Murray Valley Skies

I have reason to travel to Yarrawonga in northeast Victoria on the Murray River regularly now, and while the landscape on the flood plains is flat, the skies can make up for the lack of dramatic scenery.

I was surprised to learn that the Murray carried more paddle steamers than the Mississippi in their respective 19th century heydays. Perhaps that was a patriotic Aussie lie. However, the Murray is a long river with major tributaries in a generally very dry continent (although dwarfed in every respect by its distant sister), and provided a major transport route for farm produce to reach shipping - perhaps wheat or wool to be loaded on to a clipper bound for Mother Britain, back in those colonial days. At least Yarrawonge has a First Nations' name, unlike the state and the river.

I am interested to hear what people's views are about the skies - they're a long way from the rather dull reality of the RAW file, and I'm well aware of the risks of over-processing. Having fairly recently embraced monochrome, this could well be a time I overdo things, to my later regret! However, for now, I like them this way, and am quite happy to pursue a romantic or heroic vision rather than just depicting reality.