Alpha Photography Blog

Landscape photography is something I’m particularly interested in - mainly because I love to travel.

I’ve seen some pretty varied landscapes, and some are easier to photograph than others.  Recently I visited Victor Harbour in South Australia for the first time, and took the opportunity to walk over to Granite Island.  It is a fascinating place, and not just because you can get there on a horse drawn ‘coach’.

The position and weather make this a pretty weather ravaged place.  Add some lichen, and you have the makings of some interesting photographs…

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Going through some recent photos, I can across two shots which looked pretty hopeless when I took them (I was scouting out wedding photography locations with a bride and groom to be, and the weather that day was miserable).

But, I decided to have a play in old faithful Photoshop….

Here is one of the originals:

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One of the things that you need to make most landscape photographs work, is sunlight and at least some blue sky.

On a trip earlier this year to Byron Bay, in northern NSW, Australia, sunlight was a little lacking.

So, I just waited until there was a hint of sunlight and then let Photoshop do the rest!

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