shots of the vast Etosha Pan in Namibia.
It’s my retrospective tribute to Hiroshi Sugimoto. Happy Holiday’s from Australia!
Australia
The book entitled 1000 Places to see before you die suprisingly suggests only a handful of of places to vist in Western Australia. Margaret River wine region & surrounds is on that list.
So recently after an unexpectedly pleasant (albeit slightly expensive encounter) at Leeuwin Wine Estate , I started to appreciate the landscape in a new way. Not having travelled to this area before but knowing that December gets hot, I was feeling expectant for a good afternoon’s shooting when the temperature dropped and the rain clouds moved in.
Just out, beyond the neatly clipped vineyards, the Australian landscape started to present itself. Scale, colour, mood, structure, texture, shadow and light. 1/400th f10.0 ISO 200.
I’m a Finalist in the Landscape 3 Competition run by the London Photographic Association. See the winners and finalists here.
To view the Douglas Mark Black’s photographic entry click here.
To find out more about the LPA.
