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The sun having set it was now time for a quick flight with the drone during twilight

I’ve found facing away from the setting or set sun gives fantastic results with the drone. Beautiful pastel skies, a dark blue earth shadow on the horizon and a lovely glow of soft light across the land

Even (and perhaps especially) the 180˚ panoramas taken with the drone (if I don’t use a polariser) turn out really well

Valleys

So this is the view from the west looking east back towards the rest area where we’re staying (on the right side) and the valley below us

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The View

Twilight Tognolini

 

The view across the valley from where we were camped for the night at Albert Tognolini Rest Area is spectacular

The wider view is amazing, with the start of those amazing craggy red cliffs and ghost gums Karijini is famous for

However the tighter view is just as impressive. I’ve dragged out the longer lens on my older backup camera (D750) to shoot some more intimate landscapes across the valley

Sitting in our camp chairs enjoying the view as late afternoon drifts in and the sun gets lower to our left

We get these lovely rolling hills and valleys across the way being lit in light and shadow by the slowly setting sun

Rolling Hills and Valleys

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Low Light

Into The Light

Definition

Catchlights

Ghost Gum

 

We were heading into one of my favourite photographic locations – Karijini National Park

On the way however this was another of my requested locations that we stay the night – Albert Tognolini Lookout/Rest Area

On our last trip through here we stopped here briefly for morning tea, but I thought the location deserved further merit

This time we’d stay the night giving me ample opportunity to photograph it from land and sky

Albert Tognolini Rise

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The Rest Area is dedicated to the memory of Albert Tognolini, former Commissioner of Main Roads who early in his career was responsible for major improvements of sections of the Great Northern Highway, Victoria Highway and Duncan Road

Albert Tognolini Lookout

After leaving Broome we headed south toward Port Hedland and then inland from there

With so much mining activity around here, we were now firmly ensconced in road train territory

98 Degrees

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These road trains are really massive, it’s hard to picture just how large and long they are

Ninety Eight (98) rolling tires on one 60m long behemoth! Insane. Imagine the cost to replace all your worn tires

When they overtake you it’s an impressive, if slightly scary sight. It’s good practice to indicate to them (by flashing your headlights) to tell the driver when the last of their carriages have made it past you so they can safely move back into your lane

Road Train

Desert Pea

Stuart

 

My cabin was on the eastern side of Cape Leveque (so I’d see the sunrise)

I hadn’t done many (any?) early morning shoots on the trip so far so I got up before sunrise to walk across to the cliffs to shoot

Pointing at Dawn

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Leveque

The cliffs aren’t a solid red on the eastern side, like they are on the western side of the peninsula. They are still quite pretty, especially in the early light of dawn

Countenance