Wrinkle in Time 3

 

North Spur at The Pinnacles: 17mm lens 3pm June 21st 1998: an open time shoot Location: The North Spur is at the tip of an outlying part of The Pinnacles Desert, a remarkable landscape in the Nambung National Park, 245km north of Perth, near Cervantes, Western Australia. Thousands of limestone pillars stand in a sea of yellow sand, surrounded by low coastal heathlands. The Pinnacles take a wide variety of forms, from eroded, smooth, ancient standing stones to jagged, knife-edged teeth. They were formed by the combined effects of plant roots, calcified layers and erosion. The textures on the stones reflect their evolution. Tech Specs: We used a Canon EOS 620 with 17mm wide-angle lens, mounted onto a Kaidan QuickPan Magnum Head and Manfrotto Tripod. A brisk breeze with scudding clouds brought about sudden changes in lighting, which accounts for the dramatic areas of brighter and darker sand in this shoot. Contrast this panorama with North Spur 2, shot 15 minutes later on a 35ml lens, with no cloud shadows to make things tricky. Acknowledgements: We would like to express our gratitude to the Department of Conservation and Land Management for their permission to photograph at the site.

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