Ficus Wonder
One from earlier in the year when I was in Cairns. Species from the Ficus Genus of fig trees in the Wooroonoonan National Park. Random rainforest creek off the beaten track.
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John Kowalski
Nice shot Laurette! fabulous old tree and lovely water flow in this image! very nice indeed!!
Laurette Ruys replied
THankyou so much John!!
Denis Molodkin
Stunning work, excellent composition, well done!
Laurette Ruys replied
Thankyou very much Denis!
David Hibberd
Fantastic! a fave
Davo
Laurette Ruys replied
Thanks davo, really appreciate your comment and fave :)
Paul Manning
gorgeous water ~ where is the Wooroonoonan Nation Park? cheers Paul
Laurette Ruys replied
Hey Paul, the Wooroonoonan National Park is just south of Cairns in the Goldsborough Valley :)
caritahhz
Really lovely photo
Kounelli
Awesome exposure and compo
Tony Middleton
Gotta love those buttressed root systems in the tropics. Nice shot Laurette !
Laurette Ruys replied
Thanks so much Tony, I really love the gnarled root systems too :)
Richard Heath
Simply beautiful Laurette!
Laurette Ruys replied
Thankyou Richard !
Jeff Catford
Beautiful. This old ficus holds the river bank together and all it gets in thanks is a battering… Superbly captured. Thank you.
Laurette Ruys replied
THankyou Jeff. They do get battered but they are so strong as well. :)
David Murphy
Love this, Laurette!!
Laurette Ruys replied
Thanks David :)
Robert Mullner
Love these figs Laurette…such aggresively strong tree’s, they are Kings of the rainforest up North..Great shot..
Laurette Ruys replied
Thanks Rob, I really appreciate your comments ;)
Michael Walters
Well this is really lovely and what a change of pace for you too, thought you were lost at sea;-)) This is something so different to most forest shots, really cool seeing that NE Aus landscape, it’s so full of life and love the tree, really amazing, the water looks fantastic in this and compliments the green and tree so well, really glad you had this shot hidden away, brilliant!!
Laurette Ruys replied
I thought I was lost at sea myself Michael, especially a couple of nights ago when my shoes got drenched and I broke my cable release running from a wave! Glad you like this shot. I thought I would post it as part inspiration for myself to get out into the forests here soon ;-) Thankyou for your great comment!
KenWright
what a great find, stunning!
Laurette Ruys replied
Thanks Ken :)
PhotoAvenue
Nicely composed capture and well presented!
Roboftheland
I think ficus is the only genus of fig trees to be nitpicky
Laurette Ruys replied
Yes that’s what I meant, probably didn’t word it right ;-)
William Bullimore
Beautiful composition. Well done.
Vicki Ferrari
Amazing shot Laurette! It looks like the claw of a really big bird too!! Very mystical! :)
Laurette Ruys replied
Thankyou Vicki :)
Dieter Tracey
Long time, no see Laurette. This is stunning! Nice work :) ps I studied strangler figs for my honours year a little while ago now – tend to appreciate them more for there aesthetics these days!
Laurette Ruys replied
thanks Dieter, sorry for delay in reply. They are beautiful trees that’s for sure :)
Dieter Tracey
there, their, they’re… hmph ;)
rononbjr
really well put together
Christopher Jo...
great texture
Laurette Ruys replied
thankyou Christopher :)