Neal Pritchard Landscape Photography - Fine Art Landscape Photography, Landscape Photography Prints » Pics http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog Neal Pritchard is an International award-winning landscape photographer with a stunning collection landscape photography from around Australia and the USA. His landscape galleries feature breathtaking landscape prints for sale through an easy to use secure shopping cart. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:18:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 A Winters Sunrise http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/12/a-winters-sunrise/ http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/12/a-winters-sunrise/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:12:53 +0000 Neal Pritchard http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/?p=645 First up thanks once again to all those nice people that have purchased a print from myself over the last month, its folks like you that keep this site alive and enable me to venture out and capture those moments we are sometimes in our busy lives just too busy to see.

My next up to blog is a simple image I took in the winter of 2010 between winter storms along the southern coastline of Western Australia. I chose a square composition for this shot as i had taken plenty of panoramics of the area and was looking for a more intimate shot of the location …

Now available on the website “A Winters Sunrise” in many sizes or email/call me for your custom size requirement …

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I had taken several images before this series of images and was still looking for the right angle and time for the perfect shot. Mono Lake itself is a huge area and lies below sea level so the water is very salty and only really home to brine shrimp, flies and migratory birds that come to feed on the flies and shrimp ( yuk )

I am looking to having this printed at around 60-65 inches and mounted for my own home, maybe in my study or lounge …

The image can be printed up to around 70 inches in length and is available through the website page here : Mono Lake ….

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To those thinking about placing an order please do so before the 9th December so I can have your order printed and in the mail before Christmas … Orders placed after the 9th December may not be mail to you before Christmas … And remember all Facebook Orders get 15% discount just mention “Facebook15″ for the season sale price

 



]]> http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/12/christmas-orders-and-delivery/feed/ 0 Large Framed Australian Landscape Images http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/large-framed-australian-landscape-images/ http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/large-framed-australian-landscape-images/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:16:31 +0000 Neal Pritchard http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/?p=611 Recently I had a request for a size of image I do not normal do. The client wanted the image to be a certain size and aspect ratio. After a couple of attempts at finding the right size and ratio we settles on 70 inches by 40 inches. Sending the file off to print I was a little nervous about the size. While everything looked good on the monitors, one still has a little reservation on printing this large until the final product is seen and inspected.

Well after printing I was very happy with the result, and then onto the framing, again nervous about size and type of frame that would be used. Earlier today I was able to see the final product before delivery to the client and I must say the size and scope of the print and subject matter was stunning and while I am always hesitant to pipe up and sing a little praise about my work but this time I will for a change. I think the final product from landscape photography, to the print quality from my printers and framing from the framer Chris at Leamac is as good as anything I have seen before in a landscape photography print and framing anywhere.

The clients final product ….

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]]> http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/large-framed-australian-landscape-images/feed/ 13 Queensland Beautiful One Day Perfect The Next http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/queensland-beautiful-one-day-perfect-the-next/ http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/queensland-beautiful-one-day-perfect-the-next/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:44:02 +0000 Neal Pritchard http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/?p=602 Not much wrong with that saying. While I have visited Queensland many many times over the past 20 or so years it only has been in recent years I have taken my time and look at the photography before the vacation aspect of a Queensland break.

This was taken one evening on the way back from visiting a few waterfalls during the day and while the days shooting was not very good due to poor light, the evening was more of a success … A sunset overlooking the Australian Bush looking over towards the Pacific Ocean …

*** Without the borders and image title  … Gold Coast Sunset ***

 

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]]> http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/queensland-beautiful-one-day-perfect-the-next/feed/ 2 Abandonment On Hwy 395 http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/abandonment-on-hwy-395/ http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/abandonment-on-hwy-395/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:38:27 +0000 Neal Pritchard http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/?p=591 Recently I added an image to my Facebook Page that was quite a departure from my normal type of image. While I had taken the image some 2 years ago the post production was never completed for a number of reasons, one being I had a complete mental block on the image until recently … The original posting on the Facebook Page was somewhat darker in a number of areas and a few folks had mentioned that I could do with lightening up the left corner a little more … Thus leading to this posting of the new post post production of the image …

Thanks to those that helped put with the constructive critique and artistic approach of this image to enable this image to get to where it is right now … One of my favorites in recent months ….

 

 

*** Without borders and image title  Abandoned Home Hwy 395 ***

]]> http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/abandonment-on-hwy-395/feed/ 6 Esperance Sand Dunes http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/esperance-sand-dunes/ http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/esperance-sand-dunes/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:33:39 +0000 Neal Pritchard http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/?p=584 Not too sure where my last series of images are headed post production, but I am enjoying the ride so far … I guess I am trying to reveal less but show more in the image …

Here is something I took almost a year ago down in Esperance … Have a good weekend folks …

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So this time round it is something a little similar yet a little different from myself … I named the image 1930 although this was being used as kitchen well before 1930, but I named it 1930 because of the almost empty cupboard of food, something that would of been very common in 1930 …

enjoy and/or flame away :)

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]]> http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/11/an-oid-table-chairs/feed/ 12 A quiet sunrise at Apollo Bay http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/09/a-quiet-sunrise-at-apollo-bay/ http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/2011/09/a-quiet-sunrise-at-apollo-bay/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:59:39 +0000 Neal Pritchard http://www.spoolphotography.com/blog/?p=498 One of the worlds best scenic drives in the Great Ocean Road Victoria. While I have been lucky enough to have traveled it 3 times now I only wish I could do it more often. There are so many nice locations to stop and taken a picture of just take a moment to enjoy the salt air and stunning views and the diversity in types of landscapes is large. One moment inside a rainforest at a waterfall the next at an amazing secluded beach or looking over green lush farms in the many valleys that are in the region. Recently I was asked by a fellow photographer visiting Australia what to look for on the Great Ocean Road besides the Apostles … I left them know about a few of my favorite places in the area and I hope they have come away with some nice images, one that I have seen was very original and nice …

Here is a sunrise shot taken along Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road … A road trip every Australian should try and do at least once …

 

Apollo Bay Great Ocean Road Victoria is an Open Edition Print

 

 

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