Beautiful Light at Lawn Hill National Park...

[rpo83]

This is one of my favorite images from my trip.

It was taken in Lawn Hill National Park, QLD.

I had about 700 K's to cover for the day, so my plan was to quickly get to the Gorge, walk to the falls, get a few shots then get on the bike and get some K's under my wheels.

As i was trying to find the walking track, i bumped into the Canoe hire guy, he told me it would be quicker to paddle and he had a waterproof container i could use for my cameras.... deal done, $20 for an hour canoe hire :D

This shot was taken paddling back towards the morning sun, i saw the canoe rounding the corner, the woman paddler was wearing a wide brim white hat, the sun was back-lighting her, the hat and water from her paddle looked stunning, i quickly grabbed my camera, hoping i would get setup before she got to the shaded part of the gorge, luckily i made it.

The water is a stunning emerald green due to the high amount of calcium in the water.

I hope you like it as much as i do.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6132727820_10b42ef6fb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpo83/6132727820/)
SD14R SDIM6055 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpo83/6132727820/) by rpo83 (http://www.flickr.com/people/rpo83/), on Flickr

The gorge was stunning, one of the highlights of the trip.

This is one of my earlier shots, paddling into the gorge..

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6132180957_9d5779a800_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpo83/6132180957/)
SD14R SDIM6041 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpo83/6132180957/) by rpo83 (http://www.flickr.com/people/rpo83/), on Flickr

[plusnq]

Nice Steve. I love Lawn Hill Gorge. Used stop in there quite a bit after clinics in Doomadgee. Is the road into the Gorge any good yet? That road from Gregory Downs to Cammoweal used to claim a lot of tyres. Most people went via the "Curry and Four Ways since the mine fixed up that road.

Cheers

Shane

[emPhoto]

Makes me want to be there.... Basta*d.... ;)

M :)

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[Lost]

LO L Not much fun getting in there with a road train to pick up a 100 head of cattle. Bloody worse coming out again. That was a while ago and Lawn Hill is still on my list of places to return to.

Thanks for sharing.

[Spearmint]

Very nice... I like them both, you can feel the serenity.

Thanks for sharing

[vaughan]

Nice shots Steve, no1 is a ripper

[loose cannon]

Yeah, that first one is stunning!

Fantastic capture Steve. The paddler adds so much to the feeling of tranquility and peace of the image.