the gathering

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 30, 2018663 views10 comments

Perhaps this should be in the flora gallery, I'm not sure, but in this part of the Tasmanian cool, temperate rainforest, this is about as much landscape as you can see in some directions ! A bit of a departure from my usually more expansive compositions, I've tried to isolate some form from the (beautiful) chaos that a rainforest throws at you.
Australia has destroyed over 75% of its rainforest unfortunately, and down in the smallest state of Tasmania, they're still eating away at it, but it still accounts for about 10% of the states total area.
D500
Nikon 16-85 mm lens @ 16mm
1/15th second @ f/7.1
ISO 200

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 30, 2018 at 2:05 PM

Neale: An interesting scene and lots of textures to explore. I think I would bring up the shadows and the overall brightness a bit. I suppose this can be a pretty dark and shadowy place but a touch more light would suit me better. >=))>

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 30, 2018 at 7:59 PM

Neale, I'm quite enjoying this one! I like the composition with all the interesting plants to explore and the moss covered stumps are wonderful. Works fine for me as is here but I do think I would crop a bit off the top to get rid of the bright spots around that tree.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on April 30, 2018 at 8:01 PM

This feels like such an exotic landscape. I think the composition works well here. I like how you have positioned the plants with the radiating leaves in the frame to form a diagonal. These plants form an anchor to the composition in the midst of all the busy-ness of the scene. I'm not sure what you could have done to avoid them, but the leaves coming in on the right hand side are a little distracting, but I know it's hard to minimize distracting elements in the forest. I would suggest brightening the mid-tones a bit as it feels kind of dark overall.

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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on May 1, 2018 at 7:49 AM

Thanks for those comments guys. I have made some minor adjustments to the image.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on May 1, 2018 at 8:07 AM

Always a tough scene but think this is a good go. Think a cpl would have gone a long way here.

aF

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on May 1, 2018 at 1:32 PM

Nice forest scene. Although you have provided a fairly ordered composition I feel it's still a bit busy. There's a lot going on here and I don't mean the plant coming in from the right. The forest has the same texture and color as the bromelaids(?) making it distracting as the end of the fronds merge into the bg branches. It's just a difficult environment to shoot.

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on May 1, 2018 at 2:37 PM

Such a tough location...you have nicely highlighted your selection in the disorder.I am liking the light on the moss covered stumps. Did you use a flash? You could try and darken the back ground to isolate and separate the subject evenmore. Nice work in a tough environment.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 1, 2018 at 6:29 PM

Nice take on the rainforest. I like the repost, too. Nice improvement. It would be interesting to compare one with a polarizer and one without. Hard to say which would work best.

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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on May 1, 2018 at 8:50 PM

Thanks for further comments, really appreciated. I didn't think to use my cpl unfortunately Aaron and Harley. I didn't use a flash Stephen, and Igor, they aren't bromeliads, they're pandani.
(Pandani (Richea pandanifolia) is endemic to Tasmania. It is part of the genus Richea which contains 9 species (out of 11) that are endemic to Tasmania. They are relics from Gondwana times. It is usually around 2 to 3 metres high but can reach 10 metres and more. It is the world's tallest heath plant. Unrelated to pandanus palms.)

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on May 2, 2018 at 3:15 AM

There is so much to see and enjoy here. Love the design and of course the detail. The highlights are also working well IMO, especially with all of the dark tones. Good one!

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