Friday, September 5, 2025

A Wide Open Landscape

A simple landscape shot, but the panorama is spectacular. I got this frame in a shoot along Range Road West, up toward Mt. Terrible, in the Adelaide Hills, on the 11th of October 2020, and the view was quite remarkable. This frame looks west over the McLaren Vale Wine Region toward the Gulf St Vincent, and the shadow in the foreground is from a stand of trees to the right (some cropping was done at the foot of the frame to exclude part of the shadow). High telephoto was used, and the brightness of the day really registers the details. From the perspective of almost five years on, I'm struck by how green the countryside is, that late in the year, though elevation preserves the growing season when the plains are already dry. It’s big country up there, and big skies, well away from the thrust of development (at least so far). Minor adjustments to contrast and sharpness in Irfanview; Fuji FinePix S5600. Image by Mike.

 

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