Mount Wellington, Tasmania
After my ear drum ruptured in the middle of a Virgin Blue flight from Brisbane to Cairns, ruining a good part of my trip, it had been several days since I went out and actually felt like shooting again. I finally felt good enough to take a short trip to Mount Wellington in Tasmania. Rising above 4,100 feet from the Derwent River and the town of Hobart, the views are stunning, albeit often cloud filled. This is my favorite shot from the trip up — showing the enclosed observation deck, surrounding hills and mountains, the river, harbor and town below. While there were certainly tons of people up top, I felt very much removed from the rest of the world.
An interesting unanticipated challenge was that directly behind me was a very large (and apparently powerful) transmission tower that interfered with the communication between my camera body and the lens. The view finder kept going dark like I pressed the DoF button — and then random never-before-seen error messages on the LCD of my 1Ds… pretty freaky.
