I was blown away by the beauty of Cataract Gorge, and all only a 15 minute walk from the Launceston city centre! I hope you enjoy some of the photo’s I took as we walked around and took in this natural wonder. We didn’t see it all so a return visit is most definitely in order. As you will see, I really love trees and autumn leaves!
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/20s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/20s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/1.4 Shutter Speed: 1/125s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/1.4 Shutter Speed: 1/200s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/640s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/60s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/100s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/1.4 Shutter Speed: 1/2000s
Camera Settings – Lens: 105mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/250s
Camera Settings – Lens: 105mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/60s
Camera Settings – Lens: 105mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/80s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/40s
Camera Settings – Lens: 50mm ISO: 200 Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: 1/13s
NOW FOR SOME PHONE PICS …
For the next Tassie Trip post we leave Launceston and make our way to Stanley!
Here’s where you can catch up on our Tassie trip so far: Day 1 – Hobart, Day 2 – MONA – Hobart, Day 3 – Richmond, Day 4 – Port Arthur, Day 5 – Bicheno, Day 5 – Wineglass Bay, Day 5 – Sleepy Bay, Day 5 – Cape Tourville, Day 5 – St Mary’s, Day 6 – Bay of Fires: Binalong Bay, Day 6 – Bay of Fires: The Gardens, Day 6 – Pyengana Cows, Day 6 – St Columba Falls, Day 7 – Launceston – where we Stayed, and Day 7 – City of Launceston!
Ciao for now,
Linking up with My Little Drummer Boys and Steph’s Joy for #WordlessWednesday
and with My Brown Paper Packages for #WednesdayWanderlust
18 Comments
Min, I always look forward to your photos of your Tasmanian adventure.
As usual these are fantastic. Photo 2 and photo 10 focus on single leaf or leaves in sharp focus and I really like that aspect of your style and skill. I really like photo 7 which has the suspension bridge capturing the eye and perfectly framed and having its mirror image in the water. That’s an excellent photo. The way that you have beautifully captured the golden browns and yellows and shades of autumn in photos 8, 9 11 and 12 are wonderful. I think that you could make a large farmable collage with these photos. The last photo that is a montage of three phone photos is a lovely summation of your day at Cataract Gorge.
However the photo that is my favourite is the second one. That tree trunk is in such relief and you can see all the different knots and flows of the wood. In this photo I see lots of faces and “gargoyles” and I feel like its one of the trees that came alive in the old show H.R. Puff and Stuff. It also makes me think back to Enid Blyton’s “Far Away Tree”. This could be that Far Away Tree.
Thanks for sharing your art with us once more.
Ciao,
Patrick
Patrick, I always look forward to your comments on my photography based posts because you pay so much attention to detail and provide some great feedback. It’s always interesting to know which one you like the best and though you said the second one, I think you must mean the third one because you refer to the tree trunk. You’ve brought back some memories for me when you said the tree trunk reminded you of the trees that used to come to life in the old show H.R. Puff and Stuff. I used to love that show when I was a kid. As for Enid Blyton well she was the reason I fell in love with reading and The Faraway Tree series and Hollow Tree House were favourite books of mine. Thanks again for such a thoughtful comment! 🙂
Lovely pics of Cataract Gorge Min. How did you go on the suspension bridge? Did it rock while you were on it? 🙂
Thanks Lyndall! That suspension bridge swayed and bounced when I was on it! I was a bit nervous! 🙂
Gorgeous spot isn’t it Min. Did you like the suspension bridge? Can’t wait to see your Stanley photos!
It’s beautiful there Steph! I would have liked longer there as there was a lot we didn’t get to see. The suspension bridge was quite bouncy! Oh Stanley was my absolute favourite place in Tassie – what a treasure of a place! 🙂
Great photo of that little wallaby, lucky he stood still and posed for you. And gorgeous colours in all those leaves too.
Thanks for linking up #wednesdaywanderlust
Thanks Malinda! Yes what a stroke of good luck with that Wallaby. I didn’t have such good luck with the birdlife – they kept moving so lots of blurry shots! 🙂
Wow, I can’t believe such a scenic place exists just 15 min walk from the city? Tasmania really sounds like a lovely place! And I absolutely LOVE autumn leaves too. Unfortunately we don’t get them in Singapore. When would be the best time for autumn leaves in Tasmania?
It’s incredible isn’t it?! Tasmania is gorgeous! I loved it there. We were there in late April and early May – perfect time for autumn leaves! No you wouldn’t get autumn leaves in Singapore. We don’t get them here in Brisbane either! 🙂 x
Hi Min! First time here; loving your blog, especially all the gorgeous pictures! I just love when all the leaves change color; fall is definitely here (well, not in L.A where I am, it’s still a good 102 degrees out!) xo
Kana – welcome to my blog! So nice to have you visit! These photos were taken in late April (Autumn time in Australia). We’re in Spring now until 1 November when it will be summer again. I think the weather in LA would be similar to the weather we get here in Brisbane. 🙂 xo
Those Autumn leaves are gorgeous. Thanks for taking us to this lovely place on Wednesday Wanderlust!
Thanks Kathy – as a Brisbane girl who doesn’t get to see much of Autumn leaves I was totally captivated by them. They were so beautiful and everywhere in Tassie! 🙂
These pictures are gorgeous! I also love that for beginner photographers like me you included your camera settings 😀 So happy the leaves are finally starting to change colors !!
Thank you Lauren! I started putting camera settings a while back when a reader who was a keen photographer asked if I could. It’s no problem at all so I’ll keep doing it. The photo’s were taken in late April / Early May – perfect for the autumn leaves. 🙂
Your photographic work has really done justice to the stunning scenery Min – they look sensational.
Oh thanks so much Sally – such a lovely thing to say! 🙂