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Australian Bush ☼ (aspects of Landscapes - ie No Macros please!)

This group is for all your beautiful stories & LANDSCAPE images of the Great Australian Bush. CURRENT GROUP NEWS INFO in the FORUM - PLEASE JOIN IN!

Featured Work

sulfur sunset gazing by troy gregory

A Sufur Crested Cockatoo stands guard to his home, family safley inside he feels safe…Waterfall Gully South Australia
Where there's a will, there's a way... by Paul Moore

The hardiness and opportunistic survival instincts of the Red Centre’s Flora and Fauna never ceased to amaze me. / Anything that survives out here deserves respect and protection! Larapinta Trail, West MacDonnell Ranges, NT. Canon 40D. f/4, 1/125, ISO 100
Passion, WA Wildflowers by Malcolm Katon

Some beautiful pink wildflowers spotted on our recent trip to Western Australia. These were taken near the town of Miling.
Grevillea In The Wind by MissyD

Nikon D40x / 18-55mm Nikkor Lens / Straight from camera Featured In: Australian Bush Group
Pixie Mops (Petrophile linearis) by Hans Goepel

Nikon D300 = Tokina..12-24mm / Friday, 23 October 2009 / Pixie Mops PLEASE VIEW LARGE…FOR A BETTER IMAGE / ALL COMMENTS AND FAVS ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED I WILL VIEW YOUR ART WORK SOON. / I LIKE TO SPEND MORE TIME IN YOUR PORTFOLIO THAN REPLY TO EACH AND EVERY COMMENT !! Thank you very much for viewing my work / /
Camouflaged by Lyn Thom

The Swift Parrot is small parrot about 25 cm long. It is bright green with red around the bill, throat and forehead. The red on its throat is edged with yellow. Its crown is blue-purple. There are bright red patches under the wings. One of most distinctive features from a distance is its long (12 cm), thin tail, which is dark red. This distinguishes it from the similar lorikeets, with which it often flies and feeds. Can also be recognised by its flute-like chirruping or metallic “kik-kik-kik” call. / The Swift Parrot breeds in Tasmania during spring and summer, migrating in the autumn and winter months to south-eastern Australia from Victoria and the eastern parts of South Australia to south-east Queensland. In NSW mostly occurs on the coast and south west slopes. Migrates to the Australian south-east mainland between March and October. The Swift Parrot Scientific name is Lathamus discolor, the Conservation status in NSW is Endangered and the National conservation status is Endangered.
Dryandra 4 by Philip Cannon

Taken in the Kalbarri National Park.
Baby Magpie 2 by Werner Padarin

Feeding / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0910.1271) / Nikon D300 | Sigma 120-400OS @ 400mm / 1/500s f/5.6 ISO200 / Featured in Australian Bush group (24 October 2009) /

Recent Work

near Cradle Mt - at Rocky Mount Lookout (Tas) by gaylene

overlooking the Vale of Belvoir (Tasmania) and looking towards Cradle Mt with some snow patches visible (surprising as it was 26 degrees there today 7.11.2009) http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:mounted-print/size:medium/view:preview/4084917-4-cradle-mt-lodge.jpg! / .......Cradle Mt Lodge…...
Red Rocks rocks (best viewed large) by Simon Whittaker

Shot with Canon 5Dmk2 and Canon 24-70 2.8L lens (34mm) at f22, 1.6sec Auto WB ISO50 in Apeture mode. / Red Rock, Yuragir National Park, Mid North Coast, NSW Australia. / 812 viewings I would like to thank my good friend Simone Byrne for her advice and encouragement with my landscapes. Check her out on RB if you want to see some truely outstanding photography. I think this is one of my best images. Believe it or not it is very difficult to capture images here because of its bearing and landscape. The colours of the rocks, the short duration of light and the bright sky tend to cause loss in a significant range in either highlights or darks whichever way you try to capture it. I had to use an 8 stop neutral density filter and 4 stop grad ND to get a balance between the two.
Misty Jamison Valley panorama by Michael Matthews

Just near the start of the National Pass walking track at the Valley of the Waters at Wentworth Falls is a detour which provides this stunning view of the valley. / Seeing this site was definitely a “Wow” moment for me & once again it was a view I had missed despite having done this walk several times. The swirling mist & light rain provided an everchanging view & made it difficult (or impossible) at times to avoid getting small droplets of water on the lens. This is the Blue Mountains National Park in Australia.
Ghost Gums by Kitsmumma

/ View other work from this series State Forest, Northern New South Wales, Australia. Untouched photograph, effect achieved in-camera. / Best viewed LARGE
Woolshed Falls Full Frontal by mspfoto

During a recent working visit to Albury John Vandevan and I took a little photo safari to Woolshed Falls near Beechworth. / John hard at Work Whilst John was shooting the power shots I couldn’t let him have all the fun. I line up this shot and just managed to squeeze it all into the 50mm frame. Nikon D300 / Nikkor 50mm F/1.8 D
Just Chatting by Steve Sass

This male White-fronted Chat was chilling out with some nice girl Chats on the banks of the Greenough River, north of Mullewa in Western Australia. ‘Shot’ with a Canon EOS1000D with a 150-500 @ 500 handheld.
Soaring High by Steve Sass

This Whistling Kite was soaring above the acacia shrublands in the Upper Gascoyne region of Western Australia and captured with a Canon EOS100D with a 150-500 @ 500 handheld.
The Bush by Kitsmumma

/ View other work from this series Bushland, Northern New South Wales, Australia Untouched photograph, effect achieved in-camera. / Best viewed LARGE
Gum Trees - Lane Cove National Park by Jason McFarlane

Blurred view of gum trees in the Lane Cove National Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Blurred Tree - Lane Cove National Park by Jason McFarlane

Blurred view of Australian bush tree in the Lane Cove National Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Lake Eyre by stelo

Lake Eyre SA, Australia
Ramshead snowmelt 2 by Richard Stanley

More Spring snowmelt in the Ramshead area, Kosciuszko National Park, S E Australia. Nikon D200, Tokina 12-24 AT-X 124 PRO DX lens, f/20, 1/80sec., 12mm, ISO 100, EV: -0.3, CP filter.

Featured Members

About This Group

Welcome to the Australian Bush Group!
This is a Group for you to show & tell about where you went bush (out of the Urban Jungle & into Rural Australia) and what you saw and did when you got there!

☼ Please keep an eye on the Australian Bush Heritage site! ☼

Bush – The Bush, a term used for rural, undeveloped land or country areas according to Wikipedia

Composition of artwork for this group should be predominantly landscape oriented (We are trying to portray pictures Of “The Bush” not that the bush just happened to be where you were!)
Only art from publicly accessible Rural areas – no Urban Development shots please (Native Vegetated Reserve Parks within the urban areas are acceptable at the discretion of the moderator)
People and people created things can be considered “out bush”, but please remember Rule 1 when submitting artwork of this type – predominantly landscape orientated. Shots must have a predominant element of “landscape” to it!
- Please remember Wikipedia’s definition – rural, undeveloped
(Including but not limited to: people, birds, insects, & animals; huts, lodges, cabins, & houses; campervans, caravans & tents; farm-buildings, industrial buildings & equipment; roads, tracks, pathways & railways; bridges & buildings; gates & fencing; personal vehicles, trucks, tractors & boats; etc – all can be rural things and as such can be in the shot but not the main body of the shot This is so we don’t get, for example, a photo of a tractor rusting away in a paddock somewhere when all it is really, is a picture of a tractor!)
In the description box there needs to be location information of where images were taken / writings were influenced by (In the case of writing – if not included within the piece, the area influencing the written piece described [and pictured if possible] in the description box)
With a desire to keep the focus on accurate impression of the Natural Australian Bush
a) this group is not for paintings – for this please see the Aussie Bush Paintings group
b) animal birds & insect shots please see the Australian Wildlife group
c) for close ups on florals please see Australian Native Plants
d) and please keep HDR and other computer generated effects to a bare minimum (Subsequent to the discretion of the moderator)

Please no Macro’s for these please see Macro Photography
Please no Back Yard shots – for this see Back Yard Photography or Back Yard Close Ups and Macro Shots Only groups

Journals are to be about the Australian Bush and your experiences within it and your experiences of this group (Other journal entries may be refused)

Please keep an eye on the Group News to be involved in the group action!
(Forum discussions do not necessarily have to be limited to bush and rainforest issues. These entries help us get to know the diversity of group members’ interests!)

Please limit your uploads to 2 images per day per person
(and be aware that we will [sadly!] remove incompatible work)

☼ The Image currently representing the group is
‘The Colour of Snow’ by Geoff Coleman
Voted winner of the “Let the Waters Flow at the Melting of the Snow!” Challenge September 09 ☼ BRAVO !! ☼

PREVIOUS AVATARS
‘Wattle’ by Eve Parry
Voted winner of the “Wattle Bring in the Spring” Challenge – August 09
Inaugural winner of the group’s first monthly $20 Voucher prize – ☼ BRAVO! ☼