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Maroondah Dam Wall

With pumping station in the background.

Healesville, Victoria.

The Maroondah Reservoir is a small reservoir used to supply water to parts of Melbourne, Victoria.

Constructed in the 1920s by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, it is a concrete gravity dam. It is now operated by Melbourne Water.

Like most of Melbourne's water storages, the entire catchment is eucalypt forest completely closed to human activity, as is the reservoir itself.
Immediately below the wall, the Maroondah Reservoir Park features a large garden landscaped in an "English style", featuring many exotic plants very different to the surrounding native vegetation.

A walking track leads across the dam wall, over the spillway, and up to a lookout from which much of the reservoir can be viewed.

Canon EOS 40D ,Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Asp IF
1/200 f5 at 50.0mm iso400

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Neil Marcus19-Dec-2014 17:07
Very pretty lighting. Nicely composed.
Buz Kiefer19-Sep-2013 17:28
Very nicely composed and the light is top notch. Vote.
Guest 14-Aug-2013 06:33
Fine use of light and shadow.
Paul Bartlett07-Jul-2013 11:55
Excellent composition and wonderful use of light. A superb capture!
Karen Stuebing06-Jul-2013 22:06
Fantastic use of light and shadow in this beautiful image. V.
Tom LeRoy06-Jul-2013 08:58
Shadow play and light are a real treat in this fine image! V
Jean D19-Jun-2013 01:01
A lovely composition with beautiful selective light, David. ~V
samikosemi16-Jun-2013 18:53
Beautiful shot !
Sami ! V
René Gysi16-Jun-2013 16:13
Wonderful lighting on this wall. Excellent composition! V
Guest 14-Jun-2013 20:25
I like how you have done this composition, with an interesting background too.
So nice.
Helen Betts14-Jun-2013 18:24
Light and shadows are gorgeous, and the perfect POV from which to capture the wall. V.
Brian Samuel13-Jun-2013 20:26
Spectacular lighting.
Mark Chambers ARPS AFIAP CPAGB BPE313-Jun-2013 20:06
You have captured the light in this one well. V
Martin Lamoon13-Jun-2013 19:10
Superb exposure with the rays of light on the wall. v
Milan Vogrin13-Jun-2013 14:50
Nice photo.
Stephanie13-Jun-2013 13:02
This is a beautifully composed image David! Love the lighting too! V :)
Nestor Derkach13-Jun-2013 12:47
Light is perfect as is the composition.
Perspective and sharpness perfection.
Always great in the frame.
Vote
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal13-Jun-2013 12:08
Beautiful well composed image David, well done!! V
Buba Jafarli13-Jun-2013 10:57
Love this serene and a bit mysterious mood! V.
Sonja Ross13-Jun-2013 10:05
Great light on the front wall, and well composed.
Karin Doeling13-Jun-2013 07:56
Beautiful light and POV, good layout with this border. V
Yvonne13-Jun-2013 07:51
Fabulous lighting on the concrete David! v
Blandine Mangin13-Jun-2013 06:46
beautiful compo and light ! v
Gerard Koehl13-Jun-2013 04:44
Magnifique composition et ambiance. V
joseantonio13-Jun-2013 04:17
Great composition with this lovely perspective.V.
woody3413-Jun-2013 04:01
Reminds me of the dam wall and old pumping station at Wyangla,which they are planning to close to road traffic..good capture using the light to feature the stone wall and the dark forest behind...V
Sam Rua13-Jun-2013 03:36
Very nicely seen and captured, David. Love the light. V.
Marcia Rules13-Jun-2013 02:49
Light came calling; you answered ~V
Jim Coffman13-Jun-2013 02:06
I love this light! Great image,David!
Neil Marcus13-Jun-2013 01:44
The light's the thing and you caught it well.
larose forest photos13-Jun-2013 01:20
The light is superb in this very fine shot. V
Hank Vander Velde13-Jun-2013 01:18
A nice well composed low light image David.
laine13-Jun-2013 00:15
perfect light and POV.
Isabel Cutler12-Jun-2013 23:50
Love your handling of the light!
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