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The recent rains have opened up all sorts of opportunities that have kept me on the road or in the air over the last few weeks.

The most obvious result of those rains has been the greening of the countryside over a wide area of the Flinders Ranges and Outback.

It is something of a shock to see such areas of green when you are so used to the brown and yellow hues that normally cover the land.

From the air it is very evident.

The Wooltana Station homestead nestling up against the foothills of the Flinders Ranges is surrounded in a Green carpet

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After rains the vegetation takes on a rather striking shade of green.

It’s almost iridescent as seen here on both side of the Nepowie Range near the Gammon Ranges National Park.

The time of day could have a bearing on this.

The image above was taken mid afternoon..the other two, top and bottom, in the early morning.

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Further north you could almost imagine playing an extended round of golf on the plains near the Beverley Uranium mine.

The bunkers could be  a bit savage though.

In the world of digital photography, green seems to be the colour most difficult to capture correctly. Whether that’s an Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom thing I am not sure. It could be just me.

However I have found that taking  care to get exposures right is the best way round this.

Like everywhere else autumn brings a new range of colours to be photographed, and in the Flinders Ranges it is no different.

The colours maybe softer, less vivid than those of the summer months but in their own way just as beautiful.

The is a view from Moro Gorge on the IPA lands of Nantawarrina looking north to Mt. McKinlay in the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park.

The Gammons are part of the northern Flinders Ranges.

Nantawarrina is aboriginal land and permission is needed to visit there.

Almost on the border between the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary and the Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park.

A painterly quality in a landscape is a bonus.

Often it is hard to achieve, but this one, I think, hits the mark.

For those that want the technical details the photograph was taken late afternoon a few weeks before Christmas. Canon 5D Mk II and a 28-300 mm f3.5-5.6L series zoom lens at f22, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/8th sec, focal length 235 mm on a tripod.

Near Balcanoona in the Gammon Ranges.
(Google Maps – Balcanoona South Australia)