Sunrise over Blue Rag Trig Trail
Bundanoon Photographers Peter Gray and Meg Nurse have joined forces to present the Eclectica Photographic Exhibition at the Bowral and District Art Society, 1 Short Street, Bowral.
They have kindly invited me to join them to share the space.
I have been busy framing some prints in preparation.
The final selection of my images is yet to be made but I am leaning towards featuring "Our Fragile Planet" - there are a number of stark images showing the impact of wildfires in our Alpine regions and contrasting images of beautiful patterns in nature - tree trunks and rock pools.
I intend to sell any of the framed images and stretched canvas pictures on display.
Bowral and District Art Society, 1 Short Street, Bowral
Setting up my Framed Pictures
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
More details of the individual images
Craigs Hut was built as the film set for “The Man from Snowy River” and is not really a traditional mountain hut used by cattlemen whilst grazing stock during the summer months in the High Country.
I love the Simpson Desert, and this picture of an approaching storm was taken along the French Line near Puri Bore. There can be numerous clumps of wildflowers and small animal tracks on many of the 1000 plus sand dunes encountered in a crossing.
Taken July 2010 with a Nikon D80, 16mm focal length, wide angle lens. F 6.3, ISO 160, 1/160 sec.
This large area of snow gums burnt by bushfires is located at or near the tree line level on Mt Stirling in the Victorian High Country
Taken in the Monga National Park in November 2014 the moss covered fallen trunks and Plumwood trees are very impressive. The rainforest also has many tree ferns and crystal-clear mountain streams. Extensive areas were burnt in the 2019-20 Bushfires.
Looking NE from Mt Speculation towards the Viking and Mt Despair direction with morning mist in the valleys
The Blue Rag Trig Track is my favourite 4WD trip and on more than one occasion I have slept at a vantage point to witness a sunrise. This view is looking south from the ridge and clearly picks up the vast areas of previously burnt mature trees.
The spire of the Melbourne Arts Centre is the iconic structure for Melbourne. Originally conceived by Sir Roy Grounds as a slender copper clad “placemarker” covering small underground theatres, the complex grew in size and owing to foundation problems emerged more above the street level. Peter Kneen in the period to 1977 transformed the concept into the geometric form adopted.
A collage of five photographs depicting “Hairpin” Banksia (just right of centre), tree fern leaves (right side), a macro of a delicate white flower (top left corner), another banksia (bottom) against a background of coloured sap on a tree trunk
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
(c) Images from Peter Kneen Artisan and Photography
Located near an old shipwreck on the southern side of Phillip Island there are numerous rock pools displaying colourful seams in the exposed rocks.
Taken in January 2010 looking east from the Trig station on Blue Rag Trail in the Victorian High Country just after sunrise. The 4WD track follows the ridge line back to the Dargo Road. Some parts of the ridge are above the tree line and there is a beautiful display of wildflowers. This image forms the cover of Deborah O’Brien’s The Rarest Thing novel
Portion of the trunk of a local eucalyptus tree in Oatley Park, Sydney. Shows a gnarled surface texture free from bark adjacent to a patch where some sap has oozed to form a colourful band.
See also: The Bundanoon Photography Group website
