Made of the same yet separated. Winter Ocean Storms pound the shore, pushing the sand in until it closes the river and inlet off from the ocean. No longer will the fresh water from the land meet the ocean unless opened by man.

Separated, the sand by the water, the water by the sand, Mother Nature has her plan, and it is only man who tries to change it.

This aerial image was taken only a few days before the inlet near Denmark WA, closed once more.

Separation

Products of their heritage and their environment, these living beings display their own personalities, and reflect the environment they live in. Their colour, tone and form, a direct result of the earth they live in, the air they breathe and their own genetics, similar to the human race.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, resulting in a blurred image that still contains detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains.

Earth Tones

Growing up to 300 feet high and known to live for 300 years Eucalyptus diversicolor, commonly known as The Karri, is a eucalypt native to the wetter regions of southwestern Western Australia.

The morning this photo was taken was special. I awoke to the heaviest fog I had seen in the valley for some time. Having waited for exactly these conditions, I eagerly jumped out of my warm bed, and with exuberant expectation, ventured up the road to a location I had specifically chosen for this shot, all the while watching the cool fog consume the view behind me as I went.

Standing on the road at this spot in the cool, the total silence was pleasantly eerie. The tall, majestic Karri trees illuminated ever so lightly on one side from the rising sun framed the road ahead. I could hear the dripping of the fog off of the leaves as the fog and newly risen sun battled for supremacy over the landscape, with the fog consuming the background, providing as it did a sense of mystery as to what lay beyond.

Foggy First Light

The shore, the leading line of the earth that takes your eye out to the horizon across the powerful, beautiful, vast expanse of water that is the Spencer Gulf in South Australia.

Taking attempt after attempt to find the right shutter speed, and then, the right amount of camera movement, this photograph was made in such a way as to resemble a painted work. 

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, resulting in a blurred image that still contains detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains.

This image contains no AI or Photoshop effects.

The Shore

Of all the places along the coast to land, the rocks become this waves final resting place, in this watery, turquoise and blue cocktail.

This photograph was made by combining the right shutter speed, the right amount of camera movement and nailing the composition, all together and in such a way as to imitate the artists paintbrush on a canvas.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, to result in a blurred image that still contains enough detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains, and yet, is abstract enough to allow the viewers eye to read into the narrative as they desire.

This image contains no AI or Photoshop effects.

On The Rocks

Out in the Wimmera where the dusty winds blow, life along the river can often be slow, but after life giving rain, growth appears all across the plain.

Stopping for lunch next to the Wimmera River, the scene was that of richness and colour along the banks, yet a few metres inland the dry, dusty soil of the land lay parched and dry, waiting and hoping for rain to quench it's never ending thirst.

This view through the tree's and across the river caught my eye, and the imagination of my camera.

Working to align the shutter speed and right amount of camera movement to capture it the scene and at the same time maintaining the composition, this photograph was made in such a way as to imitate the abstract artists paintbrush, and yet still capture the scene.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, resulting in a blurred image that still contains detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains.

Catalogued and processed in Lightroom, this image was not made using AI or any Photoshop effects.

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7. July - Wimmera

Known as a beautiful nature drive, Scotsdale Road in Western Australia is lined with the Karri, and makes for a sensual delight as you traverse this special part of Western Australia.

Moving down into the valley from my previous photographic location, I came around a corner and was immediately presented with a beautiful scene as the new days sunlight came through the trees, appearing to chase the cool fog from the scene as it did so, and I just had to stop and capture it, but that shot was not this, shot.   

Without moving from my position after taking the previous shot, I had turned around to look behind me, and my reward for doing so was to be greeted with sunlight bursting through a gap in the trees to warm the scene. Once again proving that sometimes the best photograph is behind you. 

Light Burst

Foundation

Twice a day, in the opposite side to the sunrise or sunset, the sky glows beautifully pink from the reflected light of the sun above the blue of the earths shaddow, and is known as the Belt of Venus.

In this image, looking West along Australia's Southern Coastline near the South Australia/Western Australia border, the Belt is above the coastal scarp before the sunrise. The blue of the earths shadow is gradually replaced by the reflected light from the sun way below the horizon.

Taking attempt after attempt to find the right shutter speed, and then, the right amount of camera movement, this photograph was made in such a way as to imitate the artists paintbrush, and yet still capture the scene.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, resulting in a blurred image that still contains detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains.

This image contains no AI or Photoshop effects.

Coastal Belt

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Across the vast ocean, the wind and the current move in mysterious ways, shifting water one way or another, changing the height and width of the swell until, and as it nears shore, the sea rises in triumph at its destination, curling and rolling over in one last act before crashing upon the shore.

This photograph was made by combining the right shutter speed, the right amount of camera movement and nailing the composition, all together and in such a way as to imitate the artists paintbrush on a canvas.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, to result in a blurred image that still contains enough detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains, and yet, is abstract enough to allow the viewers eye to read into the narrative as they desire.

This image contains no AI or Photoshop effects.

The Roll

Ocean Gems ICM

Sunlight breaks through to light up the world. May you always enjoy and celebrate the warm caress of the sun on your face, and may you always think of that when you see this photograph.

This photograph was made by combining the right shutter speed, the right amount of camera movement and nailing the composition, all together and in such a way as to imitate the artists paintbrush on a canvas.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, to result in a blurred image that still contains enough detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains, and yet, is abstract enough to allow the viewers eye to read into the narrative as they desire.

This image contains no AI or Photoshop effects.

Morning Light

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Soft light caresses the land as the storm approaches.

Working to align the shutter speed and right amount of camera movement to capture it the scene and at the same time maintaining the composition, this photograph was made in such a way as to imitate the abstract artists paintbrush, and yet still capture the scene.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the movement of the camera at a specific speed and/or direction during the operation of the shutter, resulting in a blurred image that still contains detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains.

Catalogued and processed in Lightroom, this image was not made using AI or any Photoshop effects.

Before the Storm

2024 Collection

Standing out like a beacon of light, the trunk of this tree emerges from the dark of night, at the rise of the sun to shine out a message of welcome and hope on the verge of the forest.

Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) involves the vertical movement of the camera ata specific speed during the operation of the shutter, resulting in a blurred image that still contains detail and a story of what it is about, and what it contains.

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