the Loner

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 5, 2011255 views7 comments

The image was taken at the Salmon River area of northwest Tasmania, within a region known as the Tarkine. After a prolonged bushbash, I stumbled onto this stand of forest gums swathed in an early morning mist. This one fellow was all alone in the mist, so I attempted to capture him with a 200mm lens on a tripod on quite spongy undergrowth. It was a fantastic sight....he was surrounded by hundreds of fellow gums in all their tall and green glory. The area was in the midst of a huge logging operation, so it is possible that none of these lovely trees exist now....and have been turned into woodchips or whatever. Thankfully there are large tracts of similar forests protected under the World Heritage covenances.
All comments are welcome!

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7 comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on November 5, 2011 at 3:26 AM

Great shot David! Looks like that tree is floating! The dark background works great too.
I think if you crop a tiny bit from the bottom to eliminate that first band of grass, this floating effect gets stronger.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on November 5, 2011 at 5:02 AM

Maybe this is the ghost of a gum tree killed by loggers...
I love the mood here; a very strong image David. It would possibly make a great B&W as well.

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on November 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM

Very etherial. I like this composition fine as is. But I also like Dietrich's and Vincent's suggestions. Alternatively, I also think it would work well with most of the dark background cropped out. A few different and interesting compositions are possible with what you've captured here.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on November 5, 2011 at 10:47 AM

Lovely concept and moment. Too bad it's so blurry.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 5, 2011 at 12:26 PM

Yeah, the blurriness is a problem-spongy ground and 200mm obviously wasnt your friend here

But it's still a cool shot, especially if you crop the bottom as suggested!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 5, 2011 at 3:36 PM

I like the comp, but could see cropping some of the dark area from the top to make it more balanced and put more focus on the tree.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on November 6, 2011 at 11:29 AM

A bit soft but what an outstanding moment to capture!

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