I just had enough time to briefly visit the edge of the Daintree rainforest while I was in Port Douglas to photograph the Low Isles lighthouse. So here’s an image, just for a taste.
Photographing in rainforest can be difficult because there is so much detail it can be hard to isolate a composition. That’s not so much the problem here but the harsh daylight meant that the range of tones between shadows and highlights were greater than the slide film could fully capture.
I think this was just north of Cairns and I was probably driving north to Port Douglas. This is a view down the coast, looking south, with a nice range of tones in the rocks, trees, sea and sky.
The red streak at the top right is car tail lights disappearing around a bend in the highway. If you follow down diagonally from there to the bottom left corner, you will see a curious object just beside the water’s edge. There is probably a dramatic and tragic story of how that got to be there.
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Hello Murray!… you are right, this that picture was taken in North Cairns : Capitan Cook Hwy, between Palm Cove and Port Douglas… a really nice road!
By the way… I like your blog!, lovely pictures!!
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Thanks very much, Belu. I wonder if the bus is still there, 25 years later.
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You’re welcome Murray! 🙂
I’m not 100% sure about the bus, but I don´t think so. At least I’ve never seen it.
I sometimes go to Port Douglas, I’ll pay attention on that.
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