Bali Rice Field

This is an image that won the “Best Photo Travel Picture of the Year” of the PSA Photo Travel Division in 1994. Every year the Travel Division invites photographers to submit their prize winning photo travel slides from all international salons. The best picture is then selected among the prize winning images for this prestigious award. I think the colors, composition, lines, patterns and the setting of this place makes a strong, impactful picture.

This image was also awarded the PSA Gold Medal for the Best Photo Travel Picture of the 53rd Circle of Confusion International Salon, California, USA in 1990. The same image was also published in the “Photography Year Book, 1995”, UK.

Sand Dunes of Pinnacles

This is another image captured at the Pinnacles, Western Australia during my last visit in November 2003. I like the pattern formed by the sand. The early morning sunlight gave good contour patterns of light and shadow. The saturated blue sky provided the image with good colour contrast help to create a picture with good visual impact. Nature is really the greatest artist among them all!

Vegetation of Cottlesloe Beach

Mother Nature should be regarded as the greatest artist of them all. The aesthetics of nature has provided endless inspriations for our artists through the ages. I captured this image after taking the “Waves of Cottesloe Beach” (featured just a few days ago) in Western Australia. The lighting was just brilliant, emphasizing the textures for such a natural setting. A polariser was used to achieve an even greater colour saturatuion in the original vivid, blue sky.

The shape of the sandstone on the right reminded me of a tortise climbing up a slope. What is your interpretation?