Bolac Aquatic Sports Photo

Photographer’s Note

according to Travel Victoria website:

The primary attraction in Lake Bolac, known locally as the "Home of Aquatic Sports" is the 1460 hectare freshwater lake which shares its name with the town. The lake is ideal for boating, while fishing and camping are popular along its 20 kilometre shoreline which features picnic areas, BBQs and swimming beaches.

A few years of drought have changed all that. On the far shore you can see the boat shed, which is a long way from the muddy puddle in the middle of the "lake", fought over by the few remaining water birds.

CPL and GND filters used.

mikolaj_kawa, Barkan, dareco, skippy007, holmertz, alftrek, sevy, linask ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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mikolaj_kawa (30601) 2008-07-26 1:45

Hello Stephen! Fantastic POV. Wonderful lightness and brightness, perfect sharpness. Very good capture. Great effect. Good luck!

poocha (600) 2008-07-26 2:12

good sharpness present fantastic pattern.good composition and nice color blending.They all made this shot outstanding.( IT look like jigsaw pattern:)
TFS

vjmite (1547) 2008-07-26 3:20

Hi Stephen,
This photo has a great geometry to it, with all those beautifully sharp cracks. It also illustrates well the current drought in Victoria. The ominous clouds look like they are about to fill the lake, but they probably just moved on without dropping any rain.

Regards,
Vince

baba_flies (8035) 2008-07-26 5:43

Hello Stephen! Before reading your note I thought this was somewhere in the desert but after your text I think it is actually a sad picture would it not be for the fantastic patterns it gives and how you made use of it, so there are different sides, your excellent photo work and how you have the cracked dried mud in your foreground and the grey sky maybe adding the sad touch to something that is really serious. This is really good, very well done. Barbara.

Barkan (342) 2008-07-26 8:18

Hello Stephen,
Great POV and geometrical patterns. Nice note as well. Tfs.
Regards,
Barkan

trekks (14324) 2008-07-26 8:32

hi Stephen

This dry bed is very well captured to show the scars of what is left behind for this lake's nature status. Scary just to think of changes brought by environmental issues.

Very sharp details with your choice of f/22.

tfs, bill

Ebbe (9571) 2008-07-26 11:14

A sad story but a fine journalistic picture. The close up of the cracked ground together with the long perspective is powerful and well made.

dareco (17104) 2008-07-26 15:02

Very good composition! Extremely good detail and pov. Very interesting as well. TFS and have a great day!

skippy007 (7201) 2008-07-27 17:44

Hello Steve, I love the colour & clarity in this shot. My very first post was very similar to this, not similar in quality but only on the subject matter. Knowing how popular this place was especially over the summer & now deserted & so dry, a very sad sight. Excellent colour & detail.
Well done.
Santo

holmertz (9793) 2008-07-28 1:48

Hello Steve,
This is becoming a terrifyingly common sight in various parts of the world. Nevertheless it's a well taken picture with a very strong POV and soft colours. No doubt the cloudy weather played a part for fine outcome.
Best wishes,
Gert

alftrek (2857) 2008-07-28 6:57

Hello Steve,
It is a sad story for all, especially those once proud owners of the foreshore properties around the lake.

This low POV shot tells it all, from the incredibly detailed FG all the way to the horizon with changing colours. You have used the GND to produce this excellent shot.

sevy (13656) 2008-08-04 23:36

Hello Stephen,

Not a funny note, but a noticable photo. First what I like the most, is the composition, well using the possibility of the wide angle lens. Showing a detail in its environment. It provides a great feeling of deepness and allowed to evidence the texture of the mud.
I see you used a GND, so you had the same issues I got in Iceland with cloudy sky and dark earth: not easy to manage, isn t it?

Yves.

brevbrev14 (372) 2008-08-14 6:16

Hi Steven, i love the textures captured here and the use of the wide lens
also a BW was great for this type of image
i like a lot the result
ciao!
Valeria

kensimage (8543) 2008-09-17 0:34

"Home of Aquatic Sports," eh? Well, I don't want to be there for the diving. Nice shot with great sharpness througout--you must have found the hyperfocal distance correctly. The patterns make a great foreground. Regards, Ken.