Places - Joy M Lai : Photography

Moody landscape, black sand beach and cliffs on an overcast day. Beyond the cliffs puffy clouds a visible.

Whatipu, Bay of Spiritual Guardians, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Dramatic landscape, ocean horizon. Sea scape and cliff tops, the last rays of light touch the headland.

Headland, Gayamagal Country, Sydney, Australia

Dramatic view of blue black ice mountain, vegetation covered mountain in the background. Ice melts off the glacial caps, forming currents in the foreground. The sky is overcast.

Te Moeka o Tuawe, Fox Glacier, Aotearoa New Zealand

Misty grey eucalyptus trees and azalea flowers in the foreground.

Misty afternoon, Dharug Country, Sydney, Australia

Trees reflect in water, the it's twilight, the water glows blue.

Reflective, Ku-ring-gai Country, Sydney, Australia

Mist descends from the mountain ranges, a stream zig zags through granite and black gravelly rocks. You know that water is freezing.

The path of Hine's tears, FranzJosef, Aotearoa New Zealand

Misty trees amongst the bush, a dirt path is in the foreground. Clouds hang low. The picture is black and white.

Morning clouds rising, Dharug Country, Sydney, Australia

Dramatic landscape waterfalls, cascading water mists as it hits the bottom of a pool of water.

Piopiotahi falls, Milford Sound, Aotearoa New Zealand

Mist rises looking down a gorge to a river. Dead tree lit up by morning sun in the foreground

Morning, Anaiwan Country, Armidale, Australia

Dramatic landscape. Mist and clouds rising, long grass lit by morning sun. Red flowers in the foreground.

Spring frost, Dharug morning, Sydney, Australia

Dramatic landscape, beach rocks and ocean view. Soft water, hard rock surfaces are textured in the foreground.

Last light, Gumbaynggirr Country, Nambucca Heads, Australia

Mouth entrance to Fox Glacier, ice melts off the glacial caps, forming currents in the foreground. The sky is overcast.

The Deep, Te Moeka o Tuawe, Fox Glacier, Aotearoa New Zealand

Eucalyptus gum trees, mountain dramatic landscape. Mount Conobolas, Orange. The earth is orange.

High places, Wiradjuri Country, Orange, Australia

One tree sits in the foreground. The horizon is dead straight against an arid and dramatic landscape. There are many rocks.

Last light, last tree, Yuwaalaraay Country, Lightening Ridge, Australia

Dramatic sea scape looking out to ocean horizon, rock shelf in the foreground

Last light at Coal Point, Nuenonne Country, Tasmania, Australia

Mist descends from the mountain ranges. Frozen ice cliff faces. You know that water is freezing.

Kā Roimata ō Hine, FranzJosef, Aotearoa New Zealand

Two trees on a beach scape, black and white photo

Two Trees, Nuenonne Country, Tasmania, Australia

Old growth forest landscape, dramatic light on trees. Fern scrub in the foreground.

Understorey, Nuenonne Country, Tasmania, Australia

An expansive shot of the darkening sky, looking out to headland Buchan Point, water swirls around rocks in the foreground.

Water's edge, last light, Little Bay, Gweagal Country, Sydney, Australia

Misty forest first light morning

Morning, Anaiwan Country, Armidale, Australia

Wild foxglove flowers, bush weeds, long grass. The flowers are purple and abundant

Lake Waikaremoana, Ngāti Kahungunu Country, Aotearoa New Zealand

Moody landscape of river, through long grass reeds.

Dyarubbin, Hawkesbury River, Dharug Country, Sydney, Australia

Pink horizontal landscape, beach scene. Four poles inn the distance

Kamay Botany Bay, Gweagal Country, Sydney, Australia

A view of the river, sparkling in the last light of day, though mangrove trees and their shadows.

Goolay'yari, Place of Pelican, Cooks River, Gadigal-Wangal Country, Sydney, Australia

Standing at the lakes edge, a gentle rain comes down. Looking out through layers of grass reeds, toward a headland in the distance.

Water's edge, Bogangar, Bundjalung Country, Australia

Framed by columns of black basalt rock, looking out to a stormy ocean horizon, the waves crash

Water's edge, Booniyabah, Bundjalung Country, Australia

A night shot of a pond covered in lily pads

Water's edge, dusk chorus, Bundjalung Country, Australia

An expansive view of black rocks, rounded by in coming waves, looking towards a gently sloping mountain ridge on the horizon.

Cloudy Bay looking south, Nuenonne Country, Tasmania, Australia

An expansive view of a black ocean, waves lapping gently, bisected by a horizon of clouds, and a heavy moisture ladden sky.

Liquid sky, Mornington Penninsula, Kulin Country, Australia

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