Photos: La Perouse (Dec 2004)

Sandstone Swirl - La Perouse/Sydney - Jan 2005
[ A repost of an earlier photo. Just stumbled across some photos that I took at the scene and thought it be interesting to look at them again. ]

Another scan of a 4x5 inch transparency taken with my Shen Hao HZX 4X5-IIA Large Format Camera (more here). Was really happy to get everything right here - exposure, camera movements and time of day. Again the detail in the transparency is incredible.

Some photos of the setup and scene follow and were taken with a Canon 300D using RAW Mode. Late afternoon sun created the extended shadows of the tripod. The white light balance, probably needs some adjusting. Highlights the magenta cast that is typical of the provia transparency used.

Shen Hao Camera = La Perouse/Sydney - Dec 2004

Shen Hao Camera = La Perouse/Sydney - Dec 2004

Favourite Photos: Tree - Perisher Valley - Jan 2005

Tree - Perisher Valley - Jan 2005
Scan of a 4x5 transparency taken with my Shen Hao HZX 4X5-IIA Large Format Camera (more here).

A photo of the tree in the background of another photo I took back in Jun 2001. Fires had passed through this area a few years earlier. New growth can be seen at the base of the tree. Like the way the a small branch appears to be propping up the larger tree.

Favourite Photos: Sandstone Swirl - La Perouse/Sydney - Jan 2005

Sandstone Swirl - La Perouse/Sydney - Jan 2005
Another scan of a 4x5 inch transparency taken with my Shen Hao HZX 4X5-IIA Large Format Camera (more here). Was really happy to get everything right here - exposure, camera movements and time of day. Again the detail in the transparency is incredible.

Favourite Photos: Perisher Valley - Jan 2005

Perisher Valley - Jan 2005
Scan of a 4x5 transparency. One of the first photos I took with my Shen Hao HZX 4X5-IIA Large Format Camera (more here). The detail in the transparency is amazing when viewed through a magnifying eye-piece on a light box. Was inspired by the work of Fred Williams (an Australian Landscape Artist - see google) at the time.

Fred Williams - google images screenshot

Peter Dombrovskis: Photographer

His work inspired me to buy a Large Format Camera. When I went Canberra (now not as often as I did) I would go to the National Library of Australia to look at his Books. None of his books are now in print and they can only be found in libraries and the 2nd Hand Book Market. My favourite was On the Mountain.

The Sydney Morning Herald published an article last week indicating his widow, Liz, has just "sold his archive of 3000 images to the National Library of Australia".

A couple of quotes from the article follows:

"He used to get physically exhausted by the emotional effort he put into his photos,'' she says. ''Apart from the artistic composition, Peter used to say you can't take a good photograph if there's not part of you in it."

"he excelled at sweeping landscapes and intimate detail shots"


Lake Albina: Jan 2005