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Ewen Bell
Anangu people describe five seasons in the area: cooler weather in April and May; a cold season with morning frosts in June and July; a time for animal breeding and flowering plants from August to October; a hot season in November and December; and a stormy season from January to March.
A singing honeyeater perches in a flame grevillea tree.
A long exposure at sunrise shows star trails wheeling above Uluru.
Though Uluru and Kata Tjuta are the park’s most distinctive features, photographers should also pay attention to birds, flowers, and other unexpected parts of the landscape.
Use trees or other plants to frame Uluru, adding a layer of complexity to the composition.
Uluru famously seems to change colour at dawn and dusk.
Highlighting plants in the foreground can help give a sense of greater scale to Uluru, which stretches 5.8 miles in circumference.
Use the sunlight’s low angle in the early morning or late evening to reveal a range of subtle colours in the landscape.
The sandstone monolith rises 1,142 feet above the surrounding landscape deep in the Central Australian outback, known as the Red Centre.
Renting a car allows one to photograph from multiple viewpoints in a single trip, maximizing the warm light of sunrise or sunset.