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Filled with a landscape of great beauty, the Australian Outback provides the landscape photographer with endless opportunities to capture the beauty of the land, its people, rivers and National Parks. Dissecting the Outback NSW region is the iconic Darling River which is fed by several tributaries originating from southeast Queensland and the Darling Downs. Being Australia’s longest river, the Darling has been the lifeblood for Australian’s for 1,000’s of years; Lake Mungo has revealed evidence of continual habitation for over 45,000 years.
The grandeur and drama of its landscape is evident anytime of the year. While summers can be hot, the extended daylight hours translates to long days, wonderful sunsets and beautiful dusk & dawn light. Winters can be cold but the Outback takes on a unique feel with the lower sun providing a wonderful soft light.
Classic towns like Bourke, Lightning Ridge, Broken Hill, Wentworth, Tibooburra, Milparinka and Cameron’s Corner provide great country hospitality. Some of Australia's best National Parks are also in Outback NSW; Kinchega, Gundabooka, Mutawintji, Sturt and Mungo National Parks with its famous 'Walls of China' and Lake Mungo.
Steeped in indigenous culture, a journey of exploration to any of the culturally significant regions of Outback NSW will provide the visitor with an insight to how the indigenous population manage and respect the land; and could teach to the rest of the population a few things about man’s connection to the land and not about particular ownership of it.
Landscape photography - outback scenes: Outback Landscape photography can cover diverse subjects over many areas. When one tries to classify into groups, there are always some that due to there diversity belong together because they are all non-related. Or so it seems!
Like sorting through socks after doing the washing, there is often one sock left over and after repeating the exercise one is left with several single socks. In a similar way... when classifying or categorizing photographs, regardless of the initial criteria used, there are always image left over.
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Outback photography sheds machinery: Few photographers will argue that photographing old farm machinery and shearing sheds is boring. And the older they are the better they are as subject matter. Landscape photographers sometimes use them for contextual reference for a larger shot while macro photographers love getting up and personal with this beautiful objects. There is something magical about machinery that was built 50 or 100 years ago that is still standing; regardless of whether it still works. These pieces were 'crafted' in a time when things were built to last. It is a reminder of times before the disposable age.
Landscape photography Mutawintji Gundabooka: Located in outback NSW, Mutawintji NP (near Broken Hill) and Gundabooka NP (near Bourke and the Darling River) - Mutawintji is one of the most moving and culturally significant areas of NSW that has to be put on a visitors list. With its wonderful sandstone ridges and gorges it is a site to behold and is one of those places that you can feel the cultural significance of the area and the land. Like all national parks, any one interested in landscape photography (for commercial) purposes should contact National Parks guidance.
There are many rivers in Australia but none that are as iconic as the Murray River and the Darling River. Steeped in indigenous history and culture, they have been the centre of many aboriginal groups for 1,000's of years. It is there history and their existence. When European explorers came looking for the fabled inland sea, it was along these two waterways they travelled.
Landscape photography outback travel: The Australian outback is not merely a collection of isolated destinations but an area to journey through to experience the physicality, spirituality, and essence of the ancient landforms and its rivers. Like landscape photography, the journey is not only a physical one, but a journey into oneself as well. There is no doubting that the Australian outback is the location of some awe-inspiring destinations and landscape photography, but it is due to their isolation that, to a great extent, they are made even more wondrous. The experience of the traveller to reach these iconic places is what makes them even more remarkable.
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