Landscapes of Victorian Alpine Regions (Australia) by Mieke Boynton

Last evening NDPS hosted a special presentation by the landscape photographer Mieke Boynton, from Bright, Australia. The presentation was shared with members of the Sheffield Photographic Society.

At eight o'clock about forty members of NDPS settled into their seats in the studio of Norwich Academy and a similar number from Sheffield logged in to watch on Zoom. Mieke is no stranger to NDPS, this is her third presentation to us, and it was good to share the work of such an outstanding practitioner with our colleagues from Sheffield. For Mieke it was six o'clock on a hot, summer morning, hence her summer dress, and for us it was winter with gales and rain.

Mieke took us on a landscape photographer's tour of the Australia where she lives - the Victorian High Country. She began by reminding us of the size and scope of Australia, a huge continent with an incredibly diverse geography, animal and plant life. Throughout her presentation she showed us beautiful captures of deciduous trees in autumn colours, apparently brought from England!

But the wonderful shots of Mount Buffalo, Lake Catani, The Cathedral and the Horn together with Auckland Valley were showstoppers. Wonderful captures of eucalyptus trees shedding their bark, 'nude trees!' and a whole collection of shots of snowgum trees, from the eucalyptus family but quite extraordinarily photogenic. Mieke added a few pictures of cattle huts and, indeed a couple of highland cattle.

Her shots of mist in forests and mountains were enchanting and views of the Aurora from the high mountains were magnificent.

 An outstanding evening of landscape photography, again, from Meike. Our thanks for an engrossing evening of photography - and thank you for your early start!