Competition: Other States September 2014

Good morning Budawangs, NSW, AustraliaMandy Creighton

Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.Bruno Barbey

BWA April 2016 | 73

Maroon sunset Cameron Semple

WINNER

Stormy morning at Boulders Beach Lorraine Parker

Guess who’s coming to dinnerIandsmith

Bundanoon Gorge John Walker

Deep Creek outlet Brian Eglinton

Sunrise over Thackeray Beardless

BWA April 2016 | 75

Evening on the Pieman North-north-west

WINNER

Anne’s breath Andrew Smith

Rainforest fall Tigercat

Lone Pine, Walls of Jerusalem NP Andrew Smyth

As part of the Tarkine in Motion event, I spent Easter around Corinna. This was on the first night there - just a quiet wander down by the river after the sun went down, trying not to get in the way of other photographers, videographers and artists. As an introduction to the special wild beauty of this area, it was the perfect moment.

BWA April 2016 | 77

The drowned land Andrew Smith

WINNER

Stars over granite Cameron Semple

Tranquilty before the storm Lorraine Parker

Chink in the curtain North-north-west

Resurrection Sunday (or the stone rolled away) Beardless

West Wall & Pencil Pines, Walls of Jerusalem NP Andrew Smyth

Discovery -John Walker

BWA April 2016 | 79

Pixie’s ParasolJulius River, Tarkine Andrei Nikulinsky

WINNER

Lunch timeIandsmith

Lick that Tigercat

The forest path Andrew Smith

Day’s end John Walker

Pixie’s Parasol (Mycena interrupta). A fairly common find fruiting on dead wood in forests across Tasmania, the Pixie’s Parasol is hard to miss, shining out like a blue beacon among the greens and browns the mosses, logs and rocks. This is a “focus-stacked” image of 22 exposures taken near Julius River, The Tarkine, during the “Tarkine In Motion” event.

Climbing Cameron Semple

Pencil Pine Forest, Dixons Kingdom Andrew Smyth

BWA April 2016 | 81

Moody Colo morning Tom Brennan

WINNER

Goomoolahra Falls Cameron Semple

Lunch time Iandsmith

The Paperbark Swamp John Walker

First trip out after replacing all my camera gear that had been stolen. We did a hard overnight bushwalking and abseiling trip to the remote western side of the Colo River. Sunset and sunrise were fairly unimpressive, but I was experimenting with a new 10-stop ND filter to get the brooding clouds.

Canon 700D, 10-22 mm lens at 10 mm, 202 seconds, f/8.0, ISO 100, 10-stop filter.

Hoop Pine on the edge Brian Eglinton

BWA April 2016 | 83

A-Dora-ble North-north-west

WINNER

Featherstone Falls Tigercat

CPL might help Gayet

Walford Peak. Three climbs, each with slowly improving conditions. This time I finally got the views all round, including down over Lake Dora to Spicer and beyond to Marble Bluff.

BWA April 2016 | 85

Western mountain morning North-north-west

WINNER

High camp with wooly blanketTom Brennan

Myrtle Forest magic Tigercat

Blencoe Falls Brian Eglinton

Sunray fan Gayet

Returning from camp just above Walford Peak, the road slog along the Lake Spicer Track relieved by the kaleidoscopic patterns of the rocks on the track, and the drifting, lifting cloud hanging over Murchison and the north end of Lake Plimsoll. One of those moment of magic that stay with you for a lifetime ...

Swamp reflections John Walker

Springbrook Canyon moonrise Cameron Semple

BWA April 2016 | 87

Jenny Wren Iandsmith

WINNER

The old Stitt River Bridge North-north-west

An unusual encounter John Walker

The Millstream Brian Eglinton

Stranded Gayet

About once a year I go out with a birding group and we’d had the morning session and stopped for a cuppa beside some sugar cane field near Ulmurra in northern New South Wales. I’d finished mine and was itching to take a pic or two so I just started off with the Jenny Wren, a bird I normally wouldn’t bother shooting. It turned out so clear though, so being a little short of pics for the comp, I sent it in. I was as surprised as anyone when it won - thanks to my supporters, whoever they may be!

Wellington ice Tigercat

Yellow Faced Whip Snake Cameron Semple

BWA April 2016 | 89