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I started following Simon Booth on YouTube and am starting to develop a greater appreciation of forest landscapes.
I also came across a series of shots I took in 2013 and decided to post them! ☺
These red-huckleberry leaves are so beautiful in the forest now. They look like little green butterflies in the forest.
Marions Lookout and Lake Lilla, Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania.
The snow covered western flank of Cradle Mt itself there at the left.
Bronica RF645, Zenzanon RF65mm f/4 lens. 250th sec at f/11, Kodak TMAX 400
Full size too :-)
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Waldbaden: Eintauchen in die Atmosphäre des Waldes.
Hier habe ich versucht, den Wald als vertikales Panorama einzufangen.
Forest bathing: Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the forest.
Here I tried to capture the forest as a vertical panorama.
Technically they're not quite fractals but the backlit frondlets of this tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica) certainly appear like them.
This ferny frond was fondly found in the forest - very close to the base of that big ole tree in a recent posting. The tree fern to whom the frond belongs was lucky to have escaped the Riveaux Road fire of 2019.
Tahune Forest, Huon Valley, south east Tasmania.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 24-200/4-6.3, 1/40th sec at f/8, ISO 400 ~200mm
The base of a fairly mature Stringy Bark (Eucalyptus obliqua) in the Tahune forest around the Huon and Picton Rivers. Southern Tasmania. Luckily this tree and its small, surrounding pocket of rainforest escaped the Riveaux Road fire of 2019.
Stringy Bark is a fairly common species of eucalypt. It can be a dominant tree in tall, wet, forest and can grow to be quite massive like this magnificent specimen. The species also thrives in drier, sclerophyll forests and even among our coastal heaths where it is occasionally found as a mallee in selected areas.
Stringy Bark gets its common name from the thick, fibrous bark that is quite fire resistant and simply laughs at our puny axes. Chainsaws not so much :(
This specimen is about 3.5m in diameter, around 75-80m tall and in the order of 200 to 300 years old.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 24-200/4-6.3, 1/50th sec at f/8, ISO 400 ~70mm
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Surrounded by ancient rainforest, the dark and mysterious, tannin-laden waters of Pencil Pine Creek in the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park. Tasmania.
My advice is to make it big :-)
Ricoh GRiii, 18.3mm f/2.8 GR lens, 1.0 sec at f/16, ISO 400. Internal ND filter.
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A heathland depression filled with overnight rain, Cradle Valley, Tasmania.
Ricoh GRIII, 18.3/2.8 GR Lens, 1/60th sec at f/8, ISO 400
Make it big :-)
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This Douglas-fir stands along a quiet Qathet trail, its trunk rising in a slow, graceful curve before disappearing into the misted canopy. Moss climbs the bark like soft green fire, catching the dim coastal light and deepening the sense of calm that settles over the forest. Standing beneath it feels almost otherworldly—the air cooler, the sounds muted, the whole scene wrapped in that quiet magic you only find on a slow hike through these coastal woods. It’s a tree that doesn’t just grow upward; it draws you into its stillness.
The rear annexe of Waldheim Chalet in Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania.
The original chalet was build by Gustav and Kate Weindorfer in the early part of last century. Both were instrumental in seeing this tiny but unique part of the world declared a national park.
The original chalet was destroyed by fire in the '70s but rebuilt with traditional techniques and timbers.
Bronica RF645, Zenzanon RF65mm f/4 lens. 130th sec at f/8, Kodak TMAX 400
parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/cradle-mountain/waldhe...
Lady Barron Falls in the Mount Field National Park, Tasmania.
The falls are named for Lady Clara Barron, wife of Major General Sir Harry Barron, Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913.
A pretty little waterfall around 40 mins walk from the park entrance. The well constructed path is through temperate forest logged by hand a century ago and scorched by wildfire in 2019, then down into the rainforested river valley by 239 steps... One way to get the heart rate up on the way back.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 24-70/4 S, 3 secs at f/14, ISO 100.
Breakthrough Photography 6 Stop ND filter.
Just add rain...
Was working at the Maydena Bike Park last weekend. Maydena is up the road from Russell Falls and the Mount Field National Park and I called in on the way past. Was hoping for the shot I missed last time I was here - sort of got the shot but missing the water...
It was a good exercise nonetheless, had the waterfall and her spirits to myself for a while :-)
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 17-30/4 S, 1/15th sec at f/16, ISO 100
Breakthrough Photography 6 Stop ND filter.
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It was quiet along The Avalanche Trail when we hiked through it a couple of weeks ago. Sheltered from winds higher up on the escarpment, dappled sunlight coming through the trees, all the greenery, and an aromatic smell of cedar combined to make it a pleasure following the blue blazes around boulders and hollows.
What is actually the accessibility pathway to Russell Falls, Mt Field National Park. The wooden structure at the end is pretty much where the waterfall comes into view.
The gentle path passes through an amazing, natural rain-forest grove of ancient tree ferns - Dicksonia antarctica. Dicksonia antarctica is the most abundant tree fern in South Eastern Australia.
Predominantly a rain-forest species, tree ferns grow upward from the head where the fronds sprout - the trunk is basically dead matter. The plant relies on rainfall mainly but also limited capillary action to draw moisture from the ground. It is drought and fire intolerant...
This frame on Kodak Ektar 100 with my elderly Bronica S2A and Nikkor-D 40mm f/4 lens. It's a lovely old beast which frightens the living daylights out of folk when it fires :-D Not sure of the settings but probably ~1/15 sec at f/16 or something. Don't like to go below 1/15th due to mirror slap and dodgy shutter speeds ;-)
Neg scan by Work in Process, Melbourne.
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Nelson River beside the Lyell Highway in South West Tasmania.
There's a short walk beside the creek through lush rainforest to the waterfall of the same name.
I liked the little pool of light. The mono version was also good but stuck with colour for the greens :-)
Fuji X-T5, XF 16-50mm f/2.8-4.8, 6 secs at f/5.6, ISO 200. NiSi 6 stop ND, FL ~16mm
"Green is the fresh emblem of well-founded hopes. In blue, the spirit can wander, but in green, it can rest."
-Mary Webb
Research has "just" shown the benefits of "Forest Bathing" in preventing depression and cardiovascular disease, the Japanese have been forest bathing for thousands of years, they just call it "Shinrin Yoku" Here is where I "Forest Bath" and have been since I was knee high, and it works N.S.S!
Wiarton Willy may be right with a prediction for an early spring this year - though he didn't actually attend the prognostication festivities himself - the town mayor tossed a fur hat in the air and made the declaration. Rumor has it he went into permanent hibernation. Either way, it was certainly mild and damp when we escaped the house and went for a hike today. Snowshoes were a must in the softening snow pack.
I volunteered as a race marshal for the Australian National MTB Champs held last week at Maydena in southern Tasmania.
Duties were to ensure riders and spectators were safe and that accidents could be dealt with quickly and efficiently.
In between races, volunteering gave me the opportunity to stand alone in the forest and simply listen to it breathing.
Early starts also meant that the forest floor was still in relative darkness when I reached my post. As the sun climbed, brilliant sunbeams picked out details like this backlit tree-fern frond (Dicksonia antarctica).
This is an older, previously logged, regenerating forest not a plantation and the dominant species is Eucalytpus regnans or Mountain Ash (among many names). The species grows very quickly and can reach 65m in around fifty years. The trees around the fern here are about that age and it is the butt of one such tree that provides the dark, tapering backdrop.
The tallest known living specimen of the species is Centurion at ~100m tall, just a few kilometres away in the Styx Valley.
Growing so large and so quickly means E. regnans is a fabulous carbon sink with mature trees also providing habitat for countless species of birds, mammals and invertebrates.
Ricoh GRiii, 18.3mm f/2.8, 1/500th sec at f/2.8, ISO 100
Hurstwood woodland - I added the mist just to create some atmosphere. There was a lack of light as today had been wet and gloomy. But a nice walk through some tall spruce and Leylandia.
#hurstwood #woodland #misty #forest #forestbathing
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A pool among the buttongrass alongside the boardwalk at Ronny Creek, Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania.
Buttongrass, Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus, is a species of tussock-forming sedge from southeastern Australia.
There are many wombats (Vombats ursinus) in the immediate vicinity and they keep their lawn in a very trimmed condition.
Bronica RF645, Zenzanon RF65mm f/4 lens. 1/60th sec at f/5.6, Kodak TMAX 400.
The Birthday Loop in the Meehan Range on Hobart's outskirts.
The Range hosts a mountain bike park that is very popular with the locals. The Birthday Loop is one of the easier trails but it runs through a very special little bit of forest. It is very peaceful there.
The ground is desperately poor, nothing but sandstone and the odd lump of dolerite or clay but the open woodland is very special.
The quite rare Eucalyptus risdonii (Risdon Peppermint) seen here are endemic to the Meehans. E. risdonii will likely become an increasingly dominant eucalypt species as the earth continues to heat up. It is tough as nails.
Some more info here [www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/rare-eucalyptus-risdonii-e...]
Ricoh GRiii, 18.3mm GR lens, 1/2000th sec at f/3.5, ISO 100
The days are getting shorter and the sun is getting lower in the sky!
I'm always searching for sunbursts!
Part of the track up the hillside to the Paper Caves in Argyll
Highest position: 426 on Sunday, July 10, 2022
微上心頭，大家要記得保暖啊~喝完紅豆湯倒頭大睡中~
In 日本秋田縣，栗駒國定公園，小安峽 ~
Oyasu-kyō Ravine , Kurikoma Quasi-National Park, Akita, Japan~
繼續不要臉的傾銷庫存ING~
Enjoying nature´s healing properties in the forest.
© Andy Brandl (2018) // PhotonMix Photography
--> Andy Brandl @ Robert Harding
From the forest floor at Maydena in southern Tasmania. Looking up to the crowns of towering Mountain Ash (Eucaluptus regans). Some of the world's tallest living things/flowering plants.
These are mere babies at around 50 years old and 60m tall they have a couple of hundred years to get to full height.
Greatly humbling to be at their feet and watch the tops swirling in lazy circles to the westerly breeze.
iPhone 11 Pro Max, 1.5mm back camera, 1/180th sec at f/2.4, ISO 20. Halide app.
突然想到了開勳農場了~
在這條公路上行駛，簡直是一個走走停停的狀態，車子剛發動，開沒幾公尺，就想要捕捉一路上不停變化的路邊楓情，我們在想，乾脆一路就這樣慢慢用走的上來到天黑也甘願啊~
日本長野県高山村,, 県道66号豊野南志賀公園線, 山田牧場（やまだぼくじょう） ~
Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park, Honshū, Japan ~
Deep inside the famous bamboo grove at Arashiyama on the western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan.
There were hordes of folk doing a very good impression of a milling throng so finding a shot without a selfie stick in it was a challenge.
That said, despite the number of people it was surprisingly tranquil in the grove and all were on best behaviour.
Leica Q2 Monochrom, Summilux 28/1.7, 1/640th sec at f/1.7, ISO 200. Cropped from the centre of a portrait frame.
There's not a lot of understorey in the Japanese Cedar forests of the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trail. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
It's pretty dark under the canopy and the plants that do grow on the forest floor tend to be small. I'm not sure what this particular plant is sorry, looks willow-ish!
Ricoh GRiii, 18.3mm f/2.8 GR lens, 1/8th sec at f/2.8, ISO 200