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46 Australian Geographic

SPEED

Kah Kit Yoong, Victoria

Finding a foreground that did justice to

New Zealand’s most majestic landscape has been

an elusive task for me over the years. However,

early one morning, standing in the midst of a

rising tide, a long exposure provided a dynamic

perspective to capture the motion in the water.

Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand

Canon EOS 5D Mk III, Canon 16–35mm f/2.8L II,

4 seconds, f/22, ISO 50, Really Right Stuff TQC 14

tripod, BH-30 ballhead

PHYSALIA PHYSALIS

BLUEBOTTLE

Physalia physalis

Matthew Smith, New South Wales

Despite its potentially dangerous sting, the

bluebottle zooid is a beautiful creature. I wanted

to demonstrate this with careful lighting and

composition. On this particular morning a whole

armada of them had been blown into this little

bay and were trapped overnight.

Bushrangers Bay, Shellharbour, New South Wales

Nikon D300S, Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 fisheye, 1/320, f/13,

ISO 320, Inon Z220 Substrobe, Blusnoot Fibre Optic

Snoot, Aquatica for D300S, Aquatica 8” Acrylic Dome

Port, handheld

WANAKA WILLOW

CRACK WILLOW

Salix fragilis

Marc Lynch, New South Wales

On my first trip to New Zealand, I travelled

to Lake Wanaka specifically to photograph

a willow in the lake. With a backdrop of

snowcapped mountains, the lone bonsai-

like willow stands in the stillness at dusk.

Lake Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand

Canon EOS 5D Mk II, Canon 17–40mm f/4L,

78 seconds, f/9, ISO 100, Manfrotto tripod

DEVOTED MOTHER

HUMPBACK WHALE

Megaptera novaeangliae

Vanessa Mignon, New South Wales

Humpback whales migrate to Tonga every year

to mate, give birth and nurse their calves. This

mother whale is supporting her young baby

close to the surface, possibly to help it breathe

as it sleeps.

Kingdom of Tonga

Canon EOS 5D Mk III, Canon 16–35mm f/2.8L, 1/160, f/8,

ISO 320, Nauticam

LANDSCAPE SPEED

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR DEVOTED MOTHER

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