Yallingup Reef

July 11th, 2011 at 6:45pm

Spent the weekend down south around Dunsborough and met up with mr Mark “True North” Stothard for a shoot Saturday evening and again on Sunday morning … Well we will not talk about Sunday morning as the light was some of the worst there could have been. But saturday night was a little different. What promised to be an inspiring sunset ended up being good without being spectacular.

I have always liked the art by Michael R Nelson and I remember seeing his work for the first time round 1988 on my first trip to Hawaii.  It was always a trip to see his paintings of marine life and the landscape in the same frame from water level, with the colors where so rich. While I was scoring over the tidal pools at Yallingup looking for a composition or two, his work came to mind, which lead me to look more at what was just a few feet from me and to see if I could use that with the sky … So I guess this australian landscape photography is inspired by a hawaiian painter  …

It is always fun and exhilarating to get out there and challenge what you want to see but end up seeing as the light and conditions change, with the result sometimes and appreciation of the time spent not fully apparent till well after the time has passed …

 

Comments

  1. Peter Hodgson said July 11th, 2011, 7:37pm:

    The composition works for me in this image Neal, very nice.

  2. Neal Pritchard said July 11th, 2011, 7:49pm:

    Thanks Peter …. and thanks for visiting the blog ;)

  3. Eden said July 11th, 2011, 9:34pm:

    Lovely!

  4. Ian Wiese said July 11th, 2011, 9:45pm:

    Neal

    I said I was keen to see your image of the reef. I like it very much. I took a shot from almost the exact same spot earlier in the week hoping to get the detail in the pool, but it didn’t work out. So I can appreciate your version.

    Ian Wiese

  5. Neal Pritchard said July 12th, 2011, 10:20am:

    Cheers Ian …

  6. Neal Pritchard said July 12th, 2011, 10:20am:

    Thanks Eden ….

  7. Benji - Passionate about Margaret River said July 25th, 2011, 8:48am:

    Lovely picture, as with the weather that is the beauty of living down in the South West, we have all the seasons. I agree with Neal, the detail in the pool is very clear, well done. Great to hear you enjoy making the most of the stunning South West.

  8. Andrea Green said July 29th, 2011, 11:09am:

    Great shot Neil, love it.

  9. Stephen Williams said August 25th, 2011, 9:24am:

    I got a couple of shot’s with foreground like this when I was there a couple of years ago. Not easy due to the amazing amount of bird crap all over the rocks haha. very nice shot here man :-)

  10. Lee Duguid said August 25th, 2011, 5:58pm:

    Great dynamic range Neal, and beautfully processed.

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