Our last full day exploring the Kimberley region was full of geologic wonders, tidal extremes, and a relaxing swim in Crocodile Creek.
We started off our day venturing out to Nares Point on Zodiacs, where we learned from our naturalists about the ancient sedimentary and Elgee sandstone cliffs that surrounded us. Capturing the landscape in one photograph, even with a wide-angle lens, can be a real challenge, so today I talked with our guests about the technique of taking multiple photographs and then stitching them together in a program later on to create one single image. I used five images to make this final image. When using this technique you need to make sure to leave overlap in each of your images so that the program, in this case Photoshop, can align the images later on.
After one and half hours of exploration on Zodiacs, we returned back to our ship for some welcome rest and relaxation followed by a wonderful BBQ lunch on the outdoor deck.
For our last afternoon, we ventured up into crocodile creek, where despite the name was actually crocodile free. We were greeted by the friendly and always smiling hotel staff, who served us with ice cold refreshments and provided us with towels for a relaxing swim right underneath a beautiful waterfall. I took this opportunity to capture our last magical afternoon in the Kimberley but using a low ISO and a slow shutter speed.
All too soon, the afternoon came to a close and we regretfully boarded our Zodiacs for what would be our last excursion on them this trip. What an amazing experience these last 10 days have been! We’ve learned and experienced so much, as we’ve traveled in this unbelievable and little known corner of Western Australia.
