Gradient Tree

Gradient Tree

A shot of a tree in Melbourne University. The lawn in front of the Raymond Priesley, and near to the Wilson Hall.

The Curve

The Curve

Another path along the hanging rocks track. This one is even more curvy. What really interest me was the shadow and the tall slender trees ahead.

Window of The Cave

Window of The Cave

Similar to the previous picture. This one was taken with a different composition and different post processing.

Stucked Rock

Stucked Rock

A rock stucked in the middle of two bigger cliff. Has some dry plant growing on its side.

Up Hill Tough

Up Hill Tough

A stretch of tarmac between the tall trees at the Hanging rocks.

Tandoor Stones

Tandoor Stones

This one was up at the Hanging rocks site. The "mountain" of rocks spurring up were more than these but were not able to be captured in one photo unless I had a wider lens.

The title was influenced by the way how it sounds rather than what it means.



A tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven used in Transcaucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, Central Asia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, in which food is cooked over a hot charcoal fire. Temperatures in a tandoor can approach 480°C (900°F), and it is common for tandoor ovens to remain lit for long periods of time to maintain the high cooking temperature. The tandoor design is something of a transitional form between a makeshift earth oven and the horizontal-plan masonry oven, and is used almost exclusively for live-fire, radiant heat cooking.

Tandoor is used for cooking certain types of Indian, Irani, and Pakistani food, such as tandoori chicken and bread varieties like tandoori roti and naan. (The word tandoori is the adjective form.) It is also known as a tonir in Armenian which is a widely used method of cooking barbecue and lavash bread. In Georgia it is called a tone and is used for bread and kebab.

(courtesy of wikipedia.com)

Interlocking Rocks

Interlocking Rocks

We adventorously entered this cave to see what's in there. Well, Some large rocks that interlocked with each other and an end that leads to an exit at the other side. The thought of that small crack will tighly close up all the gaps between the rocks longers as we snapped out Canons off.

As Bendy As Tree

As Bendy As Tree

This was again taken during the hanging rocks trip last year (2007). I like the smooth tarmac of the trail there which meander among the trees. This shot has some saturation adjustment + dodging and burning.

Get A Turn

Get A Turn

Those turny corner, tall trees all around. Again, beautiful but of course the danger always kept the whole car on tight wits. It's also fun to do drifting here too.

Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motor sport involving the use of the technique. This article deals primarily with the sport. A car is said to be drifting when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, and the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car is turning left, wheels are pointed right), and the driver is controlling these factors.

Drifting competitions are judged based on line, angle, speed, and show factor. Line involves taking the correct line, which is usually announced beforehand by judges. The show factor is based on multiple things, such as the amount of smoke, how close the car is to the wall, and the crowd's reaction. Angle is the angle of a car in a drift, Speed is the speed entering a turn, the speed through a turn, and the speed exiting the turn; faster is better.

(courtesy of wikipedia.com)

Under The Tall Trees

Under The Tall Trees

This windy place was really really beautiful, but also dangerous. It is the strech of road that we need to drive past from Healesville to Marysville. Anyway, the car infront of us is Yan Fan's car.

As The Water Grows

As The Water Grows

A HDR shot of the Steavanson Falls from the bridge. Total of 3 shots combined to make the HDR, and the resulting image is further tuned in photoshop.

Yin Yang

Yin Yang

This is also the flow from the Steavanson Falls. The yin yang pattern interest me for this shot. The 'S' curve where rock and water are seperated. One soft one hard, one bright, one dark.

Filter

Filter

This is the rocks of the Steavanson Falls. These rocks acts like a filter, a giant filter filtering large branches along the river.

Moody Doody Day

Moody Doody Day

We passes this stretch of road a couple of times before but was just unable to take a photo of it. Not because we were lazy, but just that we were not able to get off the car and take a couple of photo. Imagine 20 people taking photo in the middle of a country road. The picture has been digitally "warmed" with yellow and orange colours.

One Car At A Time

One Car At A Time

This wooden bridge surely do feel strong and steady. However, you surely would not want to stand on it when a car roll past.

Bridges may be classified by how the four forces of tension, compression, bending and shear are distributed through their structure. Most bridges will employ all of the principal forces to some degree, but only a few will predominate. The separation of forces may be quite clear. In a suspension or cable-stayed span, the elements in tension are distinct in shape and placement. In other cases the forces may be distributed among a large number of members, as in a truss, or not clearly discernible to a casual observer as in a box beam. Bridges can also be classified by their lineage, which is shown as the vertical axis on the diagram to the right.

(courtesy of wikipedia.com)

Framed Over Decoration

Framed Over Decoration

This is the same place where we were lost at. Look at those silvery water with rocky riverside. The title was given due to the beautiful light branches overhanging on the right side to act as a frame and balancing the vegetation on the left.

Don't Dry Me Up

Don't Dry Me Up

This dam was taken during the camp. Over at the Lake Eildon in Marysville. Of course this view was from the top of the hill. The title is dedicated to the always dwindling reserve in the Victoria's dam and also the searing 37degrees temperature that we are experiencing now.

Rock-fill dams
Rock-fill dams are embankments of compacted free-draining granular earth with an impervious zone. The earth utilized often contains a large percentage of large particles hence the term rock-fill. The impervious zone may be on the upstream face and made of masonry, concrete, plastic membrane, steel sheet piles, timber or other material. The impervious zone may also be within the embankment in which case it is referred to as a core. In the instances where clay is utilized as the impervious material the dam is referred to as a composite dam. To prevent internal erosion of clay into the rock fill due to seepage forces, the core is separated using a filter. Filters are specifically graded soil designed to prevent the migration of fine grain soil particles. When suitable material is at hand, transportation is minimized leading to cost savings during construction. Rock-fill dams are resistant to damage from earthquakes. However, inadequate quality control during construction can lead to poor compaction and sand in the embankment which can lead to liquefaction of the rock-fill during an earthquake. Liquefaction potential can be reduced by keeping susceptible material from being saturated, and by providing adequate compaction during construction. An example of a rock-fill dam is New Melones Dam in California.

Earth-fill dams
Earth-fill dams, also called earthen, rolled-earth or simply earth dams, are constructed as a simple embankment of well compacted earth. A homogeneous rolled-earth dam is entirely constructed of one type of material but may contain a drain layer to collect seep water. A zoned-earth dam has distinct parts or zones of dissimilar material, typically a locally plentiful shell with a watertight clay core. Modern zoned-earth embankments employ filter and drain zones to collect and remove seep water and preserve the integrity of the downstream shell zone. An outdated method of zoned earth dam construction utilized a hydraulic fill to produce a watertight core. Rolled-earth dams may also employ a watertight facing or core in the manner of a rock-fill dam. An interesting type of temporary earth dam occasionally used in high latitudes is the frozen-core dam, in which a coolant is circulated through pipes inside the dam to maintain a watertight region of permafrost within it.
Because earthen dams can be constructed from materials found on-site or nearby, they can be very cost-effective in regions where the cost of producing or bringing in concrete would be prohibitive.

(source wikipedia.com)

Keppel Smoothie

Keppel Smoothie

This is the Keppel Stream from the Keppel falls. After a drive along the Lady Talbot drive, one lane road with many potholes and about 1km walk, you will reach the Keppel Falls. This image is a HDR image composed of 3 exposure. It may looks so colourful and so exposure correct that it seems fake.

Roughy

Roughy

This is part of the Keppel fall. The area looks so natural and it can be seen that not much man made change was introduced. This made the walking trek quite challenging. The title was given due to the rocky river with the rather heavy foliage around it.

It is a 1-km walk to the viewing decks over the falls which were named after the brothers who settled here in the 1880s.

(smh.com.au)

Dirt Track

Dirt Track



This dirt track attracted me. It is a classical dirt path with trees growing by its side. The sunlight highligting the leaves. When I took this picture, the guide was so confused on what attracted me. I had wished to be able to go lower but there was tall grass in front of me.