Fern Field

[Octane]

This image wasn't a planned shot. I made it after having photographed around the Lake Gunn area. I was on my way out back out to Te Anau and happened to drive by this scene, in late evening, and the light looked just right. I quickly unpacked my gear, composed, focused and shot for 30 seconds.

For printing, I have previsualised a 1:1 crop, which will be centred around the main fern in the foreground, rather than the entire 3:2 scene. I don't know, both may work?

The light falling on the right-hand side of the tree trunks does it for me. It was such brilliant light. I've had to mask the background a little, as at 30 seconds, the sky and foliage in the rear, was exposed several stops greater than the rest of the scene.

Slightly higher resolution found here (http://users.tpg.com.au/octane2/ff.html).

Comments and critique, as always, most welcome.

Regards,
Humayun

[Jen]

Beautiful pic :thumbsup: you could have brought a few of them ferns back home there is that many of them there hehe ;)

[troypiggo]

Probably agree on the crop for printing. Those non-fern plants on the right are a little distracting and the image looks much cleaner without them. Good eye.

[garyp]

That's a pretty cool shot. :thumbsup:

Well worth stopping for. I'm looking forward to more posts from you.

Cheers

Gary:)

[astroturf]

thats a really nice shot, Humayun
makes me feel homesick !
You can just imagine hobbits passing thru there

Bryan

[Octane]

Jen,

Hah! The ferns really are everywhere over there. It's amazing. Thanks.



Troy,

Glad I wasn't the only one who found the far-right a bit distracting. :thumbsup:



Gary,

Cheers. I have a few more to go. :)



Bryan,

Are you a Kiwi, too? You lucky so-and-so!

Cheers!



Thanks again, everyone.

Regards,
Humayun