| Dawn on the Treetop Walk
Photographed at the Valley of the Giants, near Walpole in Western Australia
at 6.30 am on Saturday 21st March. Location Notes: The Treetop Walk in the Valley of the Giants at Walpole-Nornalup National Park was constructed and is maintained by the Department of Conservation and Land Management, as a unique way for humans to visit these ancient trees while causing the least disturbance to the fragile forest floor environment. It is accessible by both foot and wheelchair.
Shoot Notes: This node was shot on the second of the two high platforms in the middle of the Treetop Walk, and is roughly 40m above the valley floor. Some Tingle Trees reach a further 20m in height above the us on the platform. In the view to the east ahead, the clearing clouds begin to reveal Mount Frankland.
Acknowledgements: Our thanks to CALM, who gave us exclusive access to the area at this very early hour, thus making this wrinkle possible. Thanks also to Chris Goodsall, our helpful and knowledgable guide, and to Robert Frith, at Acorn Photographics, for the loan of his rectilinear lens.
Technical Notes: Shot with a Canon EOS 620 on Kodacolor Gold III 400 ASA film, using a 17-35mm rectilinear zoom lens set at 17mm. Exposure fixed at 10 sec, f6.7 with flash fill. Camera and camcorder were both liberally wrapped in plastic food wrap to ward off the high humidity. Pano gear: a custom panorama head on a Manfrotto Triminor tripod. |
