The Red Desert Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is just a shot of the Central Australian Desert, near to Uluru in the Karta Tjuta National Park. There are thousands and thousands of square miles of landscape just like this, vast, arid and magnificent. The earth is red because of the iron deposits in the soil and no trees can live here except for the indestructible eucalyptus, of which there are more that 170 species.It is one of the driest places on earth. The landscape is doted by the carcases of dead trees. The colours of this land are amazing and the vastness stupefying.

besnard, brano14, Cricri, beauty-things, snunney, Floydian, phwall, patdeph, jhm, riclopes, axiotea has marked this note useful

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delpeoples (5844) 2009-01-17 21:12

Slainte Kevin, congratulations on this photo. The colours, composition and sharpness are wonderful. It describes the country perfectly and makes me very proud. Regards, Lisa.

besnard (30510) 2009-01-17 21:22

Bonjour Kevin
Un joli cliché rice en couleur avec la terre ocre et l'arbre dénudé qui s'élance dans un ciel tout bleu. Il est très bien placé dans la composition.
Merci pour le partage et bon dimanche.
Nicole

brano14 (1868) 2009-01-17 21:41

Kevin,
Great colorful photo, good composition. Nice note, so we can actually understand your photo.
Thanks!
Brano

luciola (1008) 2009-01-17 23:06

Hi Kevin
Uncommon colours, uncommon photo.
Congratulations
Regards
lucja

Cricri (43030) 2009-01-17 23:38

Bonjour Kevin
Trés belle composition, magnifique couleurs ocre avec le bleu du ciel, bon cadrage avec l'arbre dénudé, compliment
Friendship
cricri

Graal (57689) 2009-01-17 23:45

Very good composition, Kevin. Amazing place. Beautiful colours. I like it a lot.
Gr., Aleksander

snunney (34656) 2009-01-18 1:29

Hello Kevin,
A good composition with superb colour contrasts. I like the placement of the dead tree and the upwards point of view; the lines of the eucalyptus trees draw the eyes of the viewer ineluctably towards the top of the hill. The note is very useful to put the scene in context.

banyanman (7716) 2009-01-18 3:48

This is an iconic photo of of the Centre, Kevin - red earth, deep blue sky, dead tree. Superb sharpness. I wondered at first whether you had over-sharpened this, because there seemed to be a slight halo effect between the top of the hill on the right and the sky, but perhaps not because I don't see any evidence of that around the part of the tree that is against the sky. It may be more just an effect from the polariser. Cheers . . . David

baba_flies (7953) 2009-01-18 4:11

Hello Kevin! Australian bush land! I always loved the outback more than anything else. It gives you space to breathe. Okay the flies :))) and the heat, not easy to live in this part of the world but a wonderful treat to experience it as a tourist. Love your idea with the lonely tree ... maybe the only one ... that has seen better days and looks now, well dryed out :))) What a blue sky, how nice with the red soil! Excellent, this is Australia! Best regards, Barbara.

Floydian (30970) 2009-01-18 6:51

Hi Kevis,

Typical Australia. Deep red and blue with a lot of rocks. Well, could also be Utah of course, but what i recall from my visit down there the red is even more intense than Utah. The dead tree makes a nice stand for the composition and although the scenery is simple, i love such landscapes....very nice work.

Regards,

Henk

phwall (5538) 2009-01-18 16:56

Hi Kevin,
A fine capture of the "dead heart".
Lovely composition using the tree to balance the shot.
Stunning image.
Cheers
Peter

patdeph (17712) 2009-01-19 8:17

helo Kevin
one more time ,the strong and contrasted colours give a wonderful comosition!I like the lonely dead tree and its place in the photo!Superb!
Regards
Pascale

bracasha75 (21977) 2009-01-19 12:41

Helo Kevin
Extrem strong colors in this desert midlle in Australia and good capture
TFS
Cheers,Braca

jhm (82233) 2009-01-20 5:02

Hello Kevin to the other side of the world,
You makes here a wonderful image.
The dead tree is the real eye catcher middle of the national park.
I see very regular documentaries about the different parks in your country.
Sharpness and clarity are superb.
Excellent captured nice composed and lovely presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John

riclopes (32967) 2009-01-21 2:22

Olá Kevin, amazing colors indeed. The best are the twisted branches of the dead tree contrasted against that fantastic blue sky. Love such arid landscapes and you got a pretty good light here.
rgds,
ric

axiotea (16053) 2009-01-21 23:11

Hello Kevin
The color of the soil containing iron looks fantastic and here contrast perfectly with the deep blue sky! The well positioned dead tree balances well the image.
Cheers
Marilyn

wolf38 (12688) 2009-01-22 5:45

Hello Kevin. The desert, - red and drying. As center a dried up Type the picture is expression strong. It explains itself. A good shot. Best regards, Wolfgang.