Last month's National Geographic Photo Journal section featured a selection of photographs taken by Murray Fredricks over the course of several annual trips to Lake Eyre, a "flat, arid salt sink in Australia with only the horizon to define its 3,700 square miles." Fredericks' aimed to "remove the landscape from landscape photography" and his photos, which at times resemble Mark Rothko paintings, certainly achieve this goal. It's incredible to see the breadth of color that occurs naturally, on the barest of canvases, thanks to this photographer's patient observation.
Check out more of Fredricks' work here: http://murrayfredericks.com.au
(Photos courtesy of National Geographic Magazine)