Redback Spider by intrepidphotos

Up close with an Australian icon. The Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti), feared by early settlers, was historically responsible for 12 deaths . An antivenom has been available since 1956, and there have been no deaths directly due to redback bites since its introduction. The female spider, as seen in this shot, is much larger then its male counterpart and has the distinctive red stripe on its abdomen. The female ‘digests’ the male during a successful mating process, which seems to be unique to Latrodectus hasselti. Females reach around 1 cm in size while males are 3-4 mm when mature. Shot was taken with a 100mm macro lens. NSW, Australia

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Sydney’s Spectacular Sails at Sunrise by patch

Early morning watching the sunrise behind the Sydney Opera House. Was there for one night only so was lucky to get a good start to the day.

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Forest Stream by TonyBrown4

Taken in the South East Forests National Park. Very lush and plenty of water after heavy rains.

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Camel Rock by Goff_Kitsawad

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Beautiful Nightmare by Midnight_Photography

Eerie and beautiful, the Old Helensburgh Train Tunnel

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Whale Flukes by intrepidphotos

Humpback Whale tail fin or flukes in blue water offshore from the coast of Port Stephens. If you look closly you can see the fine bits of spray from the flukes. NSW, Australia.

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Rush at the Cathedral by PatrickMarsonOng

How was your weekend guys? Hope you were able to see or catch something amazing! 😉 This was taken during our last stopover vacation in Australia. Thanks to friends for bringing me here. Weather and swell were near perfect during that time. Timed a couple of wave shots to showcase the beauty of this place. Truly a landscape photog’s playground! Cheers guys!

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Remains of an old pier by JulienFolcher

Another picture of Sydney, taken on the same day as the one I uploaded a few days ago.
After taking it i wasn’t really satisfied with the foreground, It was too underexposed because of some trees just above casting shadows… I moved and took the pic I uploaded previously with simple rocks as foreground, but I still was bothered about the foreground, this broken stone wall is nicer in my opinion. I tried my best to recover information from the shadows area in the foreground to give it justice… Hope you like it.

Note to self : buy a flashlight 😉

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The Horse Whisperer by Dylken

Horsehead Rock Bermagui, NSW

This image was taken on an incredible night photographing the milky way rise behind the well know rock formation, Horsehead. Big thanks to Adam Williams and Luke Tscharke who I spent that weekend shooting up the east coast with. Luke also lent me his Sony A7s for a few shots and this is one of them. Taken at 8000 ISO I was pretty impressed with its performance. This was the very last frame I captured before the tide became too high and we managed t escape just in time.

This post is dedicated to Jeff Swanson. For those that knew Jeff either personally or online knows he always brought joy and laughter to all of us. He was unfortunately taken too soon by Melanoma about a year ago, but his images live on and if you happen to enjoy his images please do purchase one of his prints. All proceeds from his website will go to the Melanoma Research Foundation. http://ift.tt/1Kmy8QL

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Sydney skyline by JulienFolcher

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