What to do when you are housebound. Fortunately Covid-19 was about a three week affair here in South Australia. Nonetheless very scary as we watched what was happening around other parts of Australia and the rest of the world.

In those first few weeks isolation and social distancing was at the forefront of everyone’s minds. This photo is a reminder of all that. An arrangement of native flowers and leaves.  I’m a great believer in taking pictures every day but cooped up at home is a bit of a challenge and I feel for the any people who have and are still coping with lockdowns or self isolation.

The captivating colours of water lilies, the slightly chaotic arrangement and the opaque water they float in. So simple and serene. They’ll come and go but worth a photo. A small feature in the Hindmarsh Island gallery.

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.