SeanS

Waterview Creek near the Black Hole

To take this photo a hiked hundreds of metres above sea level, kilometres through the rainforest and climbed over boulders and down cliff faces. I had to conten...
Read more

To take this photo a hiked hundreds of metres above sea level, kilometres through the rainforest and climbed over boulders and down cliff faces. I had to contend with leeches, a taipan and rainforest rats that crawled on my head at night. It was totally worth it! Enjoy :)
Read less

iPhone 7 Plus

settings

Aperture f/1.8 ISO 20 Shutter 1/766 Focal Length 399/100

upload_date

Jul, 2020

Views

Likes

Awards

Fall Award 2020

Outstanding Creativity

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in Jourama Falls national park, near The Black Hole.

Time

It was about 1030, and I had only broken camp and started my trek home about ten minutes before this shot.

Lighting

This photo surprised me. It was well outside the ‘Golden Hour,’ and I’ve found that most landscape photos don’t look too good without the dynamic light that nature provides at those times. The valley I was trekking through is steep and narrow, providing lots of shadows and plenty combinations of light to capture all the detail in compositions with lots of depth.

Equipment

Another thing that surprised me about this photo was the equipment. At the time my Olympus was at the camera doctors and all I had to take photos with was my iPhone 7. This photo has generated more interest than any other I’ve uploaded to Viewbug, so that really says something about the camera in the very device I am typing on now.

Inspiration

The scenery. Since I’ve discovered the joy of photography my walks in nature take a lot longer. I’m lucky enough to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world and scenes like this are plentiful :)

Editing

No post-processing at all; another pleasant surprise.

In my camera bag

An Olympus OM10 MKIII, a macro lens, a wide angle lens, a 40-150mm lens, spare SD cards, spare batteries and a compass.

Feedback

Get out into nature. Explore all the beautiful places near where you live. If a particular aspect of photography really interests you, explore that too. It could be the Milky Way, insects or portraits. Whatever it is, read about it from people who take great shots in your chosen niche. Practise what you learn. Lately I’ve been practising wildlife photography and one of the tricks I learned is to get down to the animals eyeline, so you can see the world through their eyes. This last weekend I was rolling around on the ground and crawling on my elbows and knees to get the best shots because that’s what I read and I thought I should try it. It worked really well, I got some amazing shots! Over time as you practise the techniques you learn from the masters in your chosen speciality your images will improve and you will develop a unique set of technical skills that will allow you to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right equipment and you will be able to consistently make beautiful artwork. Beauty lives under every rock and around every corner, you just need to be looking for it when it appears :)

See more amazing photos, follow SeanS

SeanS

SeanS

Waterview Creek near the Black Hole

To take this photo a hiked hundreds of metres above sea level, kilometres through the rainforest and climbed over boulders and down cliff faces. I had to conten... Read more

Behind The Lens

See more amazing photos, follow SeanS

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes. Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

To take this photo a hiked hundreds of metres above sea level, kilometres through the rainforest and climbed over boulders and down cliff faces. I had to conten...
Read more

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.