We were hiking at Easter and went to one of our favourite places - the Warrumbungles in NSW. Here are my 'faces' for today's theme - rock faces of course! You can only see this view of the 'breadknife' from the Grand High Tops walk - a long steep hike to the high centre of what was a huge volcano - worth the sore muscles for the view! The breadknife is one of the most famous formations in the National Park, a trachyte dyke that is only a few metres wide, but about 600m high and runs for about 900m. On this walk you come up beside the massive wall and after climbing even higher for a fabulous view, the trail goes down again on the other side.
The other 'faces' were much easier to photograph - a sunrise walk along the fire trail near our campsite showed the moon behind split rock, with the rock faces lit by the rising sun.
That bottom one is a once-in-a-lifetime thing to see, much less photograph!
ReplyDeleteWhat great rewards for a little exercise (Tee Hee) I love the in your face of the top shots but the peek-a-boo Moon is something special. Last time I was in High Tops it was for an Army Exercise and who had time for photography, a scary place for Night Exercises.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, yes, just "a little exercise" but fortunately not at night :)
ReplyDeletethat first photo is beautiful but that second one is out of the world drop dead gorgeous....impressive sounding hike too!
ReplyDeleteWOW! The scenes are over the top beautiful! Well worth the effort of the steep hike to be able to see and photograph.
ReplyDeleteBoth shots to behold for different reasons....the first for the exhilaration of a view from the top, the second for the perfect timing of the shot.
ReplyDeleteThat second image is a real stunner...what a great capture....get it on your wall
ReplyDeleteI'll just echo Steve- you must print that second shot large!
ReplyDeleteThat last image is just so striking...love the color!
ReplyDeleteBoth great captures but the bottom one is just an awesome scene with its composition and that very striking color!
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