Wide open spaces Photo

Photographer’s Note

I took this photo on the last afternoon of my recent visit to outback Queensland. A large cloud had just rolled in and it did rain a little the next day.

The round hill across the paddocks is called Red Hill. Perhaps some indigenous people wandered up there in their dreamtime, but the first known people to walk up there were the Army in 1956. They placed a marker up there as part of Australia's contribution towards the International Geophysical Year. The International Geophysical Year was between 1957 and 1958 and it was a world-wide effort to co-ordinate the collection of geophysical data from around the world. The next group of people to climb the hill were my family in 1985.

pauloog, fanni, bukitgolfb301, Kielia, Bluejeans, shevchenko, holmertz, BeBeHooker, xuaxo has marked this note useful

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bracasha75 (22387) 2009-09-17 22:41

Helo Marlene
Huge empty space and realy good color set here
Nice shot
TFS
Cheers,Braca

syrus_persia (2222) 2009-09-18 0:00

Salam Marlene
fine contrast of colours. An interesting scenery. Good shot and well done photo. I like it.
TFS
Cyrus

pauloog (6905) 2009-09-18 0:15

Hello Marlene,
A photo that well expresses the vastness and dryness of the area, crowned by a lovely sky.
Regards,
Paul

fanni (8879) 2009-09-18 1:10

Hello Marlene,
the clouds in the sky look fantastic! and they even remind me of some strange creatures rushing about the sky in search of something... I like the composition which includes both the clouds and the land with the distant hill. Very peculiar colours which, together with the captured "shapes" in the sky, create a bit unusual, but very interesting picture!
Warm regards,
Elena

hardyuno (2613) 2009-09-18 2:04

Hi Marlene,
it shows very good the colourful widness and vastness. This cloud gives a good contrast to the red and blue colours. I like this combination very much. TFS
Have a nice weekend
Hartmut

ifege (1979) 2009-09-18 3:09

Another great outback shot Marlene.
The hill (probably not very high) makes it along with the clouds.
cheers
Ian

baba_flies (8099) 2009-09-18 4:48

Hello Marlene! So much space in this one, and this is why I love Australia, space to breathe deeply through. You show this feeling very well, you left a lot of land but also a lot of sky to make it clear how it is. Very nice the cloud of course, a special one. Good work, very natural. Best regards, Barbara.

bukitgolfb301 (4975) 2009-09-19 14:20

Hello my dear Marlene

What an another artificial landscape shot!
Bold framework, very sharp, nice composition and color(quite vivid) management are splendid as usual!
The big portion of the sky is very effective and impressive.
Congratulation on your masterpiece!
Thanks for sharing and best regards,
Have a good Sunday !

Takero

Kielia (8733) 2009-09-21 11:42

Hi Marlene,
really a great impression – and very well composed - of this almost endless landscape. The colors are fascinating. It is this amazing cloud that makes the image very attractive. I also enjoyed reading your interesting note. TFS!
Warm regards
Harriet

Bluejeans (33049) 2009-09-21 13:01

Ola Marlene ,
Foi uma bela captura esta paisagem em tons dourados com este céu azul magnifico , um bonito contraste de cores, gostei muito da nuvem ,parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

shevchenko (10072) 2009-09-23 20:49

Hi Marlene,
Good frame to the wide land and sunny sky, the color is attrractive too. Just know it from news last night that city at Australia are continuous affected by bad weather, take care.
Ally

holmertz (9963) 2009-09-27 13:54

Hello Marlene,
This is a mind-blowing scenery, looking very desolate and very fascinating. The colours and the clouds, and of course the vastness of the landscape make this an outstanding picture.
Kind regards,
Gert

BeBeHooker (6032) 2009-09-28 1:30

Hi Marlene!
Nice landscape, wonderful sky, excellent clouds. Beautiful colors.
Cheers!

jmdias (19861) 2009-10-03 7:41

marlene

amazing view, so minimalist, a simplicity that is broken by the curious mountain in the background and this marvelous dark cloud, crossing the sky. beautiful job, congratulations

hugs

jorge

halikarnas (2418) 2009-10-09 3:53

Hi Marlene,
Very nice clouds and colors.
Clouds is wonderful.
CONGRATULATİONS!
BRAVA!
Ataman

xuaxo (5835) 2009-10-11 10:23

Hi Marlene,
Wonderful colours and very nice clouds.
For sure you know what you wrote, I wonder how do you know that nobody climbed the Red Hill between 1956 and 1985? Is it inside a private property?
Greetings,
Francisco

pablominto (41354) 2009-10-12 22:12

Hello Marlene,

The Australian interior as we imagine it looks like!
I notice the dry land with the brownish colour contrasting well with the high blue sky, where the cloud makes an eye-catching inclusion...
A good documentary!

Greetings,
Pablo -

I passed Geilo in late June 1973, stayed at Bardøla Hotell... maybe you were there at that time hahaha!

fserajian (4569) 2009-10-18 0:58

Hi Marlene,

Lovely shot, well spotted, good framing too. Well done

Fara