The Dawn of Red Fury

[Rimeriter]

Hey John you're a gem.

Not sure from your image, but you must hail from opal country ?

[Peely]

G'day Jim

The photo that I am using as my Avatar was taken in the garden at what used to be my workplace in Ballarat, Victoria. I think the rock that I am sitting on was removed from the factory site when it was being built. The area is famous for gold though, not opals.

Regards


John Peel

[Rimeriter]

I was alluding to the Aussie GEM country, A play on my use of your character.

We, me dear wife 'n I barrelled down through Bendigo and Ballarat a few years ago.

But because our yen was to drive the Great Ocean Road, our sight-seeing was minimal.
We eventually began our return through the Grampians, so never got back.

Bugger, another lost oppo.
"Best regards"
Jim.

[Maureen K Clifford]

You blokes are probably right - I have never been to that part of the country but I have certainly seen skies that colour before. Frequently had hot pink and dark purple skies at sunset at the property and I loved them, the used to blush the sheep with pink and everything had a rosy glow - so I don't know whether Boris has enhanced this shot or not. He is a good photographer. Here are a couple more pieces of his work.

http://www.borismar.com/

[Rimeriter]

Thanks Maureen, I visited his site. He is certainly a fine photographer.

Each and every image was enjoyable, however I could only relate with any certainty to Aussie scenes known to me.

A few of the Rock, colours as I would expect them to be. Apostles down south, structure and colour as I remember.

Yep, I can relate to your description of pink and purple clouds, skies etc - bloody beautiful.

But that other image seems to have something different about the foreground. I walked and stood in many spots around the Big Fella and I cannot envisage how the scrubby stuff would take on that appearance.
But that is not the point, Boris is presenting saleable work, so he must present it as he believes it needs to be.

The governmental drongos I take umbrage with, are those who decided our beautiful bloody natural bushland would be enhanced by reshaping sandstone pieces then sticking them in the ground out Broken Hill/Silverton way. Probably at Taxpayers expense.

Ahhh me.
Jim.