Rocks and palm trees deep in the shade of Piccaninny Gorge in Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park.
I’ve been thinking about panoramas lately. The more I think about it, the more I think a 6x17 ratio is much more natural to me than squarer formats. I think I’ve always found the ‘standard’ 3x2 ratio awkward for composing, and it rarely feels natural when trying to put together a composition.
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How good is the view? The four of us at Tidbinbilla Mountain.
I’d been meaning to hike up to Tidbinbilla Mountain ever since my housemate Zak and I hiked up from Bendora Dam Rd three years ago and stumbled across a beautiful view, looking up the valley all the way up to Tidbinbilla Mountain and The Pimple. Its an image which remains vivid in my memory, and one which now hangs in the UC Hospital (at a length of over 2 meters!)
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Bimberi Peak, or Mt Bimberi, is the highest peak in the ACT at 1912 m.a.s.l. It lies towards the south of the Brindabella Range, straddling the border between the ACT and NSW. Funnily enough, I'd never actually climbed Bimberi - perhaps because its remoter and harder to get to than many of the other Brindabella peaks such as Mt Franklin, Mt Gingera etc.
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Some time in the impenetrable mists of last year I dusted off my EOS 3 film SLR and invested $35 in a role of Fuji Velvia 50 slide film. Although I consider myself a digital native, my first 'proper' camera was actually a Pentax MZ50 film SLR. Those were still the days (only just) when film was readily available and at the end of the roll I would walk down to the corner shop and get it sent off to be developed.
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On Tuesday I took my new-to-Canberra housemate Zak up in to the Brindabellas to experience the real Canberra bush. Ostensibly I was going to check on the flowering of the Critically Endangered Brindabella midge orchid, but it was mostly an excuse to get outdoors and enjoy the fleetingly cool weather. It was the first day below 30° C in several weeks and I was keen to be walking.
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