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Luke O'Brien Photography

Luke O'Brien Photography

Luke O'Brien

Rainforest Photos Tasmania: Mt Field & Styx Valley

March 19, 2014
Mt Field and the Styx Valley are close to Hobart and are magnificent places to take rainforest photos. The Tasmanian rainforest is characterised by the dark green of the ancient myrtle beech and sassafras trees, punctuated here and there by the more brilliant green of the tall tree-ferns. At Mt Field, there are a number...Read More

Tarkine Exhibition Opening Night Photos

March 7, 2014
The Wilderness Societys Love the Tarkine exhibition opened last night at the Long Gallery in Hobart’s historic Salamanca. The spacious gallery was jam packed with a passionate crowd who lapped up inspirational speeches by Glover Prize winner, Janet Laurence; former Greens leader Bob Brown and Tasmania’s most well known wilderness photographer Rob Blakers. All outlined...Read More

Epic Hobart sunset last night…

March 5, 2014
Well we sure were treated to an epic Hobart sunset last night weren’t we… Lots of high level cloud and a mostly clear sky had me throwing my gear in the car for a quick drive to Bellerive in anticipation of something special… and boy it was good, check out some short footage (phone camera)...Read More

Mt Wellington Hikes: Devils Throne

March 4, 2014
While there are many well known Mt Wellington hikes on the Hobart side of the mountain, the Devils Throne via Thark Ridge is less well known and the trail less maintained. The trail to Thark Ridge has been refreshed and now leaves from the huge car park on the road to the Pinnacle, just past...Read More

Tasmanian Raptor Refuge Postcards

March 2, 2014
I have just developed a range of Tasmanian Raptor Refuge postcards which are now available. Over the past few years I have photographed many rare and endangered raptors as they are being rehabilitated at the Raptor & Wildlife Refuge of Tasmania Inc. My photographs are used primarily in the Refuge’s annual calendar which is a...Read More

Tarkine Photography and Art Exhibition: March 6~16 2014

February 25, 2014
The Wilderness Society are holding an exhibition of art inspired by Tasmania’s wonderful Tarkine region from March 6 ~ 16 2014. At Salamanca’s Long Gallery in Hobart, opening night is Thursday March 6th at 6:00pm. Guest speakers on opening night include former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown, photographer Rob Blakers and 2013 Glover Prize winner Janet...Read More

Aurora Australis – The One That Got Away…

February 21, 2014
The last two nights will be remembered as the one that got away – in terms of photographing the Aurora in Tasmania that is… For the past two days aurora alerts have been coming thick and fast, but mostly during daylight hours, and when night came thick cloud prevented viewing the lights across most of...Read More

MONA Hobart: The Red Queen Exhibition

February 12, 2014
The Red Queen is the current exhibition at Hobart’s world beating museum and art gallery, MONA (the Museum of Old & New Art). The Red Queen is a reference to the Lewis Carroll classic “Through the Looking Glass” and the exhibition runs until April 21, 2014. Please forgive the lack of writing today and feel...Read More

Pentax K3 Astrophotography & Interval Composite Mode

February 11, 2014
With the Pentax K3 astrophotography has been given a boost with the “Interval Composite” shooting mode. Interval Composite, as the name suggests, allows you to stack a number of images in camera to produce one single RAW file which contains all the exposures. This is obviously of great benefit when you consider disk-space on your...Read More

Tarkine Photography: Rainforest Wilderness and Macro Beauty

February 5, 2014
The Tarkine is a wilderness region of north west Tasmania characterised by wild and dark green rainforest, vast coastal plains and a wild rocky coastline. Tarkine photography reflects this diversity of wild nature, and anyone planning to visit the Tarkine to take photos has a great variety of landscapes to immerse themselves in. My personal...Read More
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