Karijini Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Looking down towards spa pool in spectacular Hancock gorge. The colours of the rock formation simply amaze you as the light shifts and patterns and colours emerge.It takes about 6 hours to negotiate in really wet weather, but as it was in november it takes about 4.5 at the lowest water levels. It's called the miracle mile because at the end you'll think it's a bloody miracle you survived. Not for the faint hearted, lots of skinned body parts and banged limbs but oh what a trip - you will never forget the Karijini.Located about 1000kms from Perth in the harsh Hamersley ranges between Tom Price and Mt Newman it's a travellers dream, lots of camp sites, few people and a zillion stars!!One of my favourite places on this earth.

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crhieatt (5145) 2009-07-21 6:30

John,

Very nice - an amazing variety of colour - and a photo which gives us some clues as to the nature of this place - whilst retaining an almost abstract quality.

Cheers
Colin

yquem46 (8703) 2009-07-21 6:33

Hi John
quite a nice place
I like your compo and the contrast between the blue Water/rocks and the red tones on the cliffs. Also a pleasant light
I just regret that you did not use a DOF wide enough so as to have in focus both the dark water at the BG and the blue one in the FG
Best regards
Patrick

molfar (99) 2009-07-21 8:39

kompozycja i kolory prawie abstrakcyjne to spore szcze¶cie znale¼æ siê w odpowiednim miejscu w odpowiednim czasie

papera (5715) 2009-07-21 11:31

hi John,
indeed an amazing place - the shift from the red to the blue tones almost looks like a graduated filter effect!
I can imagine that being there one must be torn apart between absorbing this incredible beauty and trying to record it on camera.
cris

Silvio1953 (43458) 2009-07-21 11:33

Ciao John, superb composition, wonderful painting by nature with fantastic colors and splendid light, very well done, ciao Silvio

Fis2 (46747) 2009-07-21 13:59

Witaj John!
A fantastic place!
Good frame and suuperb colours.
Beautiful light.
Well done
Regards
Krzysztof

fariischee (581) 2009-07-21 16:30

lovely picture. and a very interesting note.
cheers

jmcl (14197) 2009-07-21 19:27

Hi John

Beautiful vibrant tones .. they just leap off the screen .. I love how they move into the image .. tremendous textures as well .. I know it might be painful .. but I might consider cropping the bottom inch or so off this where the focus is not as crisp .. stunning place .. wonderfully captured. take care, John

Urs (3480) 2009-07-21 19:38

Hi John

Wow, this gorge really is spectacular as your picture is as well. Very nice light management and the color hues incl your excellent DOF are a dream come true. Well done, congrats.

Have a nice day

Best regards
Urs

phwall (5821) 2009-07-21 23:07

Hi John,
That looks great, the colours of the rocks are truly amazing.
Nicely composed, although a bit more DOF would have helped get the foreground water into focus. I can't see what f-stop you used, but in situations like this particularly with such close foreground a higher number, say f10, would have been better.
Nonetheless, a wonderful image.
I'll bet it was good to go for a swim after the 4.5 hour trek.
Regards
Peter

feather (50588) 2009-07-22 5:55

You need a strong head for heights just to look at this! The colours are indeed incredible, as are the amazing textures. With the difficulties of getting there in one piece it's fantastic you were able to capture this at all!
Kath

fritzi007 (2718) 2009-10-20 11:12

Hello John!
Beautiful canyon and good comment!
Best regards
Wolfgang

rezanonahall (134) 2010-01-02 4:23

hi
You need a strong head for heights just to look at this! The colours are indeed incredible, as are the amazing textures .I like your compo and the contrast between the blue Water/rocks and the red tones on the cliffs .
regard