We passed through Bakers Swamp without noticing anything. Then reached our last dot on the map for this trip - Larras Lee and saw this. The roadside monument says: In Memory of WILLIAM LEE (1794 - 1870) of "Larras Lake" a pioneer of the sheep and cattle industry and first member for Roxburgh under responsible government (1856 - 1859). This stone was erected by his descendants. --- 1938 --- This is a repost from a few days ago. Thinking I would use this for this week’s Taphophile Tragics post I dug a little further into William Lee’s story, it’s a very colonial Australian one. William was born of convict parents, living his childhood years around the Sydney region. In his early 20s he was issued with some government cattle, recommended as a suitable settler and granted 134 acres at Kelso near Bathurst. He was one of the first in the area and did well. A few years later he was granted a ram and an inc...
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ReplyDeletePlay with the camera. I would have taken shots on varying exposures here to gradually squeeze out the light and see the effect. They are both stunning landscapes, the second just more gaudy (not Gaudi, gaudy although the effect of each word is similar!).
The first one reminds me very mich of the pastel beauty of the painted desert just over the NT border from SA.
Lovely shot of the Wall. I love desert colours at sunset. Very surreal.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots and beautiful blog. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Spain.
Fantastic shot of the sunset...kind of touches you..right there.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shots of the sunset. Such a peaceful piece of wilderness that makes me have this sudden urge to go camping.
ReplyDeleteOh that's an absolute bewdie!
ReplyDeleteLove the sticky silhouettes against the orange sky.
Hi all, it was surreal an amazing experience. I want to go camping again too!
ReplyDeleteJulie, I didn't know there was a painted desert in Australia, I've seen the one over near the Grand Canyon USA.
I don't play with exposures while taking photos (too technical for me) but I shoot raw which gives me some leverage to alter exposure when I get home, but for the most part I am happy enough with those the camera chooses.
Nice shots. I really like the glane and the silhouettes in the last one.
ReplyDeleteOur version of sunset on the water. It's astonishing what light will do when it thinks it's losing it's grip. This is on my desktop. Stellar.
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