Govetts Leap Blue Mountains Sunrise Landscape Photography
An Orange Horizon Above Forested Valleys and Sandstone Cliffs
The sun is only a small point on the horizon, yet it changes the whole valley. From Govetts Leap Lookout in Australia’s Blue Mountains, I photographed the first light above the Grose Valley, with dark forest below and sandstone cliffs framing the distance.
A narrow band of orange sits between the land and the pale upper sky. Below it, successive ridges become softer and bluer as they recede. That gradual change gives the photograph its depth, carrying the eye from the nearby trees towards the sun.
The cliff on the right provides a stronger foreground edge. Its warm rock face catches enough light to reveal horizontal layers, while the darker vegetation above and below keeps it connected to the valley. Across the left side, another escarpment helps enclose the view without creating a perfectly symmetrical frame.
Govetts Leap has given me many memorable moments, and this photograph holds the quiet beginning of one morning. I wanted the scene to remain broad enough to show the relationship between the lookout’s cliffs, the wooded slopes and the distant horizon. The early light brings them together without making the forest lose its darker character.
The colour stays restrained: green woodland, blue-grey distance and a warm strip of sky. For me, that small concentration of orange is more compelling because of everything that remains in shadow around it.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2016
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