CAPTURE THE MOMENT with UNCLE DICK STEIN We Love Photography
ND, WA SUE JOUBERT - WITHNELL POINT, DIRK HARTOG ISLA
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here’s no more satisfying feeling for a travelling photographer than capturing a good sunrise or sunset apart from the one when you finally get off the World’s Worst Track with your sump and diff intact. But you can read the rest of the magazine for that … The winner of this issue’s Camera Electronic voucher is Sue Joubert who captured this beautiful panoramic image at Withnell Point on Dirk Hartog Island. If you Google this as I did you’ll find it on the eastern side of the island looking onto Shark Bay. Keep looking at the map of the island and note that it is not just wilderness - there is an airport, camps, beaches, and a number of tracks running to various points. It’s still an island, however, so if you wanted to get a 4WD over to it you’d need to go to the barge landing and ferry over.
Well done Sue! You’ve won a
$200
GIFT VOUCHER from
Or take a boat, as in the picture. If you want to trail your hand romantically in the water, remember that it is named Shark Bay for a reason. Now the picture. It’s true panorama as it has an aspect ratio of 1:2.2. Sue has been extra careful to get the horizon level - one of the still-mechanical aspects of digital photography - and positioned the boat perfectly to add interest to the scene. The colours are everything we want from the meeting of sea, sky and sun, and fortunately her camera has enough dynamic Western 4W Driver #122 |
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