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Mount Glorious Rain Forest


Mount Glorious Rain Forest
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Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 710 W: 36 N: 1542] (4971)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-03-07
Categories: Rain Forest
Camera: Canon 5D, Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM, SanDisk Ext. III 1GB
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/8 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-07 2:45
Viewed: 932
Points: 6
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My wife and I spent the day up at Mount Glorious today I just needed to get a way and take in some fresh mountain air. Mount Glorious is in Queensland and is a mountain which is part of the D'Aguilar Range.

The forest is also a Brisbane Forest Park and is roughly 30km from the city's centre (Brisbane).

We did a shot 4.3k walk down to the Greene falls, they were flowing but not as much as I thought they would be.

On the way down I spotted this huge tree that had fallen quite some time ago, and just standing looking at this you couldn’t help but wonder the noise this giant must of made when it finally fell.

There are other mountains in the D'Aguilar Range include Mount Nebo, Mount Pleasant and Mount Mee, but Mount Glorious is approximately 599 metres above sea level.

Details, Shot Jpeg slightly cropped and resized, re sharpened for posting.

File Name IMG_2711.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS 5D
Shooting Date/Time 7/03/2009 11:21:25 AM
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/8
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 500
Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Focal Length 21.0 mm
Image Size 800x572
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style User Defined 1(Neutral)
Sharpness 6
Contrast 2
Saturation 2
Color tone 1
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction On
File Size 260 KB
Drive Mode Single shooting
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Hallo Richard
What a lovely combination of various colours of green all in one image. The atmosphere captured here is one of absolute serenity and peacefullness. You have captured and displayed this scenery well. The alge on the dead old branch is really beautiful and the image as a whole comes across with a hint of mystic. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed it and I am sure you loved it there. You are very lucky to be able to walk in woods like these not feeling threatened for your lives or of danger at all. Thanks for sharing.
Best regards
Anna

Richard, this view reminds me of my solitary walk through a dense forest of cedars near my ancestral village in the Himalayas recently. It was a moment of retrospection and reflection for me. My father, who was an official in the forest department, planted that forest more than 70 years ago. Though he passed away ten years ago, I could feel his spirit right there in that forest.
I saw a few trees like the one in your picture -- toppled over and dead, maybe during winter snow storms in the past.
Your forest looks rich and pristine -- something that we need to conserve, protect and look up to in the critical times we live in.
The picture conveys the ambience of a dense rain forest very effectively.
Thanks and best regards.
Ram

Hi Rick,

A very beautiful spot, what I'd give to be able to go to a place like that and take photos. A very nice shot, shows the forest nicely, but I wish there was something in there that showed the size of the fallen giant.

Around here, forests are a bit on the anemic side compared to places like that, we're primarily grassland and savanna originally here and a 4-foot diameter Oak is a giant locally, so I'd love to see some trees that are really big. Of course, our Pacific coastal forests have the Sequoias and Redwoods, and I hope to some day see them.

Thanks,
John

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