"Her pitiless blue sky"

The stark Australian landscape, titled with words from Dorothea McKellar's Wide Brown Land.

thanks for comments and putting the fireworks on the PP!

[Annie D]

well..............................this is just superb!

[Wylie]

@annied thank you so much Annie, they were even better in real life!

[Poppo Livy]

NIce one Wylie.
Looks like we will be having a change of plans re Alice Springs in June Wylie and will not be there for the desert race. What a bummer :-(

[judith deacon]

Absolutely love this, just so Australian, couldn't be anywhere else! We are busy planning a three month 4 x 4 trip round Australia next year and this sort of photo just makes me want this year to go faster!

[ShirleyB]

What a very baron land, but there is a beauty in it at the same time. Love the single tree standing so defiantly against everything

[Wylie]

@terryliv oh that's a disappointment Terry, the boys have just been accepted into the race too! Getting excited!

[Denise Wood]

Great capture :)

[Wylie]

@judithdeacon that sounds like a great plan, I hope you have a ball. Where will you start?
@shirleybankfarm thanks Shirley, there were lots of trees like this and they were all fantastic.

[sally agnew]

Gorgeous colours, I love the simplicity of the image :)

[judith deacon]

@pusspup Still in the planning stages but basically we will set off from Perth and go north on the N1 and keep going till we get back to Perth taking as long as it takes - retirement is bliss!

[Babs]

I thought the same as Sally. I love the simplicity of this shot too. Beautiful composition.

[maree_sanderson]

so brown and dry everywhere at the moment...well captured...

[phototart]

The scene is so different from where I live which is green, wet & cold. I like the minimal composition with the tree as the main feature. I would like to see it without the clouds which would perhaps make it even more minimal. For me the clouds are a distraction. Thats just me.

[Sebastian Gritt]

Love it, Wylie. Can smell the heat and arid atmosphere from here.

[Krista Marson]

this is gorgeous.

[Jo]

Very stark indeed but instantly recognisable as Australia.

[Debbie]

I like this shot a lot Wylie. The contrasting colours of our wonderful country is something that I never tire of.

[Mona]

Great composition of a stark landscape. Very well captured.

[vstap]

Simple and effective.

[Elizabeth]

Wonderful composition!

[Kathy]

Not familiar with the literary work, but the title does seem to describe the image well. Arid, brown and empty, except for the one tree and large sky.

[Danette Thompson]

Cool landscape.

[Carla]

I can't resist lone trees and this is a beaut

[Wylie]

@paulmann thanks for the input. It was a big day for great clouds. Maybe next time I can try without clouds!

[Shari]

Love the negative space.

[Rick Schies]

But it's pretty

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Louis A. Sousa]

Weil done. Thanks for the follow!