Travel A few days in Gariwerd (Grampians) National Park

[DaveC Oz]

My wife and I decided to do an extended weekend visit to Halls Gap, a small town at the edge of the park. This first group of shots were taken within 20 minutes, and 200 metres of arriving at our cabin.

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• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
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Even in the centre of town....

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• E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071
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[DaveC Oz]

The walking trails vary from smooth and groomed to quite rough, and challenging.

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Halls Gap from Boroka Lookout, with Lake Bellfield in the background

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Venus baths

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Indigenous rock art - Bunjil's Shelter

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Splitters Falls, both this and the image above were taken handheld.

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Common Pink Heath, Victorian state flower.

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[evacguy]

My wife and I decided to do an extended weekend visit to Halls Gap, a small town at the edge of the park. This first group of shots were taken within 20 minutes, and 200 metres of arriving at our cabin.View attachment 65055View attachment 65056View attachment 65057View attachment 65058
Even in the centre of town....
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Nice shots Dave, love the bird shots, and the last one of the main drag made me home sick.

 

[DaveC Oz]

Last few shots, Reeves lookout, Fairy Wrens, a Robin, Mackenzie Falls, and a night time view towards Ararat from Boroka lookout.

• Samyang AF 24mm F1.8
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• ISO 125

• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
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• 1/3200 sec
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• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 6400

• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 6400

• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 6400

• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 200.0 mm
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• ISO 800

• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
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• 1/250 sec
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• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
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• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
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[evacguy]

Last few shots, Reeves lookout, Fairy Wrens, a Robin, Mackenzie Falls, and a night time view towards Ararat from Boroka lookout.View attachment 65196View attachment 65197View attachment 65198View attachment 65199View attachment 65200View attachment 65201View attachment 65202View attachment 65203View attachment 65204

Dave mate, fantastic shots, I could almost smell the bush from the first shot , and the falls and birds are great. The last shot is outstanding - please provide some information about how you took the shot and what post processing you did.

 

[DaveC Oz]

The night shot is 28X5 second RAW exposures which I transferred to computer, synced the colour temperature, converted to TIFF, then used Sequator to stack into one single TIFF. I then used ON1 to enhance the mid-tones, and applied a high contrast curve to the sky area. The shot was taken during a short break in cloud cover, but I had already planned for the possibility, and visited the site during daylight. So when my wife and I finished dinner, and the stars were visible, we took off for the lookout.