eucalyptus forest

I went for a long walk in the mountains near Bushmans Nek and came upon this eucalyptus forest. My desire was to capture the white trunks and high tonality of the scene accurately, and achieved this by using a +2 exposure on the zone system scale...

the silver stream

Renee and I took the young men camping at Silver Streams recently. The rain had come down hard and the river was flowing strongly. This picture was made using a slow multi-shutter exposure, giving the water a liquid metal look...

the edge of Shard

This is a macro photo of a few shards of glass. I quite like the lines and repeating shapes...

dry proteas in high key

I am studying the zone system again and the concept of pre-visualization. This picture was made using a viii exposure on the zone system scale.

Lotheni, Drakensberg

Renee and I spent a wonderful weekend in the mountains, and I took the opportunity to walk about in the veld with my camera. This is the view from the river that runs past the chalets. Although covered by clouds in this picture, the top of the mountains had a good dollop of snow on them from the cold front that passed a few days earlier. I've loaded (and now prefer) this picture instead of my initial favourite, which can be seen on my photo.net page (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17885713 )...

bushmans nek

Bushmans nek is near Underberg in the Drakensberg mountains. It was at the splendid campsite called Silver Streams that I made this picture.

A slow shutter ensured the flowing water was blurred and the richness of the scene was captured...

walking witch

a simple macro shot of a dandelion (also known as "witch's gowan)...
the single seed and hard side light make it almost look like a walking creature.

the windmill and the moon

We went for a long drive this winter, and visited the Eastern Cape (Hogsback, Fort Beaufort, etc).
While staying over on a farm one evening I noticed the moon and the windmill were in the same space, and the setting sun had lit the top of the windmill, almost suggesting the moon had cast the light...

As the night comes

This picture was made while we were camping at Spioenkop in August.
The sun had gone down and there was a wonderful stillness. These trees were all in their leafless winter state and were beautiful against the coloured sky...

Getting back...

Wow, I haven't posted any pictures here all year!
Let me load a few of my favourites from 2014 in a bid to catch up a little, and then try my best to keep posting!

First up is a sunrise at Rocky Bay, with a fisherman in the foreground and a washed-up log leading into the picture.