The Golden Road to Samarkand We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go Always a little further: it may be beyond the last blue mountain barred with snow Across that angry or that glimmering sea. Surely we are brave who take the Golden Road to Samarkand. - Hassan by James E. Flecker

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

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"Having a Whale of a Time" This is an image of a baby Humpback Whale in the Buccaneer Archipelago off the West-Australian Coast. Because they haven't had much contact with humans - they're curiosity is incredible. The baby breached the surface about 5 or 6 times to get a good look at us while mum swam along behind. You just can't get this connection with nature anywhere near civilization.

'The Evil Eye' - This Croc was sunning himself on the bank of the Hunter River in the Kimberleys. I focused on just his eye and part of his mouth as a way of portreying the sense that although you may feel isolated and alone in the vastness of the Kimberleys - someone or something is always watching. He has that iconic croc smile that just says

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The Golden Road to Samarkand We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go Always a little further: it may be beyond the last blue mountain barred with snow Across that angry or that glimmering sea. Surely we are brave who take the Golden Road to Samarkand. - Hassan by James E. Flecker

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

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