The violence of the sea Photo

Photographer’s Note

The mighty Twelve Apostles are world-recognised icons of the Great Ocean Road. These giant rock stacks soar from the swirling waters of the Southern Ocean and are a central feature of the spectacular Port Campbell National Park that extends from Princetown to Peterborough.
The dramatic and imposing limestone cliffs that are the backdrop to the Apostles tower up to 70 metres, while the tallest of the rock stacks is around 45 metres high.
The Apostles had their beginnings up to 20 million years ago with the forces of nature attacking the soft limestone of the Port Campbell cliffs. The limestone was created through the build up of skeletons of marine creatures on the sea floor. As the sea retreated, the limestone was exposed. The relentess, stormy Southern Ocean and blasting winds gradually eroded the softer limestone, forming caves in the cliffs. The caves eventually became arches and when they collapsed, rock islands up to 45 metres high were left isolated from the shore.
This has created the Twelve Apostles and a host of other stunning natural features along this truly remarkable stretch of coastline. Among them are Pudding Basin Rock, Island Arch, the Razorback, Muttonbird Island, Thunder Cave, the Blowhole, Bakers Oven, London Bridge and the Grotto.
Extenisve boardwalks and viewing platforms ensure visitors experience sweeping, awe-inspiring vistas. While anytime of day provides great views, sunrise and sunset are particularly impressive for the blazing hues created.

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RGatward (19749) 2005-07-15 18:01

Fantastic PoV for the dramatic seascape. Good clear scan from this old shot.

danyy (69417) 2005-07-15 18:01

Bonjour Toni,
les géologues trouveraient beaucoup d'intérêts à cette photo. Moi, n'y connaissant rien, je me contente d'en décortiquer la beauté, dûe à ces couleurs saturées, ce POV, ce cadrage, le mouvement des vagues bien imaginables.
J'aime beaucoup.
Daniel.

weswang (18223) 2005-07-15 18:07

Hi Toni, A nice close up view of the Apostles. The white waves are clearly seen in this picture against the dark blue background ocean. This picture has well shown the force of the wave and the beautiful coast line. A nice picture and an informative notes.

snuggleaphagus (4140) 2005-07-15 18:09

Stunning image. The colors are very very good. The texture of the stone face is great letting the eye wonder through the art made by nature.

MiguelP (14336) 2005-07-15 18:16

Hola Toni: Creo que el otro día leí por aquí en otra excelente foto de capthaddock que uno de estos apóstoles había caído... En fín, que me gusta mucho la profundidad de campo de esta foto así como los colores, quizá le bajaría un poco el brillo pero no es importante. Saludos desde Madrid al pil-pil.

duckpond (27) 2005-07-15 18:31

Very nice coast line. The stones contrast nicely with the colour of the water.

AmiBe (6042) 2005-07-15 19:03

Hello Toni,
vas-y, cherche encore dans tes archives, tu dois en avoir d'autres ! ;-)
Bon point de vue sur ces rochers qui se détachent très bien sur ce fond de mer.
Belles couleurs, bien contrasté, l'écume est impressionnante, on ressent le vent !

ducnc (814) 2005-07-15 20:07

Hello Toni,

Beautiful colour, Great POV. Bravo

Ducnc

mlopes (492) 2005-07-15 22:49

i believe one of the apostles collapsed right? impressive, so impressive as this photos. everything is nice and clear

Mario

fayeulle (26547) 2005-07-16 1:51

Salut Ton
Un magifique paysage, nn éclaiage fantastique et une mer démontée aux couleurs incroyables. Le tout sublimé par une prise de vue remarquable. Ca donne vraiment envie d'y aller. Je voyage déja...
Merci beaucoup
JP

Luan (15935) 2005-07-16 3:26

L'effet des vagues est saisisant, on ressent beaucoup de puissance et meme de vent ici...je pense que c'est pour cela que les falaises sont dessinees ainsi. Les couleurs sont superbes et bien contrastees, les roches sont gorgees de soleil et la PDC est tres bonne.

summersun (4964) 2005-07-16 5:08

beautiful landscape, I like the movement of the waves and the coçlor of the rocks. good contrast and light.
Vanessa

eco (84) 2005-07-16 8:17

Hi Toni

perfect shot
fantastcic colors and compos
good note
beautiful

regards
rafal

mjdundee (3522) 2005-07-16 9:25

Hello Toni,

Most posts from the Apostles look more or less boring of 'just another' shot.
I didn't succeed to take only one acceptable picture myself and always had bad weather and light on the site.
This one is really extraordinary. So bright and clear and excellent POV. You can almost feel, how erosion is working on the cliffs.

No wonder the remaining Apostles will fade away sooner or later.

Which camera gave you better results - film or digital?

Thomas

sylvie (1183) 2005-07-16 9:57

Salut Toni,
Et bien tu as fini par en trouver une autre de la GOR, et c'est tant mieux car elle est vraiment superbe, la lumière est sublime, les couleurs magnifiques, j'ai presque l'impression d'entendre le bruit des vagues.
Sylvie

greg64g (11193) 2005-07-17 3:27

Salut Toni,

On se croirait presque a Biarritz, c'est vrai que l'ocean est sacrement enervé et que c'est pas le meilleur jour pour le surf. Comme d'hab les bleus sont magnifiques mais la pas de nuages :-(
Bravo c'est super meme sans nuages.
Greg

supereira (9576) 2005-07-17 11:16

Great view.Beautiful shot.Very good colors and contrasts.I like the light and sharpness.Good contrast between the rocks and the water.Good job!

capthaddock (28640) 2005-07-17 11:16

Hi Toni - marvelleous view, the red colour on the rocks stand out very nicely over the turbulent ocean, beautiful view from a beautiful place.

tityop (6225) 2005-07-17 13:12

Salut Toni,
En 93 j'étais en pleine crise d'ado ... ;o) mais heureusement c'est fini depuis bien longtemps !!!! Incroyable le travail de la mer sur ces roches qui autrefois faisaient encore parti de la falaise, la photo est splendide et ne souffre pas du scan, beau travail !!!
Amicalement Thierry

DLM (6447) 2005-07-17 17:00

Hi Tony, An awe inspiring shot,The water looks amazing,nice foreground interest .
DOF is very good too.

elihesamian (26091) 2005-07-18 3:45

Toni!
This is great,a very nice POV,attractive colors,I take power when I look at it,it gives me energy!
Wonderful naturedmexcellent sharpness and quality with great perspective in this fine composition,great note,I like it.
Best To You
M

donluicu (23927) 2005-07-18 18:55

Salut toni
on dirait Bonifacio cette photo, a part que là c a l'autre bout du monde...
est-ce l'endroit que nous a montré capthaddock? les apostles?
ciao
loic

john_c (24635) 2005-07-18 22:32

Hi Toni,
What a marvellous seascape you have rendered from an older photo. The colour and contrast are outstanding and its very dynamic with the swirling foam of the sea. A perfect POV and DOF, with the eye taking in first the interesting foreground and then wandering down the coastline. Technically and aesthetically superb!
John

Seena (0) 2005-07-19 3:07

fantistic shot. i like this seascap.

cobraphil8 (11652) 2005-07-19 6:45

Encore une bien belle vue, merci de nous avoir dénicher cette photo de tes archives.
Le travail de la nature est toujours impressionnant et puis les couleurs sont belles.

quantabeh (5203) 2005-07-19 15:25

hi Toni,
interesting composition, and subject for photography. The light condition has been fairly good. nice effects.
good work!

coco (28106) 2005-07-21 16:12

Hola Toni.
Creo que incluso sin los apóstoles me gustaría la foto. Realmente bien capturado y con unos colores muy intensos.

maxlecointe (240) 2005-07-22 3:28

Hello Toni,
Great photo, very nice colors, and interesting note. Thanks.
Max

Jakou (642) 2005-07-23 16:50

Bonsoir Toni,
What a wonderfull spectacle of mother nature. You've got a super picture who describe very well the strong of the ocean.
Congratulations.

Jeppe (18623) 2005-07-25 17:56

A fine and special view of this place - I like the golden colours of the rocks in front and coast line as well - thanks Tori for this and the note.

dolin (15647) 2005-07-27 5:41

Salut Toni.
Magnifique cet endroit.
C'est incroyable ces deux rochers posé au mileu de cet eau.
J'aime beaucoup toutes ces vagues, ca donne un gros plus.
Superbe lumière également
Joli
Fred

ChrisJ (70443) 2005-07-29 4:08

Bonjour Toni

A superb land/seascape, with excellent color & saturation. Sharpness & pov are superb. I like the repetition of the rock stacks & breaking surf. Tres bon!

Cormac (26455) 2005-08-11 0:22

This is very vivid and lifelike - it makes me feel like I'm there. The colours are very intense and the close up view of the rocks really shows incredible detail. I also like the way you showed the relentless waves. Superb!

rbcy1974 (20746) 2005-08-14 4:46

Hi Toni,
Great closeup view of this geological formation, I find the details and textures on the rocks and water excellent as well as the light and colour.
Regards
Daniel

nels (2455) 2005-08-15 12:07

nice contrast between the white waves and the deep blue of the sea no wonder there is so much errosion with waves like those. adrian

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betogrein (2232) 2005-08-16 10:53

Wonderful landscape. Great composition, POV and colors.
Beto Grein

Calimero76 (9090) 2005-08-16 16:41

Bonsoir Toni
un superbe paysage
des couleurs éclatantes
un cadrage quasi parfait
que du bon pour moi même si c'est en effet classique
Patrice

Georges (11185) 2005-08-20 5:48

Quel effet ici que l'errosion nous offre.
Le cadrage est superbe ainsi que les teintes qui donnent un tres bon contrastes.
Bravo

jpages (1670) 2005-09-08 18:12

Hola de nuevo Toni,
no puedo dejar pasar esta foto, creo que sacaste toda su belleza, evidentemente verlo en directo ha de impresionar mucho, yo de momento me conformo con fotos así. Las dimensiones mar/cielo, el plano de los apostoles, la luz, los colores y con las olas del mar has hecho una composición perfecta.
Pasado el verano, estoy arrancando de nuevo los motores en TE. Veo que tu no paras, despues de tu viaje ya estas muy activo, nos has dejado mucho trabajo pendiente!
Hasta luego.
Jaume