Behind the screen...
Epadi iruntha naan ipadi aayiten...
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Aperture: f/5.6 - Exposure: 1/320 secs - ISO: 400 - @ 55 mm
Monday, January 29, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Friday, January 19, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Apostles...
The mighty Twelve Apostles are world-recognised icons of the Great Ocean Road. These giant rock stacks soar from the swirling waters of the Southern Ocean and are a central feature of the spectacular Port Campbell National Park. The dramatic and imposing limestone cliffs that are the backdrop to the Apostles tower up to 70 metres, while the tallest of the rock stacks is around 45 metres high.
The Apostles had their beginnings up to 20 million years ago with the forces of nature attacking the soft limestone of the Port Campbell cliffs. The limestone was created through the build up of skeletons of marine creatures on the sea floor. As the sea retreated, the limestone was exposed. The relentess, stormy Southern Ocean and blasting winds gradually eroded the softer limestone, forming caves in the cliffs. The caves eventually became arches and when they collapsed, rock islands up to 45 metres high were left isolated from the shore.
This has created the Twelve Apostles and a host of other stunning natural features along this truly remarkable stretch of coastline. Among them are Pudding Basin Rock, Island Arch, the Razorback, Muttonbird Island, Thunder Cave, the Blowhole, Bakers Oven, London Bridge and the Grotto.
Extenisve boardwalks and viewing platforms ensure visitors experience sweeping, awe-inspiring vistas. While anytime of day provides great views, sunrise and sunset are particularly impressive for the blazing hues created.
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Aperture: f/10 - Exposure: 1/250 secs - ISO: 100 - @ 18 mm
Monday, January 15, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Three Sisters at Blue Mountains.
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Aperture: f/36 - Exposure: 1/8 secs - ISO: 100 - @ 55 mm
The Legend...
The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe.
These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry.
The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters causing a major tribal battle.
As the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witchdoctor from the Katoomba tribe took it upon himself to turn the three sisters into stone to protect them from any harm. While he had intended to reverse the spell when the battle was over, the witchdoctor himself was killed. As only he could reverse the spell to return the ladies to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.
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Monday, January 08, 2007
Limestone + Water + 400 million years = Natural Wonder...
Canyons - shot at Jenolan Caves...
for more information how these caves formed, click here
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Aperture: f/22 - Exposure: 25 secs - ISO: 100 - @ 18 mm
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
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