Tag Archives: panorama

Tocumwal on the Murray River

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Tocumwal is small town based on the Murray River. During tourist months the population increases 3 fold. Tocumwal has great meaning to me, it is where I spent the first years of my life growing up and the bridge is something I have always liked. Dad used to tell me stories about how clear the water was when he was younger – being able to see to the botttom of the river from the bridge. You would be lucky to be able to see 1 or 2 feet now days.

JB

The port of Echuca – Panorama

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Echuca is on the MurrayRiver, between  Swan Hill and Tocumwal. The historic port is really quite beautiful and loaded with history and paddle steamers – it’s well worth a visit if you are in the area. While down on the waters edge, I met another landscape photographer, Matt Handby. He has a great panoramic gallery in the main street and is a very helpful bloke too! You can view his work online at www.matthandby.com. He happens to use a Linhof 617 as well! Please feel free to leave feedback in the comments.

JB

The storm rolls in

As I eluded to in this post. A storm cloud and some distant rain developed in a matter of minutes. Its these sort of events that create that beautiful, yet crazy coloured skies. If memory serves me correctly this was 7 frames stitched from the Canon 5D and 70-200. I’ve since acquired a proper panoramic camera – a Linhof 617 S. This amazing camera produces 6x17cm transparencies. With only 4 shots per roll of film it is a slow, yet beautiful machine. A lot more australian landscape photographs, particulary panoramas will be coming soon!

JB