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Growing up in the 80's one of my heros was Peter Dombrovskis. Instead of pop stars on my wall at uni, I had Rock Island Bend etc...
After visiting the Western Arthurs last year, I had the surreal sensation of walking through one of his calenders. So of course when standing above Lake Oberon I couldn't resist trying to copy his famous image from 1988, my first year at uni.
So my question to you all is, have you got a version of Dombrovskis' Lake Oberon in your catalogue? Here is your chance to share it with us all. Let's call it paying homage to the master......here's mine ....don't be shy.

Have dreamt of it, but alas I haven't been past Mt Hayes yet. Might have to allow an extra couple of weeks for the perfect light...

tibboh wrote:Growing up in the 80's one of my heros was Peter Dombrovskis. Instead of pop stars on my wall at uni, I had Rock Island Bend etc...

So did I! - and Lake Oberon of course. Hmm maybe it was long after uni...

Yes, I’m a fan of his work, too. Of course, his images were also instrumental in galvanising national support for the “No Dams” protest (1978 – 1983).

Also, here is a recent pic of Dombrovkis Tarns – just had to camp there on a recent trip around the Traveller and Du Cane ranges.

bernieq wrote:Yes, I’m a fan of his work, too. Of course, his images were also instrumental in galvanising national support for the “No Dams” protest (1978 – 1983).

Yes his work and it's effect can never be underestimated. Such a legacy.

Im a huge fan of Dombrovskis work as well, he lived a couple of door down from my Grandfather and used to photograph my Mother quite a bit. I still have a box of slides which contain portrait photographs he took of her and they are lovely to look at, quite a rarity considering none of his portraiture work is ever seen..

I love looking at his pictures and always collect any books with his work that I can find, Truchanas as well..

Oberon is my favorite of them all and is a huge goal on my must go to and photograph list, I would love to hear and trip reports, stories or advice on this walk and what to plan for and expect. Im thinking next Feb/March will be when I get to do it but please tell me your thoughts.

Cheers

WILKOGRAPHY wrote:Im a huge fan of Dombrovskis work as well, he lived a couple of door down from my Grandfather and used to photograph my Mother quite a bit. I still have a box of slides which contain portrait photographs he took of her and they are lovely to look at, quite a rarity considering none of his portraiture work is ever seen..

I love looking at his pictures and always collect any books with his work that I can find, Truchanas as well..

Oberon is my favorite of them all and is a huge goal on my must go to and photograph list, I would love to hear and trip reports, stories or advice on this walk and what to plan for and expect. Im thinking next Feb/March will be when I get to do it but please tell me your thoughts.

Cheers

That's awesome Ben.
Heaps of info on the Western Arthurs if you use the search function or as I said I'm happy to give you my insights anytime. I guess my PD Oberon shot is the obvious one in this collection viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6125&hilit=western+arthurs

He's a huge inspiration to me and the photographer I most relate to, for his philosophy as much as his images. It's a real privilege to walk in his footsteps.

stepbystep wrote:

WILKOGRAPHY wrote:Im a huge fan of Dombrovskis work as well, he lived a couple of door down from my Grandfather and used to photograph my Mother quite a bit. I still have a box of slides which contain portrait photographs he took of her and they are lovely to look at, quite a rarity considering none of his portraiture work is ever seen..

I love looking at his pictures and always collect any books with his work that I can find, Truchanas as well..

Oberon is my favorite of them all and is a huge goal on my must go to and photograph list, I would love to hear and trip reports, stories or advice on this walk and what to plan for and expect. Im thinking next Feb/March will be when I get to do it but please tell me your thoughts.

Cheers

That's awesome Ben.
Heaps of info on the Western Arthurs if you use the search function or as I said I'm happy to give you my insights anytime. I guess my PD Oberon shot is the obvious one in this collection viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6125&hilit=western+arthurs

He's a huge inspiration to me and the photographer I most relate to, for his philosophy as much as his images. It's a real privilege to walk in his footsteps.

Cheers SBS, Ill be devouring that thread now and hit you up in the future. Looks like a trip that will require a fair amount of planning and insight.

Great pics to BTW

Cheers

Heres another submission. Certainly only a pale imitation of the iconic original though!

Looks alright to me Alex. It would be hard to take a bad shot of something so beautiful.

Here is my attempt... I thought I knew what it looked like before I went, but couldn't quite seem to remember when I got there. Oh well! An awesome place that everybody should try to get to.

Nowhere near to the standard of others or the original but never the less special to my memories.

Didn't get the right angle on these, but still better than nothing:

Hey north-north-west

That second image, has something really special about it. The heavy dark tones in the lower half and sides would ordinarily spoil a shot like this, but the way you have those tones happening with the foliage and the rocks, really lifts this shot, and makes it pretty darn good. It's good that your camera didn't call for a massive overexposure of the sunlit area, because it "thought" the foreground was the subject and should have been made lighter… or did you pick this up and override it manually?

Either way- nice capture. Well done.

Cheers

WildLight

wildlight wrote:Hey north-north-west

That second image, has something really special about it. The heavy dark tones in the lower half and sides would ordinarily spoil a shot like this, but the way you have those tones happening with the foliage and the rocks, really lifts this shot, and makes it pretty darn good. It's good that your camera didn't call for a massive overexposure of the sunlit area, because it "thought" the foreground was the subject and should have been made lighter… or did you pick this up and override it manually?

Either way- nice capture. Well done.

Cheers

WildLight

Ta.
Manual override. I hate overexposed skies, so tend to meter on the brighter bits and then do a bit of post-camera manipulation to even it out. Doesn't always work, but that one's not too bad.