Nine Days Across the Outback: Day Five

Pubs. Termite mounds. More pubs, this time with crocodiles on display. More termite mounds. Our destination for the day was a camp at Katherine Gorge, a national park, but between us and it were all these pubs.

The mother of all these pubs -- the biggest, most touristy, and (apparently) the one with the best chips was in a place called Daly Waters. We stopped there, cooked lunch for ourselves, and then...

Our guide announced we go bowling.

I thought, maybe, we would be headed to the only bowling alley in the Outback. Nope! We started bowling on the streets of Daly Waters. Well, most of our group did -- I got out the camera and started taking some.. sports photography?

"Bowling for Daly Waters"

I tried a number of shots of people bowling, but it was pretty challenging conditions -- midday sun bright overhead, and my fundamental lack of interested in anything to do with bowling.[1]

When I saw this shot though, I pounced. Shooting from behind the bowler seemed to be a slightly novel angle, and the use of sepia was (more) accommodating to the harsh light. What makes the shot for me, though, is the composition. I love the symmetry about the diagonal line, and the 'mass' of the clusters of people (or person) on each side seem to be roughly equivalent. It works for me, but of course these things are subjective -- but hopefully it works for you.

You can find photos of my fifth day in the Outback here, here, here, and here.




[1] I took bowling as a physical education class in high school. I used up all my passion for the sport then.