Abstracts Archives - Peter MacDonald Photo

Two Rocks

Peter MacDonald — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:00:06 +0000

Photography is an interesting pursuit. The bottom line though is an observation which brings me to this picture of two rocks or as I see it, father and son.

Probably a thousand people or more walk past here every week and I wonder if any see it like this or just two rocks in a bunch of others.

Port Eliot on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia.

The image is one of the features in my gallery that is located at 76 Mundoo Channel Drive, Hindmarsh Island, South Australia. Open this weekend Saturday and Sunday 11am-3pm.

Frozen Waves

Peter MacDonald — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:30:44 +0000

Lake Frome, Outback South Australia

Interesting backstory to this image. I was working over outback salt lakes that had recent rains.

We’d been shooting at high altitudes but were finished and descending as we headed for base.

Sitting in the back with the door open I was watching the waves in the water below.

I would pick a wave and watch if for some time when almost instantly it would stop moving. The pilot saw this too so we turned and it soon became obvious all the waves were doing the same thing.

Frozen Waves in a salt lake. It didn’t seem real

We took many photos. There were beautiful shapes and colours all over the lake.

How come?

The water in the lake was super saline, it was summer and the temperatures were 50C plus with a strong wind blowing.

The evaporation was so great that while the wind was blowing the waves it was also sucking it dry.

The purple/mauve colour in the frozen wave was algae that just accentuated what was happening.

“The Bloke” on Instagram

Peter MacDonald — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 07:05:30 +0000

Although the pictures posted on the Sentimental Bloke website have always been randomly selected there has always been an underlying theme.

For more than a decade I have been recording the ever changing cycles of nature. These cycles have included drought, flood, dust storms, good weather and bad, the four seasons, the flora, the wildlife and lots more.

Perhaps the biggest cycle of nature that I have followed is the flooding of the salt lakes in South Australia’s outback.

Watching this epic phenomenon unfold brought with it a realisation there is true natural art occurring almost everywhere, the trick being to see it.

The Sentimental Bloke is now on Instagram with the intention of focusing on the these natural events in a more orderly fashion and to showcase a truly amazing part of the world to an international audience.

Follow on Instagram – @thesentimentalbloke

After Sundown – The Blue Hour

Peter MacDonald — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:40:11 +0000

Eye Catcher

Peter MacDonald — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:30:54 +0000

Standing on a desert plain surrounded by an untold number of rocks – all various shapes and sizes.

And then, there’s one in a million. Covered in lichen, tiny colourful flowers and the sun falling at just the right angle.

The Roy Orbison of the Rock World.

Cow Dung

Peter MacDonald — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 03:25:20 +0000

Because I took the photograph it is pretty clear to me what it is.
But it’s caught a few people out who did not have the benefit of the above heading.

Abstracts in Mud and Water

Peter MacDonald — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:03:12 +0000

From raging torrents to streams that make gentle waves…which in time become patterns frozen in the fine, rich red mud washed down from the mountains.

Abstracts in Mud and Water

Peter MacDonald — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:12:30 +0000

Chaos and turmoil…….an outback creek at full pace after a recent thunderstorm.

f6.3 @ 1000th sec, ISO 400