GRAYnomad Nature Photography :: #00301 :: Tree Fern
Home



caption
Tree Fern :: Carnarvon Gorge, QLD

Add or remove this image to/from your favourites.

 
View in simple mode. Click outside image to return.
 


0 items
Tree Fern
Carnarvon Gorge, QLD


0 items

Image #00301


The Carnarvon Gorge National Park must be one of the jewels in Queensland's national park crown.

I've been there three times now and on each occasion stayed for around a week, so I would expect to have made several good images from the spectacular landscape. Not so.

This is the only image I like from all that time. It seems that the Gorge is just one of those places that's visually stunning and great to experience, but not very photogenic (at least not to my eyes).

This fern was growing right next to a trail that descends from one of the gorge's cliff tops. I noticed the composition as I returned from the rim, but only part of the fern was brightly lit. I had time, so set up the camera and waited.

After half an hour or so of explaining to passing tourists what I was doing, the light was right and I let some of it through onto the film.

With traditional darkroom techniques such as burning and dodging, even using a little ferri, it's next to impossible to bring the fern out from it's background, and in fact I only printed the negative a few times before giving up.

These days I use Photoshop and print digitally, I still "burn" and "dodge" but I do it with a precision that's obviously not possible under an enlarger. It's still difficult to get the right affect, but at least it's now practical.

Camera::Tachihara 5x4 field camera
Lens::90mm f4.5 Nikkor
Focal length::90mm
Exposure::10sec
Aperture::f32
Other details::Horseman 6x12 RFH
Image size::5406 x 6618 pixels (36Mpx)

THIS IMAGE IS AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS
Custom sizes/products can be produced as well.

Code Size(inches) Size(mm) Price  
Standard photographic prints
 00301-sp-10 8x10 203x254 AU$40 Add to Cart
 00301-sp-12 10x12 254x304 AU$60 Add to Cart
 00301-sp-14 11x14 279x355 AU$77 Add to Cart
 00301-sp-16 13x16 330x406 AU$104
(free shipping)
Add to Cart
 00301-sp-20 16x20 406x508 AU$160
(free shipping)
Add to Cart
 00301-sp-24 19x24 482x609 AU$228
(free shipping)
Add to Cart
 00301-sp-30 24x30 609x762 AU$360
(free shipping)
Add to Cart
Sizes are nominal and are of the print,
there is a white boarder so the image will be smaller.
If you need exact or custom sizes please
Email Rob,
or ask in the comments section below.


# FREE SHIPPING for orders of 100 or more.
* Approximate price, depends on the exchange rate of the day.

Featured in these galleries.

Landscape:Monoscapes

Comments

No comments yet

Post a comment

Name

Location

Comment

 
Enter code then



 


HOME  ❖  WRITING  ❖  PHOTOGRAPHY
CONTACT  ❖  GUESTBOOK  ❖  ABOUT