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I’m often asked by pho­tog­ra­phers on where is best to pho­to­graph in Tas­ma­nia. This is a small list of pho­to­graphic loca­tions that I’d rec­om­mend check­ing out while in Tas­ma­nia. I’m aware that there is many loca­tions miss­ing from this list but that’s because I’m yet to pho­to­graph them so will update the list accord­ingly. Also most of these loca­tions should suit most peo­ple as they’re quite acces­si­ble and usu­ally only a small walk. There’s also much to do off the beaten track in Tas­ma­nia which I will hope­fully get to one day.  If you have any ques­tions be sure to drop an email and I’d be happy to help.

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This was taken ear­lier at Cra­dle Moun­tain National Park dur­ing win­ter.  I know it sounds really corny but after days of rain this was just beau­ti­ful to walk through,  the smell from the sur­round­ing wet trees was amazing.

I can’t believe the year is almost over.. Here are some of my favourite pho­tos from 2008

To start is two pho­tographs from an aban­doned men­tal hos­pi­tal with the Canon 10–22. These were taken at the begin­ning of the year which feels ages ago.

Long expo­sure dur­ing the day with a Hoya R72 (infrared) fil­ter at South Arm, Tasmania

A very wet trip to Syd­ney in February

A moon­lit Coles Bay, Tasmania

Mel­bourne alley­way with the Canon 10–22

A quiet stream in Cra­dle Moun­tain National Park

Pass­ing trucks along an old bridge in Camp­bell Town, Tasmania

An iconic beach side hut just before Swansea, Tasmania

A very over­cast Dove lake at Cra­dle Moun­tain National Park

Seascape at Friendly Beaches, Tasmania

Ron­nie Ling shoot­ing at Friendly Beaches, Tasmania

Water­scape sun­rise shot at Hon­ey­moon Bay in the Freycinet National Park, Tasmania

Road side reflec­tions dur­ing winter

Black and white pho­to­graph at Ralphs Bay, Tasmania

After­noon sun in Lind­is­farne, Tasmania

This year two of my images were licensed for com­mer­cial usage which was exciting

Traf­fic long expo­sure in Rose Bay, Tasmania

Seascape at Park Beach, Tasmania

Park Beach on a wild afternoon

I noticed these as I made my way to uni

South Arm, Tas­ma­nia on sunset

Prob­a­bly one of my favourite shots of the year, I love the light over the grass. This one is at South Arm also

Strick­land Avenue Falls

Taroona Beach sunrise

Mess­ing around with light trails in an aban­doned pool

Win­ter sun­rise at Taroona, Tasmania

A road side cow on a very misty morn­ing in the Huon Val­ley, Tasmania

Traf­fic long expo­sure on the Tas­man Bridge

Tun­nel long expo­sure, I like this one.

Cliché peg shot haha

An arti­cle and mag­a­zine cover for local mag­a­zine ‘Scene’ for their spe­cial on the Hobart Rivulet.

Bay of Fires, Tas­ma­nia on a stormy sunset.

Lind­is­farne on sunset

I hope you have enjoyed my pho­tographs from this year, I appre­ci­ate your sup­port and wish you a good 2009.

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I’ve been mean­ing to sub­mit this one for some time since I pho­tographed it in July but kept for­get­ting. This was cap­tured at Cra­dle Moun­tain National Park on a short walk to a much larger fall. We arrived late after­noon at around 3pm so it was already start­ing to get quite dark being the mid­dle of win­ter which was a real shame, this place was stun­ning and I prob­a­bly could of spent hours here just mess­ing around get­ting my feet wet but were rushed a little.

Pho­tographed with a Canon 350D, Canon 24–70, Tripod

Another from Cra­dle Moun­tain, Tas­ma­nia. Those famil­iar of the national park may recog­nise the bridge as you enter the park and pass a water­fall. This is up a lit­tle look­ing back at the bridge behind the water­fall. I was almost tempted to fid­dle with black and white for this image as the sky really is quite dull but I’m attracted to the tones and tex­ture of the fore­ground rock which would oth­er­wise not be appre­ci­ated under a black and white conversion.

Udi at DIYPho​to​ga​phy​.net recently men­tioned my work on his pop­u­lar blog which I greatly appre­ci­ate It’s defi­nately a big thing for me know­ing my work is appre­ci­ated by oth­ers and is some­thing that inspires me to con­tinue shoot­ing. Click here to view the arti­cle dis­cussing why as a pho­tog­ra­pher we should use man­ual focus

This was taken on the walk into Pen­cil Pine Falls, Cra­dle Moun­tain. The weather for Dove Lake was ter­ri­ble with it being com­pletely over­cast with no con­trast what so ever in the clouds which wasn’t all bad for other styles of shoot­ing. The con­di­tions as we walked into Pen­cil Pine Falls were quite dark (2-3pm) how­ever the light was so soft and per­fect for what we were soon to shoot. We spent hours just tak­ing our time but I really need to get some gum­boots or some­thing so I can get more in the action but they would look a lit­tle gimpy haha.

Phase One P65 has been pre­viewed at Luminous-Landscape which sounds amaz­ing.. 60MP and incred­i­ble han­dling of noise at super long expo­sures but let’s not dis­cuss the price tag. Click here to view the pre­view article

Tourists at Cra­dle Moun­tain no way! But really Cra­dle Moun­tain is a beau­ti­ful place and I can under­stand how come tourists flock there for a walk around Dove Lake or to get a cliché shot. Amaz­ing place for pho­tog­ra­phers with the vary­ing weather con­di­tions which you can experience.

It sure is nice liv­ing in Tas­ma­nia but a bit cold for pho­tograph­ing win­ter landscapes

This pho­to­graph was taken with a Canon 350D, Canon 10–22, Cokin ND Grads and a tripod.

A lit­tle iconic no? Cra­dle Moun­tain, Tas­ma­nia is a won­der­ful place and I really hope to spend some more time there in the com­ing years to cap­ture the dif­fer­ent weather pat­terns over Dove Lake.

Apolo­gies about the size as it really doesn’t do Dove Lake jus­tice! Looks fan­tas­tic printed on my wall though A lit­tle on the cliché side and was cap­tured at Cra­dle Moun­tain, Tas­ma­nia. The small ver­sion bugs me as the hori­zon looks ter­ri­bly crooked so I’ll try hunt around for the big­ger res­o­lu­tion and try get that up.

Pho­tographed Easter 2007 with a Canon 350D, Canon 10–22 and stitched with PTGui. I really love this place but it’s a lit­tle dif­fi­cult to get your own unique angle..