Tasmania January 2011

[Autobot]

1 - Halls Falls, Blue Tier, North East Tasmania



2 - Scoparia Gardens, Mt Rufus



3 - magical ancient landscape- The Walls



4 - Richea in flower with Florentine Peak behind



5 - Wylds Plateau



6 - Clouds In Mono - Western Tiers



7 - Cathedral Mt from Doris plateau



8 - The Sentinels et al from Mt Wedge - SW Tas



9 - The road to the Hippo



10 - Lake Burbury & Frenchmans Cap ranges from Mt Jukes.



11 - Painted Cliffs sunset



12 - Threatened Species, Wedge Tailed Eagle over Florentine Valley



13 - The early morning sun rises behind Frenchmans Cap


(This post/poll automatically generated by the Photo Competition system)

[Son of a Beach]

Apologies for the delay in posting this poll. The voting period has been extended to the 3rd of March.

[Autobot]

Congratulations to the winner of the Tasmania January 2011 competition, with 8 votes:

• ILUVSWTAS - The road to the Hippo

The key to all entries for this competition is below.

1 - Halls Falls, Blue Tier, North East Tasmania
by jenandjen.

2 - Scoparia Gardens, Mt Rufus
by whynotwalk.

3 - magical ancient landscape- The Walls
by chiz.

4 - Richea in flower with Florentine Peak behind
by eggs.

5 - Wylds Plateau
by stepbystep.

6 - Clouds In Mono - Western Tiers
by shazcol.

7 - Cathedral Mt from Doris plateau
by PeterJ.

8 - The Sentinels et al from Mt Wedge - SW Tas
by johnw.

9 - The road to the Hippo
by ILUVSWTAS.

10 - Lake Burbury & Frenchmans Cap ranges from Mt Jukes.
by stu.

11 - Painted Cliffs sunset
by Jarrah.

12 - Threatened Species, Wedge Tailed Eagle over Florentine Valley
by frenchy_84.

13 - The early morning sun rises behind Frenchmans Cap
by MJD.

[ILUVSWTAS]

Tough comp this month!! I must admit I was quite surprised as to the competition my shot got this month!! I expected Halls Falls to get ALOT more votes than it did , also thought the landscape at the Walls shot was a beauty, and the Painted cliffs shot was gorgeous (maybe that's because I was there myself recently though??)

[Nick S]

Amazing set of photos. The colours of scoparia makes up for it's spiky demeanour..
Congrats mark

[stepbystep]

Nice one Mark it was a good day on the road to The Hippo.
Still didn't get mt vote though

[ILUVSWTAS]

Nice one Mark it was a good day on the road to The Hippo.
Still didn't get mt vote though

That's ok I didnt need it
Anyway I didnt vote for yours... oh wait... no-one did did they??

[stepbystep]

Nice one Mark it was a good day on the road to The Hippo.
Still didn't get mt vote though

That's ok I didnt need it
Anyway I didnt vote for yours... oh wait... no-one did did they??

That's why I didn't enter any pics from that trip, had to give the rabble a chance

[ILUVSWTAS]

Hahaha yeh you wish....

[eggs]

That photo from Wylds Plateau was really nice.
3 lots of scoparia this month - and I thought it was a December flower.
And the cloud formation was great too - see the photo comp for another shot from Hobart taken probably on the same day - same amazing patterns.

Oh - and the hippo shot was good too - just need to make sure the clouds are not blown out by being too bright

[frenchy_84]

So ILUV where is the full description on how the photo was taken, all the post processing techniques used and the meaning behind the image

[ILUVSWTAS]

Lol, was that passed was it?? I thought everyone thought that idea was nonsense.... but ok. I pointed the camera at the hippo, and pressed the button to make it go click.

Description huh... hmmmm Ok it represents the soul, the road is the person and the hippo is enlightenment, one must walk the road of life to reach enlightenment....

[frenchy_84]

i like the way the image speaks to you.
But hang on, we were told that a non enhanced image would never win against the might of a DSLR with post processing

[ILUVSWTAS]

Yeh I suspect people voted for mine just to prove a point .... Mind you I still cant believe shot 1 didnt get many votes.....

[frenchy_84]

yeah i agree with no 1, I was watching the votes gradually add up and was just amazed no one apart from 2 people voted for it.

[ILUVSWTAS]

People finally seen enough misty water/ waterfall shots maybe??

[frenchy_84]

unfortunately the voting public doesnt seem to be missing washed out photos of wedge tailed eagles

[ILUVSWTAS]

unfortunately the voting public doesnt seem to be missing washed out photos of wedge tailed eagles

LOL!! Nice to know you can take the *&^%$#! out of yourself mate.....

I think what yours had going for it was you had a nice mountain in the shot along with capturing the eagle in the same frame...???

[frenchy_84]

i try not to take myself to seriously. here is the image that is currently my desktop background and something that i personally like but never had the guts to enter in the comp

[ILUVSWTAS]

Looks like Mordor and one of those winged flying things circling the hapless hobbittsses.....

Heres my current desktop pic....

[frenchy_84]

if only you hadnt found that monster in a marine park

[ILUVSWTAS]

He still put up one hell of a fight!

I did get one nearly as big as this a few years ago at a popular southern surf beach, in around 6 feet of water. I couldnt keep a cray this big anyway, they are too old and majestic! Not to mention it's the biggies that eat the infesting sea stars!!