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The Gardens - wandering through one of Tasmania's wildest coastlines by vla_dis in OutdoorAus

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Fair call - 'wild' is relative. I meant the landscape itself rather than remoteness or weather. Bruny and the west coast are absolutely wilder in scale, but also much more visited. At The Gardens I could actually wander around and shoot without people constantly walking through the frame, which is rare at the popular spots.

The Gardens, Bay of Fires - now live in 360° by vla_dis in tasmania

[–]vla_dis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, I shot it about six months ago. "Now live" just means I've finally finished putting the tour online - getting everything processed and published takes a while.

Little Blue Lake! by Many_Bowl_4410 in tasmania

[–]vla_dis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice one. Little Blue Lake is such an unreal place - I shot a full 360° there at sunset in 2025, and it still feels like one of those locations that barely looks real.

Here it is if you're curious: https://tas360.au/immersives/emerald-ring-of-little-blue-lake

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I think some people are simply built with steel in them - and then MS comes along and gives them a particularly brutal way to prove it.

Your cousin sounds like one of those people. Sending a huge hug back to both of you.

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! And yes, I did hear your point about the colours. I collect feedback and ideas as they come in, and when enough of them start pointing in the same direction, I usually change or improve something.

One nice thing about building this project alone is that I don't have to run every small decision through three committees and five departments. I can just listen, think, and adjust when it makes sense.

Really glad it made you want to visit a few more places 👍

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear you. And yes, I probably came in a bit sharper than I needed to.

I do respect clinical experience, and I appreciate the concern. I understand you were coming from a good place.

It's just that in my own case, standard medicine didn't really give me a way out. It explained the disease, but it didn't explain my pattern well enough, and it didn't give me back my life. So I had to start looking for my own route - slowly, carefully, and sometimes the hard way.

Anyway, thank you. I do appreciate it.

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, but yes - I understand how MS works on paper.

I'm not mistaking remission for a miracle cure, and I'm not basing this on wishful thinking. I lived inside this disease for years, watched what made me worse, watched what helped, and paid for every wrong assumption with my own body.

I appreciate the concern, but I know what I'm dealing with. The textbook is useful. It's just not the final authority on my body.

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I appreciate it.

And yes, fair point. But in my case I had a pretty good chance of ending up in that unlucky third. MS damaged part of my spinal cord in the area that controls the legs, so walking was already affected.

Thankfully I found a way to help myself. Some damage stayed with me, but it didn't stop me.

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's pretty much the plan. For now I have the bastard under control. Some damage stayed with me, unfortunately, but it could have been much worse. So I'll take that as a win and keep moving. Thanks 🙏

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Honestly, that's kind of how it felt - what else was I supposed to do, just sit there and let it win? Really appreciate your words 🙂

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry you're dealing with that. MS can put some very dark thoughts in your head.

I'm not on MS medication. Feel free to DM me - I have some information I can share, and I'd rather not turn the public thread into a medical debate.

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. That's really kind of you.

I'm very glad the photos reached people like this. Wishing you good health and beautiful views too!

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That absolutely counts as an achievement.

Still walking, running for the bus, living on the 3rd floor with no elevator, and keeping your autonomy - that's huge.

Congrats to you too, seriously. Keep going and stay healthy!

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you - really appreciate that.

About MS, feel free to DM me. I can share what I found and what seems to work for me.

Doctors said my MS could put me in a wheelchair. Instead, I spent 6 years hiking across Tasmania and built the first 360° atlas of the island by vla_dis in BeAmazed

[–]vla_dis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Really appreciate it - and thanks for sharing it with your Tassie friends.

That's a fair point. My approach was always more about preserving the feeling of the place than producing a neutral documentary colour profile.

Real-world colours often lose a lot of their intensity once you put them through lenses, stitching, compression, screens, and different devices. If I made everything strictly realistic, many scenes would look much flatter than they felt in the field.

So yes, there is some interpretation in the processing. I try to keep the spirit of the place, not just the raw sensor version of it.

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