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One of the more famous locations along the Gibb River Road is the Pentecost River Crossing

This particular image looking down the Gibb River Road over the crossing with the Cockburn range in the background is “the” synonymous image for this location

Pentecost & Cockburn

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 53 mm, 1/100 sec at f/11, ISO 64

Unfortunately not much water on this occasion (and they’ve recently upgraded the crossing by building up a ford out of rocks and gravel to make the crossing easy)

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.

A three frame vertical panorama taken from higher up with the drone

Pentecost

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/800 sec at f/5, ISO 100 x 3 Frames

Cockburn

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 61 mm, 1/80 sec at f/11, ISO 64

This was one of the “additional” detours I had requested for this trip

I’d heard of and seen images taken of a boab tree with the Cockburn range in the background at sunset. Additionally the same location was also used for some very nice astro images (e.g. a milky way arch over the boab)

The Boabs and the Range

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/30 sec at f/5, 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.

Unfortunately the location was somewhere down the infamous Gibb River Road. So going there with a road caravan was a definite NO. So we ended up staying again at the Cockburn Rest Area and I drove in car only for an afternoon and evening of shooting

Cockburn Selfie

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/640 sec at f/5, ISO 100

These images were taken along the way on the Gibb

Before leaving Wyndham – I’ll post a couple more images from that amazing location. A whole swag of interesting boab trees out alone in a grassy plain

The image below is looking back from the other side during twilight. The sun has set behind me leaving a purple and pink glow in the sky opposite

Counterlight

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 3 sec at f/8, ISO 64

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Boab Highway

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 10.00 sec at f/10, ISO 64

and a look forwards again towards where the sun had recently set

Afterglow

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 33.5 mm, 4 sec at f/9, ISO 64

This is a sample of some of the amazing abstract watercolour like images. Looking straight down over the mud flats way to the north of Wyndham. I had to fly quite a few kilometers out from the Fiver River Lookout to get to this area. Where mysterious colours and patterns naturally form

Wyndham Watercolours I

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/200 sec at f/5, ISO 100

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The images are essentially straight out of camera – I felt no need to tinker with perfection. Nature really can be quite outstanding at times

In fact if I hadn’t told you what you were looking at you probably wouldn’t have any idea what this was – a watercolour painting perhaps 🙂

Wyndham Watercolours V

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/120 sec at f/5, ISO 100

Wyndham Watercolours VII

DJI Mavic 2 Pro L1D-20c + 28.0 mm f/2.8 @ 10.26 mm, 1/120 sec at f/5, ISO 100