The Granite Belt, a photo from Queensland, East

Photographer's Note

Trip to Tasmania – Day 1

Redcliffe (SE Queensland) to Tamworth (central NE New South Wales) – 610km along the Cunningham and New England highways.

A very pleasant drive through parts of the Great Dividing Range (the Granite Belt in the main posting), fertile agricultural and grazier plains (WS1) and fantastic autumn sceneries (WS2).

Buin, besnard, PaulVDV, riclopes, wgreis, carper, MLINES, AiresSantos, ellelloo, mvinagre, zeca, Docarmo, papagolf21, josepmarin, fulvio52, cfreire, Scharan, gracious, Photo65Net, macondo, parbo, ChrisJ, Floydian, phwall, xuaxo, skippy007, ruisc_pt, tomi1, blagov58, stego, hispic, Urs has marked this note useful

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Buin (42580) 2009-05-02 23:46

Hallo Antonio!
You show us a truly beautiful landscape here. The composition of your photo underlines this in a skillful way - leading the eyes into the scenery, to this impressive rockface. For European eyes it's interesting to see autumn colours in April ;-) The sky in this picture is great! In combination with all these links a contribution in terms of TE!
Greetings from springlike Germany!
Frank

PaulVDV (63024) 2009-05-02 23:53

Hello Antonio,
A picture for a road movie.
Very nice with the road leading to the big granite rock and this under a very beautiful sky.
Best regards, Paul

besnard (59196) 2009-05-02 23:53

Bonjoour Antonio
Un très joli paysage aux couleurs printanières avec le regard qui suit bien la route. On aurait envie d'aller voir ce qui se passe plus loin.
Je te souhaite un bon dimanche.
Nicole

mesutilgim (0) 2009-05-02 23:54

Hello Antonio,
Nice capture; with good pov and brilliant colors.
Good compo with the way driving to the center of the compo and a perfect phtographers sky !
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

jayasen (37) 2009-05-02 23:55

Hello sir...what can i say...i am just fill great after see your photographs..all are great..
we are most well come to India..its the beautiful contry..in the world..
tfs this all beautiful photos..
regards..jayasen

riclopes (35577) 2009-05-03 0:53

Escolho o WS2. A perspectiva da estrada ladeada daquelas árvores a brilhar num intenso amarelo é espectacular. E o céu também ajuda ao show fazendo um belo contraste.
ric

windosil (1158) 2009-05-03 3:29

Lovely view, Antonio. It would not be so memorable without the golden trees. Enjoy your trip to Tasmania!
Winifred

Greg1949 (9011) 2009-05-03 3:52

Beautiful shot Antonio, and of a beautiful place as well. Ass I know about Oz is the bus tide to Townsville from Cairns and it was fantastic. This shot brings back that memory. Great color and detail, great capture.

Greg

sayeed_rahman (6461) 2009-05-03 5:25

hello Antonio

Well handled light and the control of exposure has contributed towards the depth and the sharpness of image..colours are waht makes nature shots stand out and youve done it well my friend..

Neat and i like it that way :) - the sunday isnt over yet !

Cheers
Sayeed

wgreis (8267) 2009-05-03 5:27

Antonio,
gostei do seu POV, incluindo levemente a rodovia na porção inferior da fotos e privilegiando a beleza da natureza e grandiosidade da montanha logo atrás.
Parabéns, abraços e ótimo domingo.
Wagner.

trekks (14348) 2009-05-03 8:24

hi Antonio

So you are on a driving trip from Queensland to Tasmania? 2 week! Wow! Very adventurous plan.

Granite! So the belt must have some good mountains to trek?

From this scenery, probably a stopover or pullover of your long drive to take some shots, it looks like very interesting travel.

I like the 2 WS versions which are really fit to be posted by themselves. Will be interesting to follow your travelogue.

Good work.

tfs, bill

carper (96) 2009-05-03 21:50

very beautiful road view Antonio,
good perspective, in a fantastic country, good contrast with the nice sky, fine photo job here, have a nice day.
regard jaap

jurek1951 (42198) 2009-05-03 22:16

Hi Antonio,
Wonderful landscape. Beautiful clouds and sky.Very interesting perspective and lovely colours.
Georg

MLINES (12516) 2009-05-04 0:13

Hi Anonio, The road is well positioned in this very Australian scene. Good low horizon and interesting details both on land and the clouds. TFS. Murray.

AiresSantos (56155) 2009-05-04 0:18

Ola Antonio
Muito bonita esta tua foto. As cores e o contraste estao magnificos. Excelente POV e definicao
Um abraco Amigo e boa semana
Aires

ellelloo (6572) 2009-05-04 3:31

Hello Antonio,
A beautiful landscape and a photo with well balanced composition and pleasant natural colours. The road leads the eye to the impressive rock. Your note is excellent giving links to to sources of good information. A great TE contribution. TFS!
Best regards,
Lasse

mvinagre (859) 2009-05-04 13:37

Ola Antonio

Gosto muito destas fotos com «estradas» com o céu com nuvens, esta e as do (WS) tem uma boa composição e uma boa luz.
As do WS lembram-me a estrada de Évora para Beja, onde passo muitas vezes pelo aspecto mas também pelas cores da paisagem.

miguel

emjleclercq (15778) 2009-05-04 13:39

Very nice view of the cliff, with a good cloudy sky in the background. The trees on both side of the road make a good frame.

All the best,

Emmanuel

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2009-05-04 15:44

Hi Antonio.

Nice road. I like how it "invites" us into the picture. Well seen.

The WS (specially the WS1) are great!

Rgs, Oscar

zeca (19762) 2009-05-04 16:22

Olá Antônio!
Bonita a vista, ótima luz, belas cores!
Abraço,
Zeca

Docarmo (9767) 2009-05-04 21:55

Oi António,
Muito bonita a tua imagem, gosto de fotos de estrada. Os elementos da composição estão numa bela harmonia. Logo de cara já fui estranhando a placa de costas daquele lado da estrada... e deduzi logo também que a direção deve ser como na Inglaterra.
Um pecado teres colocado a imagem do WS2 como WS, ela merecia ser uma imagem principal!!!
Bravo!
Docarmo

papagolf21 (152607) 2009-05-05 1:02

Bonjour, cher ami Antonio,
Tamworth est réputée en Australie pour être la capitale de la country music et le siège du festival annuel de musique country de Tamworth. La ville est aussi célèbre pour ses élevages de chevaux et pour son éclairage public.
Merci, cher Antonio, de nous faire découvrir ce paysage d'une grande beauté.
Le ciel est merveilleux également.
Amitiés.
Philippe

josepmarin (59385) 2009-05-05 4:11

Olá António,
me gusta la profundidad y la perspectiva que nos ofrece la carretera, que nos lleva la mirada hacia las montañas al fondo de la imagen.
Los colores otoñales en el paisaje y en el cielo dan una gran belleza a tu composición.
Bonito trabajo.
Un abrazo,
Josep

delpeoples (60342) 2009-05-05 4:43

Hi Antonio, what a place! What a photo! How you've shot the road leads the eye right up to the crest of that beautiful mountain. And your sky is perfect, it makes me dizzy. Thanks also for the Workshops, they're lovely. Have a good week, Lisa.

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-05-05 7:05

Wonderful one, Antonio.
It's autumn out there, yet it sparkles and shines like spring over here! A great shot and a major contribution in the very best TE spirit, those links you included are truly priceless. Yes, learning about the world through photography. TFS! Have a nice evening, my friend. I'll be seeing you.
Fulvio.

plimrn (21344) 2009-05-05 11:27

Olá Antônio,
Wonderful framing with the spill of clouds pouring from the granite outcrop and providing dramatic shadows. The gum trees and golden foliage make a great foreground. The sharpness and clarity of colors are beautiful.

I'm looking forward to your trip to Tasmania; we went from Perth to Tasmania one spring and got caught in snow storm crossing the mountains in Tasmania.
SAA, Pat

chrisnet (23062) 2009-05-05 13:50

Hello Antonio,
I like the good perspective of the road and the landscape is wonderful. Beautiful cloudy sky too.
Regards
Christian

cfreire (11741) 2009-05-05 16:33

Oi, Antonio
Faço valer as palavras dos demais colegas que apontam para a perspectiva aplicada que conduz o nosso olhar para a grande montanha. Aquelas árvores, à direita, que me parecem está em florescencia, adicionou bonitos contrastes e interesse. Bonita mostra. Abraço, Consuelo

Scharan (14144) 2009-05-05 16:47

Olá Antonio

Uma bonita paisagem, gosto da composição
com a estrada em primeiro plano. Boa perspectiva e cores muito bonitas.
Belo céu.
Parabéns
GA
Vera

gracious (20025) 2009-05-05 18:52

Ola Antonio,
Excellent pov on this beautiful landscape well captured with a road going downhill!
Excellent colour contrast between the land the blue sky! the clouds formation truly specticular!
many thanks for the sharing
cheers
Tony

Photo65Net (43144) 2009-05-06 0:57

Hello Antonio,
I like the depth and perspective here.
Great sky too,
Have a nice day,
JB.

macondo (20449) 2009-05-06 1:46

Hi Antonio.

Magnificent clouds looming up over the granite peak! Very pleasing perspective with the road, and the autumn gold breaks up the dull green of the Australian bush vegetation. Long, long trip to go by car! Anyway, I look forward to the continuation of the journey.

Regards,
Andrew

jmdias (115342) 2009-05-06 3:07

antonio

linda vista da montanha, a vegetação ao redor, as nuvens de bela textura e o asfalto correndo para lá. a única parte que não é perfeita é a placa de sinalização, mas não havia muito a fazer quanto a isto. um belo trabalho de qualquer maneira

abraços

jorge

parbo (11092) 2009-05-06 10:10

Olá Antonio,

You captured fantastic landscape scene full with many beauties. I liked your skillful way leading us to your well taken photo with paved road and its white lines that they are giving an excellent depth to your frame. The green textures, Granite Belt mountain are just wonderful under amazing sky. Your complementary posts included beautiful compositions, especially autumn scene can be alone post too.

Parabéns e Abraço!

Ertugrul

ChrisJ (171888) 2009-05-06 20:17

Hi Antonio

I know this place. It's near Wallangarra on the main road to Tenterfield, in NSW. A nice catch of the yellow poplar trees, changing colour, with the cooler Autumn / Fall weather. Tfs!

mikolaj_kawa (0) 2009-05-07 0:35

Hello Antonio! Very interesting road and landscape. Fantastic clouds. Wonderful light and colours. Good luck!

saigon (6443) 2009-05-07 3:23

bonjour ANTONIO.
j'aime cette route qui mene nul part...
j'aime aussi cette rangée d'arbres jaunes le long de la route!
j'espere reprendre bientot le chemin du festival de CANNES apres de long mois de soins medicaux.
amitiées ensoleillées....aldo.

batalay (41261) 2009-05-07 21:40

Hello Antonio,

This reminds me of a scene from the old TV-series, 'Rt. 66.' Of course, those were in b&w and yours show the colors of autumn in the southern hemisphere. The links, along with your note, have wonderful pedagogical value.

Warm regards,

Bulent

Floydian (30970) 2009-05-10 0:40

Hi Antonio,

Never been there, but i would love to go...but another very long flight :-(
Why don't i move over to Australia, go living in Sydney and have three wonderful countries nearby ;-)

A lot of perspective depth you got here with the road and some nice contrast with that yellow tree, also the clouds on top make it very impressive. It seems you pushed the sharpening a bit too much? There are some artifacts visible. Those ws pictures deserve a mainpost...the look great..!!!

Regards,

Henk

Juntas (7960) 2009-05-11 3:45

Olá António. Interessante perspectiva com a estrada a cumprir o seu papel de mostrar o caminho. Boas cores e definição e um céu daqueles que apetece ter sempre. Bom trabalho. Um abraço. Paulo

phwall (6787) 2009-05-11 23:19

Hi Antonio,
A very beautiful capture of the Great Dividing Range, so many times I've looked out the front windscreen of my car and seen this very same landscape, it has always impressed me.
A very good balance between land and sky in your composition.
A first class image, well done.
Regards
Peter

xuaxo (6854) 2009-05-12 7:47

Olá António,
Este post só tem um defeito: deviam ser três. As também magníficas fotos em WS mereciam aparecer também em principais.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

skippy007 (12510) 2009-05-12 16:02

Hello Antonio, Nice Sky, pol. has worked really well, the road, I like the way it leads us into the frame & to the mountain.
The WS photos are great, worthy of their own posting.
Maybe a little over sharpened in places but still a very nice image. Hope you enjoyed your trip, you will need a coat down south, especially in Tassie.
Thanks, Drive safely.
Santo

ruisc_pt (11594) 2009-05-13 10:01

Bela imagem e realmente prazenteira a viagem... ao que parece.
A estrada é que "estraga"
R

tomi1 (2200) 2009-05-14 18:09

Oeiras,15-5-2009
António Ribeiro
De facto conduzir em estradas da Austrália deve dar prazer. Eu imagino-as muito longas e pouco movimentadas pelo interior. Nesta foto na vegetação por detrás do letreiro poderá ser um canavial, mas suponho que se trata de outras plantas. A montanha bastante alta se impõe grandemente e mais para lá como será, montanhoso ou plano? O deslocamento das nuvens está óptimo. Cumprimentos. Domingos

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2009-05-15 6:27

Great landscape and POV... Good colours, sharpness and beautiful sky. Well done!
Have a good weekend.
Ahmet

jemaflor (147300) 2009-05-15 10:56

Hi Antonio,
Well taken with this road to go in this beautiful landscape, pity you didn't have light on this rocks?

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gvelosofotos (436) 2009-05-18 11:38

Excelente foto,um pouco a lembrar África.Excelente nitidez,um céu fabuloso,cores muito naturais,talvez um pouco mais de estrada para trás.Um grande abraço.Gil Veloso.

stego (24132) 2009-05-19 12:34

Olá António,
A semelhança com a península ibérica é impressionante! Até a textura das árvores à direita e ao fundo faz lembrar chaparros (azinheiras e sobreiros). Mais uma vez as compos (tanto aqui como nos WS's) estão excelentes. Aqui gosto do arranjo gráfico feitos pelas inúmeras linhas, que conduzem o olhar para o fundo da estrada. É curioso como a abertura de céu azul à direita parece equilibrar a compo. Belas cores, principalmente nos WS's.
Um abraço,
José

hispic (9658) 2009-05-20 20:14

Hello Antonio,
A rough rendition applying sharpness a little strongly brings an interesting effect to this image. The road leading the eye to the granite belt works nicely. Yellow in autumn is also a nice match for the blue sky.
Best wishes, Hisashi

Urs (14082) 2009-06-16 3:51

Dear Antonio

That a great landscape shot where the road leads the viewer to the forest covered mountain at the horizon. Vivid color, great DOF and sharpness. Well done

Best regards
Urs

darek1978 (13361) 2009-06-19 17:36

Hi Antonio,
You have capture this beautiful place in a wonderful light condition. The POV very well selected give a very good prospect effect and a great depht to this image. I also like this very impressive view in the background. Congratulations!
Best regards,
Darek

Photo Information

Copyright: Antonio Ribeiro (ribeiroantonio) (22730)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-18
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk III, CanonZoom EF 17-40mm f/4 L-USM, Hoya 77mm HMC Cir-Polarizer
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Trip to Tasmania
Date Submitted: 2009-05-02 23:41