Some images I’ve found, lend themselves naturally to appear quite painterly. It might be the textures or even the style - it looks like an image an artist might paint. Some look exotic and bring together elements that may not be recognized by the viewer as anything they’ve seen before. This scene for example is on the banks of the Li River in China, not far from Guilin. I still don’t know what species of trees they are. Most rivers are bordered by some kind of vegetation in the countryside but here we have rocks and pebbles. The mist contributed greatly to the feel or atmosphere as well, shrouding the mountains in the background.
Manali India
A somewhat eventful trip - healthwise. At least on the return journey to Delhi. This image was from around 2006. Manali is located in Himachal Pradesh - one of the northern states of India. Not far from here is Rohtang Pass - one of the famous truck routes frought with danger due to rain and rock slides. Air is also in short supply due to elevation (around 4000m).
Port Kembla
Most of the recent posts have been from this region. I haven’t spent any time yet in the town (Port Kembla). I hope to explore this whole area more in the next few months.
X-Pan Street
Industrial landscaping at it’s finest. Photographically a very interesting area to shoot. Narrow pavements (sidewalks) - I suppose because they don’t get much pedestrian traffic. This area is predominantly factories. I’d been wanting to visit this area for a few years now but never made the turnoff when passing through. Its close to the coast. It was a coal shipping area with a deep harbour that then developed a significantly large steelworks.
Including colour for comparison. Film simulation jpg: Nostalgic Neg.
Never to be released
Rock, shaped like a heart and trapped by branches somewhere on the Australian coast.
Old forest
If you’ve visited Australia as a photographer, in particular doing landscape photography, Tasmania is a must visit destination. Not sure why I haven’t looked at these images I took back in 2018. Old growth forests provide an abundance of opportunities for this type of work. So many intimate nooks and crannies that are not that difficult to access. Again, you can’t really tell which camera was used to take this shot. As is happens it was the Olympus EM5 III. One reason I liked to get around these places with the Oly is the IBIS. My D800 of course didn’t have it so a tripod was always carried along. But in wet weather it was much more convenient without it. Forest shots in low light and sometimes drizzle were no problem. And I’ve always enjoyed Olympus colours. Even otherwise, almost no editing on shots like these.