Bushwalk Australia

Gday all, well I haven't done much walking recently but I did the A to K traverse over Easter which was a fantastic trip. We were blessed with great weather for most of the trip and a couple of very nice sunset/sunrises along the way. So here are a selection of the best of the bunch which I have processed so far.

Cheers,
Michael.

Great photos as usual, Michael. It is an amazing and beautiful place...

TR

Truly awesome shots like always Michael!

Yes an awesome collection of photos.

makes me want to jump on a plane right now!!! so jealous - they are awesome shots- thanks.

23 reasons to live - just beautiful, thanks v. much.

Nice moody images - and a bit different to a lot of Western Arthurs images that I have seen. Thanks for sharing! Please post some more when you can.

Dave

...I agree those first few are a different view on the Western Arthurs. Very inviting .

Thanks for starting off my sunday on a high. Please post some more of those shots and I will be able to convince my friend on taking up the challenge of the Western Arthurs.

Thanks very much for all the kind words everyone I will try and get processing and get the next cut done then post some more up over the next few days.

Did you spent the night 3-4th at Lake Oberon I think I may have seen you there.

samh wrote:Did you spent the night 3-4th at Lake Oberon I think I may have seen you there.

Yeah we stayed at Oberon Saturday night which was the 3rd, were you part of the family group that stayed there Sat night as well? I was one of the ones who camped down next to the lake that night.

Then I even got a photo of you in action. I was there with my wife we contiued on with you guys to Haven Lake and then finished the whole traverse.

Btw your shots from that morning and the sunset from High Moor would really interest me. I also plan to upload some but need to finish of some other work first

samh wrote:Then I even got a photo of you in action. I was there with my wife we contiued on with you guys to Haven Lake and then finished the whole traverse.

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Haha you indeed did get a photo of me in action! How did the rest of your trip go? cop any of the weather we got on the drive out?

I didn't really get any good photos that morning unfortunately, but there are one or two I think I will process and have a look at soon. I have a couple from High Moor which I think will turn out well though, it was an amazing sunset that's for sure.

We had a very nice day at Promotary Lake and leaving from there the next morning was good to until we got to Lake Rosanne. overnight our tent got soaked as the campsites there are very wet and it rained a lot. On the way out it was overcast with one or tow periods of light drizzle. I think it was worth doing the full traverse as I probably wont have time to go back so soon, even though I'd like to.
When we came out the weather cleared again and Mt. Anne looked very tempting, but we were just too tired.

Great photos, thanks for taking us there!

Sounds like you must have missed the rain we copped on the drive out north of Lake Pedder, it absolutely bucketed down for a good part of the drive home!

wow excellent series. See you had a Full Framer and a 17-40mm mounted.

I'm off to Tassie soon and wondering if I should take the 17-70mm and the 10-20mm on my crop body 7D. I really only want to take the 17-70mm because of weight issues, but really want to take both. What's you opinion?

I'm also considering leaving my 800g tripod at home.

I shoot Nikon, but if you dont mind here is my opinion. I went to the Western Arthurs with a 11-16 Tokina and a 18-55 Kit lens. Most shots I took with the 11-16 which was sufficient. I used the 18-55 only on the long end for mountains in the distance. The Kit lens is very light so I didn't mind bringing it, but I could have brought my 50mm prime lens which would most likely have done the same job and much better. I would bring the 10-20 and the 18-70 only if it's reasonably light or you really want some tele shots. if you have a 50mm prime I would take that one instead.
This said I think it's more than the lens and the camera what makes the photo and I'm sure you can take many good photos with the 18-70 as well. What I always find much harder then choosing the right lens when bushwalking, is finding enough time to take good photos.

samh wrote:finding enough time to take good photos.

I think that is going to be my issue when doing this walk.

I started with 27 Kilo or a little more so the first few days I just didn't feel like taking of my pack to get set to take some photos. towards the end it was easier and the weather was better too. I'd like to do the trip again but not with 27kg or 25 or 23 maybe 20 or less would be good

enduro wrote:
I'm off to Tassie soon and wondering if I should take the 17-70mm and the 10-20mm on my crop body 7D. I really only want to take the 17-70mm because of weight issues, but really want to take both. What's you opinion?

I'm also considering leaving my 800g tripod at home.

It may depend on where in Tasmania you are going and your style of photography.

For the Western (and Eastern) Arthurs - you can really benefit from having a wide range of lenses. BUT - due to the nature of the walk - it is wise to cut down in weight if you can. Eg - I tend to leave heavy and better quality lenses at home and take only two lenses. Eg last time I visited the range - I took a kit lens (18-55mm) and a sigma 55-200mm - both very light, and used a light Canon 400D body. I also carried a small point and shoot in my shirt pocket (waterproof pentax wp60) - which was very useful indeed for getting photos on the move when you cant be bothered taking off your pack to get the DSLR out. I did not carry a tripod - but upped the ISO in low light situations (the sigma lens is not stabilised). Now I also carried a small and light HD video camera. It can be good to share lenses with others in the party if they are compatible - eg "you take the wide angle, I'll take the tele" - but in practice this can lead to situations where you both want to use the same lens at the same time - and the might is not going to around for long....

Dave

enduro wrote:wow excellent series. See you had a Full Framer and a 17-40mm mounted.

I'm off to Tassie soon and wondering if I should take the 17-70mm and the 10-20mm on my crop body 7D. I really only want to take the 17-70mm because of weight issues, but really want to take both. What's you opinion?

I'm also considering leaving my 800g tripod at home.

Ok so I took the 17-35mm and the 70-200mm lenses, and used the 17-35mm for the majority of my shots. As Dave said it will depend a lot on your shooting style and where you intend to go.

I carry all my camera gear in an extrnal carry bag which has its own harness and sit on my front, although I did have to keep taking it off on some of the more tricky downclimbing parts as foot and hand holds were hard to see with it on, but the camera was easily accessable when walking as an upside.

I didn't use a tripod during the day but did use it for sunset and sunrise, so it depends if you will be up taking photos early or late and whether you want to have longer exposures which can't be handheld in low light etc.

I would probably tend to lean towards the 10-20mm lense, as I like wide angle landscape shots, but you will have to adapt your shooting style to acomodate the shortcommings of taking the one lens which will not be suitable for every single situation.

Thanks Sam, yeah it's a great place. I know I'll definantly be back one day.