Wow Greg, very nice indeed. I love the color rendition and vibrance you achieved. The night shots look alive ! Unfortunately I will probably never get there being in USA .. lol, but thanks for sharing with all of us. Haven't been out much with the gear having been going through hand surgeries to fix my carpel tunnels. My hands should be splendid in about a few months or so.
Some keep places secret to protect the environment. Dave Morrow (he made some excellent videos) did that. I photograph orchids. Sometimes I find lots of holes where orchids might have lived, so I will be cautious about giving out orchid locations. In the sixties, I camped at a particular location along the Blackwood River. It's pretty shot now though.
Well, nobody is going to pick up the rock and take it home. The locals who live there know exactly where it is and were happy to tell me. This was being kept secret simply because other photographers are scared that they will lose some of the attention they are getting from photographing places like this.
@@GregCarrick That's true, Dave Morrow's concerns were more to do with litter and wear and tear. Augusta Margaret River has problems with shit and toilet paper being left around where (allegedly) backpackers camp illegally. Me, I don't go anywhere for iconic scenes. Those I visit are important to me personally, I have chanced upon some. When I go, I like to "go where there's nothing to see and make interesting photos." I have done "wrong lens," and I have done "wrong settings." I think I might give you "what three words" to park your car. I won't tell you where to put your camera.
That's interesting. I've done various searches of Mammoth Arch, Guerilla Bay, and come up with no mention of Mammoth Arch. Not even linked to an image of the arch itself. When I was there, none of the locals I spoke with about the rock called it by any name at all. Where did you get that info (genuinely interested).
Greg, it is simply called the Arch. I have never heard of it being called Mammoth Arch. I don't have problems with people coming there, but I don't think it is necessary to broadcast it to the whole world. We are already seeing the impact of more visitors in the area - rubbish, trampling of vegetation, erosion on tracks including one that takes you over the arch (you don't need to walk through the arch itself). Basically the environment is being degraded by having so many more visitors come to the area. I am a photographer myself and I have never thought people should disclose locations just so I might go to the same location. For God sake, there are so many beautiful places in this world you can easily find if you take the trouble to look without having to rely on others to find them for you. In any case, locations don't make you a better photographer and copying what others have done won't improve you. As it was you just needed to ask a local how to find the Arch when you got there. I just don't buy the idea that we should be disclosing locations as though we are doing everyone a favour and it is the decent thing to do. It is not a decent thing to do if you care about a place and the environment.
That's a rather selfish view to take. It's ok for you to go there, but not others. Or it's only ok if they are locals. I'm happy to guide people to beautiful spots where I live so they can also enjoy them, whether they take photos or not. None of us own the world.
@@GregCarrick I am also happy to guide others to beautiful places where I live if they have the right attitude - and I do. When you see a place you love or you have loved being trashed you take a different view. This is not selfish, this is about caring. And what is this about photographers who feel they have a right to know? I don't get it. It says something about them and their photography. I never get a sense that they care about the places they visit.
