I have found another Apostle to show you today for Monochrome Madness. At the moment this one and one a bit further around are much harder to see.
They are doing work at the viewing platforms at the 12 Apostles and you can’t see the two that are on the left. If you want to see them you have to go to Gibson Steps and even then you can only see them at low tide.
At Gibson Steps there are steps that take you down to the beach and the base of the cliffs. From there you can walk along and see the two Apostles that are separated from the rest.
I have only been down the steps once and the tide was coming in and we had to be quick. Other times the gates have been closed and you couldn’t go down.
When I was in the area recently you could go down, but the steps are hard and the ladies didn’t want to. The steps were done before OH&S so they are big. If you are short they are hard to go down, and then back up. I went halfway down and took this shot.
I usually don’t like people in my photos, but I think the person at the bottom really gives a good idea of scale and how big they are.
I am determined to get down there again, so I am hoping when I go again later in the year I will be able to.
Participating in Monochrome Madness
If you would like to participate in this challenge please post photos on your blog and use the tag Monochrome-Madness, as then I can use the reader to see what you post. Also, use the tag mid-week monochrome to catch Bren’s as well.
I’m afraid I don’t use Social Media much anymore, but maybe tag it #monochromemadness for Instagram and I will try and look. That would be brilliant.
This is beautiful, I love the light. And when you see the person on the beach the sense of scale is impressive !
Thank you David, yeah, I am so glad I left that person there.
This is just Amazing!
Thank you.
I love the drama of this photo. The Apostle almost looks like one of those sailing ships that got shipwrecked along that coast. Here’s my entry to the challenge – https://mappinguncertainty.wordpress.com/2023/03/18/a-walk-in-the-bush/
Thank you Suzanne, I like that idea of it being a sailing ship, maybe the ghost of one that was wrecked along there. I will check out yours soon.
Yes, that coast does feel haunted when the weather closes in. 🙂
That is a good way of putting it Suzanne.
I love the moodiness of that shot and you’re right about the person adding a sense of scale. I’m joining in this week with some B&W shots from my Colombia trip: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/gallery-seeing-colombia-in-black-and-white/
I’ve tagged Bren’s ‘mid-week monochrome’ challenge too although she doesn’t appear to have posted this week.
Thank you, I’m glad you think it was a good idea to leave the person there, they are so big. I will check out yours soon. I don’t know when Bren posts, perhaps she is taking time off.
A wonderful place and such a dramatic photo Leanne 🙂
Thank you Bushboy.
Nice shot, Leanne!
Thank you Teresa.
so much drama under that brooding sky, the eye is drawn to ‘the apostle’ almost out of fear for its safety [of course the tide line in front of it draws the eye naturally there because so well framed]
Thank you Laura. I love your description, it is fantastic.
Beautiful photo of this tide Leanne.
Thank you Anita.
That place left with beautiful memories, this is very moody – feel very old school due to the lightning
That’s great Ritva, gotta love moody. Thank you.
Your Monochromatic photography at its best has a raw power that is missing from your full color images.
That is an interesting observation Brian, I would have thought that I wasn’t very good at it. Gives me something to think about. Thank you.
The huge expanse, then the big stack and then the tiny person..tells us something 🙂.
My entry here:
https://flightsofthesoul.wordpress.com/2023/03/15/hide-and-seek/
I like your description, thank you for sharing it with me. 😀
I hadn’t even seen the person until I read your post. The scale is incredible. That climb will get your blood flowing nicely.
Yeah, the person is very small. I usually get rid of people from my photos but I realised that it really added a good sense of scale so had to leave it. The climb really does do that, especially when the steps are really large. Thank you.
Interesting!
Thank you.
You’re welcome!
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This is lovely 🙂
Thank you.
It seems that you could be in big trouble if you stay on the beach too long. Beautiful photo, Leanne. ❤️🇦🇺
Oh yes, you would be, though I think they close the steps at high tide so people can’t get down there. Thank you John.
That’s a darn good idea! Nothing like being swept out to sea, aye?
So very true John, and you know if they didn’t close it there would be idiots who would go down and get stuck.
I really like the way the light works on this sea stack, though. Dare I ask if that’s how it was or did you use your immense editing ability to highlight that?
Thank you Matt, yeah, I helped it a little, but it was getting a bit of light on it as well.
I also don’t mean it’s less a photo if you help it, by any means. I hope my question didn’t come across as insulting! 😀
I was just curious about the conditions when you took it. I loved the way the light hit it, even if it was far(ther) away…
I didn’t think that at all Matt, I knew you were just curious. No not insulting at all. I totally get what you were curious about and with my images you just never know.
Good to know. Thanks, Leanne.
Always no problem asking, it is when people start telling me what I should do with my images that I get snappy about. lol
You know what you should do with those people….
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Yeah, I do, I have learned over the years. 😀