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We were once again staying at one of my favourite free camping/rest area’s from our previous trip through here

Ngumban Cliff Lookout rest area is perched up on the cliff above this fantastic little valley

Below the rocks and earth are an array of warm colours. Tangerines, Reds, Yellows and Oranges

With spinifex and these lovely ghost gums in the valley

Tangerine Dream

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 48 mm, 1/50 sec at f/8, ISO 400

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Ngumban Trees

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 70 mm, 1/80 sec at f/8, ISO 640

This time I had the drone so I can show you what the area looks like from above

That’s our van parked along the cliff edge looking into the valley below

Ngumban Cliff Sunset

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/320 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Ngumban Way

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/80 sec at f/4, ISO 100

We pulled into Leycesters Rest Area to stay for the night

The full moon rose with sunset so we had a nice orange moon rising through the twilight pastels

The Moontree

NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/13 sec at f/8, ISO 100

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Leycesters Rest

NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/5 sec at f/8, ISO 100

Even attempted a little moonlit long exposure to try and capture a few of the brightest stars. The moon washes out most of the night sky however

Camping Under the Stars

NIKON Z 7 + 14.0 mm f/2.4 @ 14 mm, 10 sec at f/2.4, ISO 400

Good things come to those who wait, or so it’s said… Time to shoot the Cockburn Boab during twilight with rapturous purple pastel skies. The hills and cliffs of the Cockburn range in the background is still getting a touch of orange glow from the set sun over the horizon behind me

Boab Afterglow

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 25.5 mm, 30 sec at f/11, ISO 64

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Twilight Glow

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 83 sec at f/8, ISO 64

and all too soon it’s all over and time for the long drive back to the caravans

Twilight Boab

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 32.5 mm, 30 sec at f/9, ISO 400

The sun had just set and now the light was turning incredible

The cliff faces were turning soo deep burning red and the twilight sky was getting some interesting colour

The Burn

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 100

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

The moon rose just before sunset which precluded any chance of doing any astrophotography here. I’d just have to be satisfied with some twilight imagery

Moon Glow

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 100

The camera on this Mavic 2 Pro is frankly pretty amazing. This 180˚ twenty one (21) frame stitched panorama gives an amazing view of the Cockburn Range lit up red during early twilight

Cockburn Red

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/60 sec at f/4, ISO 100 x 21 Frames

So worth the rough drive out here…

and finally I found the location I was looking for. I’d been given a somewhat vague description of the location. No GPS co-ords which would have been much more useful :). We missed it on the way in (which is why we ended up at the Pentecost Crossing). But found in on the way back

It’s here -> 15°50’8.705″ S 127°55’12.548″ E BTW 🙂

I was still waiting for sunset and twilight to shoot with my normal landscaping kit. So I fired up the drone for an aerial view

Cockburn Boab

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/50 sec at f/5, ISO 100

The range doesn’t look all that far away… As it turns out I had to fly the drone around 3km’s away before I reached the face of the closest cliff

This new Occusync 2.0 technology for communicating with the new DJI drones is frankly amazing

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Cockburn Up Close

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/50 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Cockburn Detail

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 100

Then it was moving towards sunset and the good late light was really starting to hit those west facing cliffs

Cockburn Sunset

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 100