Great Sandy Island - Fraser Island Photo

Photographer’s Note

Fraser Island is also known as Great Sandy Island, & it's not hard to see why. I almost decided not to post this, as I wasn't happy with the final colour balance, even after pp. Another red magenta print, processed by the defunct photo company "Pacific".

Hard to believe, but just a few km away from here, is thick, luxuriant sub-tropical rainforest. Fraser Island is world heritage listed. In some parts of the sandhills, repeated lightning strikes from frequent summer storms, have fused the sand into glass.

The small speck on the left is a man walking away from the camera.

cmartos, mitternacht, anakin, Fixfocus, papagolf21, PixelTerror, nwoehnl, PLD_images, chinchini, pridel, mumek, carper, aznegrao, Wirraway, weswang, sn00zie, Ulises has marked this note useful

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Zepi (22848) 2005-02-19 3:40

Whooo!
Superbe paysage!
J'aime le fait d'avoir inclus une personne dans la composition!
Elle semble minuscule à côté de cet immense désert!
Beau travail!
Amicalement
Sébastien

clodreno (0) 2005-02-19 3:51

a nice landscape.. Lovely , really. I like the person far away in this image..
Well done.

anakin (2775) 2005-02-19 4:19

Lovely view very nice compo with the colours, the sky is great, good work
well done

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-02-19 4:50

Beautiful colors and contrasts between them,Chris!
The compo is very well balanced!
Good work and interesting Note!

papagolf21 (57003) 2005-02-19 5:27

Bonjour Chris,
Pour le tribut que le désert fait payer à l'homme, il donne des compensations, de grandes respirations, un profond sommeil, et la communion avec les étoiles !
Encore une photographie de grande qualité.
Very well done.
Philippe

PixelTerror (87159) 2005-02-19 5:33

Hi Chris,
Colors are a bit strange but the desert sensation is there, the person seems so small in the immensity ! Good color contrast between sand & sky.
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

greg64g (11193) 2005-02-19 8:56

hello Chris,

I must say that my first impression was so;so, but when i see this picture with more attention i must say appreciate it more, the man overthere gives a good graphic idea of this picture "mad max"

the colors and saturation is very good

Merci, amicalement
Greg

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-02-19 9:14

i like the desert here, very good work indeed, the person ont he right is well taken too, excellent composition

nwoehnl (120) 2005-02-19 9:20

Strong composition in this one, Chris, the lonely man walking away into this almost outworldish scenery is very good. For my personal taste, the difference between the smoothed sky and the grainy land is a bit too much, but what to do when having to salvage a difficult print.

Maru (0) 2005-02-19 9:33

Incredible landscape,Chris!!
I really like your pp work, gives the shot a kind of dreamy atmosphere..
great contrast in the colors, and nice different textures in the composition.
the little man helps us to have an idea of the perspective.
Nice work
Marisa

Graal (59090) 2005-02-19 10:24

Wow! Unusual desert. Very nice colours, magenta isn't much. Very interesting note,You had the difficult moments.

centurion (0) 2005-02-19 12:05

Amazing view Chris. For me, not to recognize Fraser Island. Looks like Kalahari. Anyhow great oldie capture.

chinchini (27917) 2005-02-19 12:44

Bonsoir Chris,
Tu as bien fait de publier cette image. Je la trouve super. Les couleurs sont très belles, lisses.
La présence de cette personne montre l'ampleur du décor. J'aime.
Bien vu !
Pierre

PLD_images (7143) 2005-02-19 12:55

I agree with you Chris that the color balance is a bit off in this photo, but it gives it a special artistic look. The grain also helps to create that special feeling.

pridel (233) 2005-02-19 13:06

Chris
very beautiful! I love much the man on the photograph, alone in the vastness of the desert
the colors give a supernatural tonality.
congratulations and thank's for this post.
Pascal

mumek (17528) 2005-02-19 17:15

Always you posting something very beautiful and interesting. Good to have you on TE.Congratulations.
ziggy

avigur_11 (21307) 2005-02-19 17:43

a wonderful 26 years old photograph, Chris. I think that the color balance is great and it gives the image a very moody effect. There is a feeling of a blowing wind, and the walking person is very well positioned in the frame. Great great shot, why did you keep it in your drawer so long?

carper (66108) 2005-02-20 3:16

very nice shot Chris,
just like an island in the desert, very nice that detail of that person, very good composition, good job, I like it

aznegrao (10246) 2005-02-20 14:11

Wow Chris!!!
Cores, saturação enquadramento fantasticos, com mais o elemento humano nesta imagem de sonho, Parabens.
Rgds.
aznegrao.

Jahrek (210) 2005-02-20 14:30

great picture ! what a place! there is maybe too much sky for me, but the atmosphere is here ! bravo !

Wirraway (1985) 2005-02-20 22:36

You have salvaged this one pretty good chris,
the effect is not that hard to look at.

Cheers Ian

weswang (18223) 2005-02-21 0:40

Hi Chris, I am happy you have posted the image. This image is beautiful. It looks like an endless desert from the photo. Thanks for the notes on the background of the photo.

joseelias (367) 2005-02-21 7:40

In fact the problems if the image are clearly seen here. The magenta cast and noise a re visible. At the same time it creates a movie like image and that’s nice. Sounds like this is a very interesting place to see.

sn00zie (2384) 2005-02-21 9:24

lovely landscape Chris.

wow.. the person must've been quite brave to walk all alone in this huge desert... scary thought.

danielswalsh (13330) 2005-02-24 10:02

Wow!

It looks like the Sahara. I've got a few friends who've been here, and just rave about it. Supposed to be a blast. Although I've never seen any shots such as this with it looking so desert like. Impressive. I like the fact that you captured a lone wanderer in the shot.

Well done!
- Dan

mitternacht (1836) 2005-02-26 5:21

Interesting with the lightning making glass, never heard of that before. Nice shot, although I agree with you about the color balance, but with a 25 years old print it's not that bad, probably would be a lot nicer if you could scan the negative though.

cmartos (6086) 2005-04-09 13:07

A very strong compo with a desert sensation. A feeling of almost desolation, the whole is very well balanced and the human presence gives scale here! Great shot Chris.

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Ulises (1026) 2005-07-07 11:47

chris,
very interesting note, i would love to go there to take pictures, i love the composition and the colors. the man walking gives a scale, and i just love the contrast between the sand and sky
rgrds
ulises