I am developing all the RAW files from Hawk Dreaming as no. 1 priority. I want to get all the landscape and aboriginal art shots to Dwane from the Djabulukgu Association Inc as quickly as possible; to reassure him I am definitely a man of my words and honour my end of the agreement! You will hardly find any other photographers with photos from Hawk Dreaming and I am very happy and privileged to have been allowed to shoot there.
Hawk Dreaming has some large open floodplains so it is possible to shoot some very isolated subjects with a horizon far far away. This is shot with just a bit of dusk light left and I like doing these sort of arty simple compositions. Simple compositions are the hardest to achieve, isolating subjects in the natural chaos of nature takes a lot of searching.
Pandanus Palm Glow at Dusk
© Flemming Bo Jensen Photography
I previously blogged about watching dawn and sunrise from a rock shelter and the next shot is the sun just making it’s appearance on the hazy stage. I used a 2 stop (I need to get a 4 stop) ND grad filter, without it the foreground would be pitch black. It may look a bit dark at small size but the larger version is clearer. It was still very dark as the haze and mist softened the sun and I want the picture to reflect this.
Sunrise over Cannon Hill
© Flemming Bo Jensen Photography
This is just a taste of the upcoming hundreds shots that Hawk Dreaming provided me and yet I could easily go back and shoot many more in this awesome place.
It is a Hawk and Photographer Dreaming! It’s very easy to escape into the screen while developing these shots.
5 Comments on “Developing a Hawk Dreaming”
Nice photos Bo it must have been a surreal experience being there
very nice photos Flem ! well done ! I'd love to comment further but it's been an arduous week…
Hi Wayne, thanks and yes it was a surreal and magical experience!
Hey Tone and thanks very much and no worries, always enjoy your comments. Hope your weekend is a bit better!
really like the first image Flem.
the light is great and the complete openness behind the palms express the area very nicely
Thanks Stephen, yeah I love the openness of the first one as well. Expresses the feeling of standing on a huge wide open flood plain.