Is that first one a Tree fern Siphewe ? I didn't realise you could grow them there. I'm going somewhere soon that should have lots and lots of really big ones. Interestingly they seem to call them fern trees here in NZ, but tree ferns in Oz and UK.
Here's another view from Glenorchy, 3 views of Mt Aspiring. I love the colours of the mountains here, green, grey, black, yellow and of course the white of the snow.
and a 3 shot pano from a different location with the winter willows in the foreground providing even more colour - some of them are so vibrant red/orange/yellows
cadman342001 wrote:
Is that first one a Tree fern Siphewe ? I didn't realise you could grow them there. I'm going somewhere soon that should have lots and lots of really big ones. Interestingly they seem to call them fern trees here in NZ, but tree ferns in Oz and UK.
Andy
It is, Andy. Also used to tiny ferns until I moved towards the coast. We have two in the garden and they seem to be thriving.
Ken, Beautiful seed heads on the Glycenia canadensis. I will have to pay more attention next time out since according to the web it grows here too. Good find.
Jim
cadman342001 wrote:
The IR really makes these Jim especially those skies.
Andy
Thanks Andy. Only the last one is IR, but I did process the skies and water to match. The whitish foliage is the true IR photo. I've tried many times to write a Photoshop action to approximate the IR look, but the foliage has an almost negative look to it - without being a negative - and I have failed to make visible spectrum photos look like true IR. Which, I suppose, is why i own two IR cameras.
Siphiwe,
I love the look of back lit tree fern leaves. Like sparkling arranged emeralds on a stick. When I camped at Binna Burra in Queensland's MacPherson mountain range within Lamington National Park - these huge ferns were mixed in with massive strangler Fig trees, Gum, Pine and Eucalyptus - all within a temperate rain forest. Wonderful forest smells. Good shot!
Jim
cadman342001 wrote:
Here's another view from Glenorchy, 3 views of Mt Aspiring. I love the colours of the mountains here, green, grey, black, yellow and of course the white of the snow.
and a 3 shot pano from a different location with the winter willows in the foreground providing even more colour - some of them are so vibrant red/orange/yellows
cadman342001 wrote:
Lovely Ken, I especially like the matching background that has a pleasing gradient across it. What did you use ?
Andy
Thanks for the appreciation.
Nothing fancy for the background gradient, just the wall in the downstairs bathroom. The late afternoon light coming through a window brightly illuminated the grass seeds and dimly lit the wall producing the gradient. A natural outdoor background would be preferable, but getting the grass to be still for a 14-image stack would have been impossible with the breeze. I tied several backgrounds but liked the simplest one the best.
