Monday, April 30, 2007

Gum Lobby

Yeah, Nuts To You Too, Buddy

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON


There is no sound like the autumn wind whispering through the gum leaves (and no, my middle name's not Russell!). Then you look up and you realise that it's the perfect time for a photo opportunity. The blue sky (no, the colours have not been enhanced) is the ideal counterfoil for the gumnuts and the graceful shower of leaves. This shot was taken at Glenrowan, in country Victoria. The town is best known as being the site of infamous bushranger Ned Kelly’s last stand against police in 1880. Glenrowan gets its name from pioneer pastoralists James and George Rowan, who owned sixteen thousand acres of grazing land in the area in the middle of the 19th century.

4 comments:

Maverick said...

the best photographs come out of situations when we have least expected them

david mcmahon said...

Hi Maverick,

Thanks for dropping by and taking the trouble to leave a comment.

Glad you liked the photograph.

Cheers

David

B.T.Bear (esq.) said...

Mummy visited South Oz in Feb 1987. She has some photo's of a place called Squeaky Beach and another called Whisky Beach (down at Wilson's Prom) where the water is transparent and the sky is this blue.

Pity about the sand flies...

;@}

david mcmahon said...

Hi BtBear,

Been to Squaeky Beach. Beautiful part of the world down there at the Prom.

Tell Mum to post the pictures on her blog, maybe ....

Cheers

David