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After a late lunch we all decided to head to the nearby (well a half hour or so drive :)) village of Wollombi.

I’ve been here a number of times before and it is a great place to visit. It’s one of many tiny little villages on the winding road through beautiful countryside between the central coast and the Hunter Valley/Singleton. Wollombi however is probably the largest of these small towns and it has quite a large market at various times of the year along with the livestock saleyards, the Wollombi Country Fair and the Wollombi music festival.

Twins

NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 190 mm, 1/200 sec at f/8, ISO 1000

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger – so click any of the images below to see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer.

We first shot in the churchyard just on the main road going through town and then moved up along the Wollombi Road.

NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 200

NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/400 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

I’d never actually been up Wollombi Road past the main part of town where the shops end before so today we drove further up the road to the cemetery opposite the Wollombi Public School. It was just on sunset now and the light was dropping fast. Time to make use of it as quickly as we could. The lichen and moss on these headstones and the wooden fences was fantastic, especially in the dying golden light.

NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 112 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8, ISO 560

The image at the top of this post was taken looking over the small lake at the bottom of the cemetery. I must admit to have “stolen” this shot :). One of my fellow togs was shooting towards this tree and I loved the way the setting sun was just picking it out and creating this fabulous reflection in the water. Time to make use of the longer end of the 28-300 walkaround lens I was using and grab that shot before the sun was gone.

And then just like that two minutes later it was all gone. Still this swan was lovely in it’s white wake set amongst a palette of greens. Pushing the ISO to 2000 and shooting at 300mm for some of the last shots of the day…

Swan Lake

NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 2000

Walking back to the car just time for one more shot of the amazing moss and lichen on this fence…

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NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 190 mm, 1/200 sec at f/5.6, ISO 1250

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