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This spectacular panorama cannot do justice to the scale and grandeur of this landscape. The peaks in the center distance are 4km away! The mountain to the left rises 800m above the valley floor below. I was overwhelmed. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia.
This spectacular panorama cannot do justice to the scale and grandeur of this landscape. The peaks in the center distance are 4km away! The mountain to the left rises 800m above the valley floor below. I was overwhelmed. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia.
Nature's Cathederal
Nature's Cathederal
Nature's Cathederal
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Nature's Cathederal

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This spectacular panorama cannot do justice to the scale and grandeur of this landscape. The peaks in the center distance are 4km (2.5miles) away! The mountain to the left rises 800m (2600ft) above the valley floor below. I was overwhelmed. Taken from atop the Western Arthurs in Tasmania, Australia

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How this shot came about.

In general, it's quite difficult to convey the sheer joy of walking along the Western Arthurs Traverse but this scene was even more impactful than I could have imagined.

I was already having a great photographic day with a target rich environment and great lighting. I had just taken Neptune's Sisters and struck out and up to reach the very top of the corrie wall. As I crested the wall and this scene was revealed I was completely overwhelmed and dropped to my knees in awe.

The wind was gusting to 100kph (62mph) from the North and had blown away all visual distance cues. This vast canyon stretched out in front of me like the nave of the greatest cathedral and for 30 minutes I could do nothing more than drink in the scene.

To give the reader a sense of scale, the vast bulk of Mount Hayes on the left rises up 800m (2600ft) from the valley floor and Mount Sirius (in the background) is more than 4km (2.5miles) away.

As I knelt there little did I realize that this would be the furthest point of my 2023 expedition as inclement weather and the need for more training with a heavier pack dictated my return to Moraine A two days later. 

I remain upbeat however and use this shot as a reminder of all that is to come on the 2025 expedition. For me, Mount Sirius is the gateway to Lake Oberon to its South and its corrie walls frame Square Lake to its North, the two main targets of the next trip - can't wait!

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.

This shot was one of several I took on this day once I realized I would have a 6-8 hour window of high cloud and little rain.

Planning here also involved cutting back my rucksack to the bare essentials for safety as well as photography in order to minimize its weight. It made for a very pleasant “carry”.


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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: 35

HDR Count: 7 exposures per shot

Aperture: f10

ISO: 125

Focal Length: 70 mm

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

Shutter: 1/1600, 1/800, 1/400, 1/200, 1/100, 1/50, 1/25

Filters

ND Filter: Not used

Gradient Filter: false

Polarizer: false

Image

Rows: 1

Shots: 0

HDR Shots: 5

Aspect: Portrait

Arrangement: 1x5

Post Production

Basic Workflow

  • I used Lightroom to stitch the 35 HDR exposures together into a 5 image mosaic
  • I passed the image through Topaz DeNoiseAI removing CCD noise from the sky and clouds 

Image Adjustment

  • There was a contrast and clarity adjustment to the hillsides in the background
  • There was a light pass across the image with Topaz SharpenAI
  • The contrast of the clouds was adjusted to bring out some details
  • The image was cropped in to tighten the composition

A graphic of the shot's layout structure

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