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A huge panaorama overlooking Scott's Peak Dam and the Junction Creek valley. The valley floor is filled with light and shadow from the clouds scudding across the sky. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia.
A huge panaorama overlooking Scott's Peak Dam and the Junction Creek valley. The valley floor is filled with light and shadow from the clouds scudding across the sky. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia.
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A huge panaorama overlooking Scott's Peak Dam and the Junction Creek valley. The valley floor is filled with light and shadow from the clouds scudding across the sky. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia

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How this shot came about.

I had wanted to travel the entire Western Arthurs Traverse and it was a tough decision to turn back and retrace my steps...

Decision made, I climbed up out of the corrie at Lake Cygnus early in the morning with a plan to push through as far as Mt Hesperus and then camp overnight near the top of Moraine A before tackling the descent back to Junction Creek. I felt it was wise to allow a full day for the descent so as to avoid another 'intermediate' camp if it proved to be as difficult as the ascent at the beginning of the trip especially as I didn't fancy another evening spent looking for drinking water!

I traveled the path until it passed Mt Hesperus and then started to look for a suitable campsite so as to minimize my impact. I did eventually find a site but it was during the search for it that I came across this notch between Hesperus (on the right) and the rocky outcrop on the left.

The foreground drops steeply away in this image and the incredible views of the Junction Creek valley depicted here captured my attention for the best part of three hours. I felt like Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk having climbed up into the clouds only to look back and be reminded of where I had come from and what I had endured to get here.

In truth, I was elated as I sat on a flat rock in the sunshine and watch the shadows of the clouds moving in leisurely bands across the valley floor. Far below I could see Scott's Peak Dam on the left and the deceptively peaceful looking forest which had taken me along the valley on that first day as far as Junction Creek. Looking closely I could even see parts of the path to Moraine A highlighted by quartz gravel and over which I had passed before tackling that challenging climb.

For me, this shot is a memento of a moment of tranquility leading to the realization that turning back was simply a decision and not, as I had originally felt, a failure. This view alone was enough to bring me back again and as I sat there I resolved to return in 2025.

Shot Location

This Shot

Planning in The Western Arthurs is much more about understanding the likely cloud and rain that sweeps regularly over the mountains. In a wilderness circumstance such as this, where no internet services are available, my primary source of information becomes the satellite weather I can receive on my Garmin Montana 700i GPS.

In this instance the planning for the shot was little more than being in the right place at the right time.


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Gear

Camera: Canon EOS R5

Lens: Canon RF 70-200mm f2.8 L IS USM

Storage: ProGrade Cobalt CF Express B 325Gb

Ballhead: Really Right Stuff BH-40

Tripod: Really Right Stuff TFC-34L Mk2

Cable Release: Canon BR-E1 Bluetooth Remote

ND Filter: None

Exposures

Count: 77

HDR Count: 7 exposures per shot

Aperture: f11

ISO: 200

Focal Length: 95 mm

EV values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3

Shutter: 1/4000, 1/2000, 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60

Filters

ND Filter: Not used

Gradient Filter: false

Polarizer: false

Image

Rows: 1

Shots: 0

HDR Shots: 11

Aspect: Portrait

Arrangement: 1x11

Post Production

Basic Workflow

  • I used Lightroom to stitch the 77 HDR exposures together into a 11 image mosaic.
  • I passed the image through Topaz DeNoiseAI 
    • removing CCD artifacts from the image
    • particularly in the clouds

Image Adjustment

  • This image was masked into 4 regions, each getting a slightly different treatment
  • The foreground is pretty much as shot apart from the removal of one small bright rock in the bottom right which was drawing the eye
  • The mid-ground of the valley floor was sharpened and a contrast adjustment made
  • The hills on the far side of the valley had a slight DeHaze applied
  • The sky was adjusted for contrast.
  • Although the image is very large cropping was kept to a minimum as I felt the cliffs to the right framed the image and added to the feeling of immensity. 

A graphic of the shot's layout structure

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