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Matt Palmer
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Photographer and photography gallery owner based in Bright, Victoria. Former Australian Professional Photographer of the Year. Passionate about visual storytelling and the environment.
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I've just released a free photography e-book Venetian Observations at mattpalmer.co/venetian-obs...

It features street photography captured over about 2 weeks in Venice last year with fairly irreverent commentary.

Hope you enjoy :)

#Venice #Italy #photography #ebook #streetphotography
A cleaner sweeps the Rialto Bridge in Venice before sunrise under the glow of street lighting. An art salesperson in Venice sits with his wares while the blur of pedestrians flow past on the street. A colourful orange house in Burano flanked by houses of other bright colours, with a quirky array of objects including a white plastic chair and a towel hanging with love hearts on it.
May 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Natural frame was captured in the beautiful Finnish swampland of Tunturiaapa. In winter they become a minimalist photographer's dream, although the snow-shoeing can be a bit tricky at times!

#finland #lapland #pyha #Tunturiaapa #landscape #landscapephotography
Trees form a frame around the edges of the image, in the centre a lone frozen tree is within the frame with distant forest faded out in the distance. As it was photographed in deep winter, the trees and branches are covered in snow and the whole scene is very monochromatic.
April 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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A lot to say in few characters; Lumen Australis is an Australian Photography Collective and you can download our first e-book Ikara \ Vulkathunha (featuring the South Australian outback) at lumenaustralis.com

#Australia #SouthAustralia #Landscape #Landscapephotography #Ebook #ebooks #free
A rugged Australian desert landscape taken from a distance. The lower half of the image shows a descending slope with scrub on very orange earth, with the some eucalypt trees holding onto the slope. In the background the image is darker with a large pointed cliff face jutting up from the earth in rich warm tones, catching the last light of the day.
April 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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No title yet... the tree and ravens were captured separately in the highlands of Falls Creek here in Australia. We have very chaotic forests which means the fog is quite vital to making a clear composition.

#Australia #fallscreek #landscape #landscapephotography #trees #Victoria #blackandwhite
A black and white vertical image depicting a stunted tree in fog. The background is full of chaotic branches in all directions as the forest in the highland grows chaotically. A raven explores a nearby log in the foreground while another raven looks on from deep in the fog.
March 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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The last few weeks have been a bit crazy. Archie is settling in and taking to his training (although separation training is slow). And then there is the chaos of the world right now.

It has been hard to find calmness and time. This one is Jagged Mirror.

#jokulsarlon #iceland #landscapephotography
Light blue icebergs sit calmly in lightly rippling waters in Iceland's Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon. The background of the scene is completely obscured by fog, leaving only the jagged forms of ice mirrored by the water.
March 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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I'm posting 'Hold Your Head High' today, as we adopted a rescue dog Archie yesterday and this image reminds me so much of taking a proud dog on a walk.

Hopefully he settles in well with Mieke and I and we spend many years together!

#Finland #lapland #landscape #Landscapephotography
An image of snow-covered pine trees in Finnish lapland. The entire environment is covered in a coat of white, with a muted gently textured sky behind. The tree on the left could look like the shape of a person standing, while the figure on the right is wider, looking like a giant dog holding its head up to the air, it's front two feet and back left foot joining the snow, and a tiny tail sticking out.
February 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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All Connected is a small section of Baron Falls in #NewZealand #MilfordSound. The effect was created by a small screw being loose on the lens, creating a narrower area of focus. Later fixed!

#waterfalls #waterfall #blackandwhite #Landscape #Landscapephotography
A black and white image showing various cascades down a dark rocky surface. The central cascade is dramatically lit showing a delicate stream of water crashing onto a jutting out rock.
February 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Strong light and shadow in the Italian #dolomites. This was taken on the Monte Specie / Strudelkopf hike which gives a fantastic view of several other mountain ranges including the iconic Tre Cime.

#italy #autumn #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains
A mountainous scene from the Dolomites in Italy. Harsh light illuminates a foreground autumnal tree against an almost black shadow. Further in the distance the cliffs, full of autumn trees, are fully illuminated against low cloud.
February 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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'Crabs Dream of Flight' is an image I found on the coast of the #Daintree region of North #Queensland

Crabs create these little balls when filter feeding - picking out all the good bits between the sand granules. It's not every day they make pictures though!

#photography #crab #abstract #nature
The image shows a close up and top down view of sand balls made by crabs. The balls appear to take on the shape of two birds or a bird and sea creature, with the crab's tunnels forming the eye of each creature.
February 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Frozen Giant was captured on the top of a Finnish fell in Winter last year.

There's not a lot I love more than trudging around in snow capturing beautiful frozen landscapes...

#Finland #Lapland #Landcapephotography #Photography #winter #landscapes #snow #trees
A tree has been encased in so much snow and ice that it appears to take on the form of frozen giant, with a large head, arms, and legs. The scene is pink with the late afternoon light of a Finnish Winter illuminating the scene which also includes some distant frozen trees and deep foreground snow.
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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'Chaos and Cold' is a shot of falling snow in fire affected forest in Tasmania's South-West. Pondering loss of shelter, a green rosella is composited in to ask these questions and provide a visual anchor.

#tasmania #australia #photography #abstract #landscapephotography #environment #nature
A chaotic scene shows a difficult to distinguish central tree surrounded by multi-coloured burned forest in snow. It is hard to make out what is happening in the scene until a lone yellow rosella is spotted on the central tree's branch, asking where these birds will now shelter with their homes gone.
February 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Always be making photos.
Even when something makes you angry.
Especially if something makes you angry.

This image is 'Disposed' which is a documentation of found illegal dumping in a forest area of Tasmania.

#environment #photography #rubbish #tasmania #Australia #protest #nature
The image overlays a picture of the forest with top-down perspective photos of all the rubbish found while taking that photo. The forest is intentionally obscured by so much rubbish that it cannot be appreciated - similar to how it felt to be there in person.
February 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Sometimes you have the most amazing and beautiful conditions, but your favourite photo is taken of the ground in the carpark as you leave.

These were taken of a snowy morning in #CradleMountain #Tasmania

#Landscapephotography #photography
A moody early morning scene showing a dusting of snow at Dove Lake in Tasmania. On the right is a boat shed reflected in the still waters with snow on its roof. On the left is lake and the mountain itself, partially obscured by the low snow clouds. Footsteps in snow reveal the carpark and its markings beneath. Bright yellow diagonal lines juxtaposed with the grey asphalt and the bright white of snow.
January 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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My goal would be to create a photograph as powerful as some of the songs that have moved me. I don't think I've achieved that yet, I'm not sure I ever will. But I'm a much better photographer than musician so I must persist.

#slovenia #fog #blackandwhite #landscape #moody #landscapephotography
A Slovenian pine tree is silhouetted against a moody early morning fog with the sun attempting to pierce through. The light gently reveals the ridge of a distant mountain and some scattered pines on the ridges beyond.
January 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Uncertainty was captured in 2019 from the beginning days of the Fingal Fires which would burn 15,000 hectares of forest.

I lived on the nearby coastline and would check on the fires as part of my ASH project, documenting bushfires in #Tasmania

#photography #fire #nature #landscape
A Eucalyptus tree is illuminated by sunset as smoke and fire is visible behind it, a foreboding sign of what would become a much larger fire.
January 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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This image is called Light in the Dark. It was taken after 'fog hunting' in #tasmania. and driving the backroads to get back to #hobart. I had noticed that the sun was piercing through plantation forest so I hopped out to see what I could find, and stumbled upon this scene.

#landscape #photography
A light beam shines through scraggly forest, illuminating clusters of spider webs in golden light.
January 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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One of my favourite #abandoned places that I have photographed Dagverðará, #iceland

A large Icelandic Raven snuck up on me and cawed loudly right behind me, cheeky bugger! I considered it the guardian of this house.

#urbex #photography #Snæfellsnes #winter #decay #ruins
An old abandoned Icelandic farmstead missing its roof sits in snow near the coastline of Iceland. Above a distant snowstorm is illuminated in golden tones from the low afternoon light.
January 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Victoria isn't particularly known for #aurora, but with the sun being at its solar maximum it's a great time to keep an eye on the night sky. Two of the best Aurora I've ever seen have been right here in Vic.

#victoria #mountbuffalo #GreatOceanRoad #landscapephotography #landscape #australia
Rock stacks on Victoria, Australia's Great Ocean Road with the Aurora Australis shining behind in greens and reds. The aurora is gently reflected in the wet foreground sands. Tubberlungener Mount Buffalo's granite monolith the Cathedral is gently illuminated by pre-dawn light while the Aurora Australis creates beams of pink light behind. A rock stack along the Great Ocean Road of Victoria, Australia is captured with the green glow of Aurora Australis above. Fortunately no one else was on the beach at this time which allowed me to play with light painting to capture the lines of waves which would otherwise be blurred together over the long exposure. The Horn is a viewpoint on Tubberlungener Mount Buffalo which faces direct South. The lookout made of rocks makes for a great viewpoint with Aurora Australis shining in red beams and green curtains of light below.
January 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Given the size of the Australian Alps we actually get quite a lot of snow, although with climate change the amount of snow and how long it settles has changed drastically over the years. But it's always a time of year I look forward to photographing.
Peering through snow-covered eucalypts and a misty sky to see a giant granite monolith - The Cathedral, on Mount Buffalo, Victoria, Australia. A lone snow gum tree has about half of it submerged on a slope near Mount Hotham in Victoria, Australia. The scene is very minimalist with just the sweeping textures of snow and the single snow gum. A panoramic that shows a view through snow covered eucalypts into the distance where Australia and Victoria's highlands are shown with valleys full of fog. The sun is rising and back-lights the foliage of the eucalypts creating a snowy scene with golden light. Keep Left depicts bright red and yellow roadside markers at Mount Hotham, Australia. The snow clouds are a similar tone to the ground, creating a slightly surreal scene where many poles of various sizes are staggered against each other. The poles have very directional ice build up of about two feet, reflecting the prevailing wind direction and the cold conditions.
January 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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This is a composite #photo called 'Wait For Me!'

Conifer saplings in Finnish #Lapland looked like little cartoon characters, so I decided to create an image that would tell a comical story about them. More info in the alt tag!

#landscapephotography #Finland #photography
This image depicts a mostly frozen conifer tree in Finland and in winter. The background is the clean white of the snow. A small branch is coming off the tree making contact with the ground. There are then two saplings in the ground that appear like they are fleeing the scene, with their limbs made up of clusters of needles from the sapling trees. One of the saplings appears to be raising it's arm and lagging behind the other, hence the title 'Wait For Me!'.
January 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Taken on a recent trip in #KranjskaGora in #Slovenia. Slemenova Špica was probably my favorite hike of the trip. After climbing up the initial steep hill in deep fog this scene revealed itself as a reward. Sometimes you make a photograph and other times #nature gives it to you!
A black and white image of a tree (Slovenian Pine?) standing out in the center against a foggy forest. The fog is forming a fogbow arching over the scene. A fogbow is a lot like a rainbow but looks colourless and forms in fog. I've only ever seen three!
January 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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It's an interesting exercise choosing a first post on a new social media network. I'm here because increasingly I am seeing traditional social media become anti-social media. Hopefully we can rediscover the joy that we had connecting.

I'm a photographer, so that's what I'll be posting. Thank you!
A landscape photograph of the Florentine forest of Tasmania showing trees reaching up in the foreground and mountain vistas in the distance. In the sky black cockatoos are returning home for the evening. The image reveals fire damage, with large areas on the distant hills scorched by fire, and trees in the foreground in the lower right turning orange and red as leaves die from fire damage.
January 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM