Australia is a land of amazing beauty and contrasting scenery, from the red centre through to diverse coastal areas and so is often painted and photographed by artists and amateurs alike. Australian landscape photography is a hobby that many people enjoy - and many more enjoy the fruits of their labour. For instance, these beautiful photos can be made into pictures to grace the walls of homes and be made into postcards. They can be used to decorate any number of items from book covers to coasters and more.

Framed prints of landscape photography always look wonderful on the wall and you can get even more enjoyment out of them if you have actually been to the place where the photos were taken. However, taking them yourself does not always produce the results you had hoped for. You need to have a good quality camera and a few lessons under your belt before you can get photos that are good enough to enlarge for the walls.

If you really want to display some of Australia on your walls, the best way to do it is to buy a print from a professional photographer who specialises in landscapes. Not only will the prints be amazing, but you can probably get them framed as well. Many photographers have websites that offer such services, making it really easy to get that unique gift or print for your walls. In fact, if you have friends or family that live overseas such a picture would make the ideal gift.

You can have a lot of fun with landscape photography [http://www.markphotographics.com.au/page/landscape-photography.html] even if you are not actually trained. You can find lots of hints online about the best way to take landscape photographs so that they look interesting. One way is to find a natural feature such as a rock or tree and have that as a close up part of the picture. This gives something for the eye to focus on as well as the background of scenery.

Astrophotography is a whole different genre. You will need to have special telescopes to take pictures of planets and nebulas many light years away from Earth. It is truly amazing to think it is even possible to photograph such far distant objects. The swirling colours are amazing and they would make incredible abstract type art for your walls - or look wonderful as cards.

So if you are looking for a unique gift or an absorbing hobby think along the lines of photography - but not just snapping shots anywhere; choose a genre and find out all you can about it to make your pictures really stunning.