myday #34 - Travel With Me To The Pink Lake!

in #photography7 years ago

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Photographing the Pink Lake


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I love going on little holidays! I had some time off and decided it would be a great idea to drive seven - yes I said seven - hours to a place that was a bit different. I wanted to photograph the incredible pink lake located north of Perth along the coral coast of Western Australia.

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The lake gets the amazing flurecent colour from Dunaliella bacteria that thrives on the salty waters. Not many people go out to see it as it really isn’t too much of tourist attraction, but I’m sure many photographers have been out there before - I mean who doesn’t want photos of a pink lake, right?

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My plan was simple, pack some clothes, food, toiletries and camera gear and set off for a few days to camp alongside the lake to capture it’s colourful water in different lighting conditions. I aimed to get there around midday to have enough time to set up and explore.

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Hours passed and I finally made it! I couldn’t believe how big the lake was. It was huge. To drive around half of the lake took around 20 minutes!

I found a suitable spot to set up my poorman’s tripod (literally falling apart) and began to set up my camera to take in the view.

As the day passed the first sunset was due. Using some Lee filters I was able to gain a correct exposure for the sky and the land to come up with this, my favourite photo.

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Over the next day and a half, I walked the edges of the lake to find different angles, unique shrubs, sticks and rocks to fill the foreground with the hope of making an interesting shot.

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The whole trip was totally worth it and I highly recommend driving the distance anywhere in the world to get to a location you have always dreamed of going to!

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This pink lake is part of the native Aboriginal people’s land that we call Australia and I feel very lucky to be able to explore it. Hopefully one day you get the chance to ‘go walkabout’ too and see what Australia really has to offer.


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Thank you as always @mxzn!

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wow very nice pics! the first is amazing

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The colours in your these photos are fabulous. I like the first one. It is like in fairy tale, blue sky and pink water.

It certainly is isn't it! I never really thought of describing it as a fairy tale, now that I have heard it I should have changed the title to that! Thanks for commenting @victoriart. I'm glad you like it :)

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You've increased my desire to visit Australia, thanks! )
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Thanks @edward.demin. You should definitely visit. Australia is waiting!

I'd say the drive was well worth it! Amazing colors that you rarely see together in nature.

Thank you @timelapse! The drive was quite long but in the end it worked out as you mentioned! Thanks for commenting :)

Your posts are wonderful! I really love that first photo, thanks for sharing!

Thank you @ma1neevent. I try and put a bit of work into each post so I'm glad you like them :) Thanks for commenting :)

Great shots, I really like the second to last one...! :)

Love them all, but the tones on that first shot are incredible :))

Thanks @brumest! I'm glad you like the first one :) It's my favourite too!

It really stands out from the rest.