EVENING TWILIGHT AT 'THE TAOIST TREE', LAKE BONNEY RIVERLAND,
BARMERA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA (2018)
Lake Bonney is a fresh water body that is part of the wider Murray-Darling system, providing for water sports recreation to the town of Barmera, and also irrigation for extensive wine- and berry-growing industries that are based around the Barmera-Berri districts of South Australia's Riverland area.
The colours are referred to by the terms
"Earth's shadow" and
"Rise of the Belt of Venus" that occurs on the eastern horizon a few minutes after sunset, with the blue shadow gradually rising and overtaking the mauve to fill the sky. This image shows the effect at its climax. It was finished 3 minutes later.
This image was made on the evening of 16th November 2018. I return to this spot again this year to attempt a full-frame (6x7) symmetrical reflection shot of the tree. This means the shot will be made by shooting
in the water (about thigh deep), not from the relatively comfortable and dry shoreline!
Image cropped to faux-6x6 from 6x7, printed 20x20cm +2WB RA-4 on
Kodak Endura Professional metallic media.
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Pentax 67 + SMCP 90mm f2.8, UV(0) MLU, 3sec exposure
RVP50 multispot/MWA metered w/ +2.0 baseline.
Five framed prints in private collections (Australia, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai and Bali)