On the turn

Garth Smith

On the turn

Had my first trip to see the fagus in full colour in Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania.
This is quite a hard crop so it lost a little clarity but the colours are still fantastic.

Nikon D40
Nikkor 18-200mm @ 200mm
ISO200
F/8
1/6th of a second
natural light
cropped

featured in Natural Colour & Light group 5th May 2009
featured in Trees group 13th June 2009
featured in DSLR users group 12th December 2009
featured in Australian Contemporary Photography group 12th December 2009
featured in A Wilderness Somewhere group 13th December 2009

Top Ten in the DSLR users – Autumn Colours Challenge 31st October 2009

On the turn belongs to the following groups:

"Favorite 20", *Islands of The World* - Photography Only, 3/day limit, A Wilderness somewhere....., All About Your Best Work, Australia! You're Standing In it...., Australian Contemporary Photography, Australian Landmarks and Icons, Australian Native Plants-2 per day, Beautiful ~ 1 submission per 24 hours, Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Day Hikes , DSLR Users Only - 1/24 - Camera & Lens In Description Please., Falling Leaves, First Things, Just Pure Nature., Live and Let Live, Live, Love, Dream: May you have a Blessed Christmas Season , Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {challenge theme only!}, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Nature's Wonders, Nikon D40(x) Users, Nikon DSLR Users Group - 2 uploads per 24 hours, Safe Haven, Scenery, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!, Tasmania, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made), The Great Outdoors or Uninhabited lands of the World, The Male Photographer, The true beauty, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Unlimited Quality and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale as

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On the turn by Garth Smith
On the turn by Garth Smith
  • saseoche

    saseoche

    So beautiful and lovely color excellent work!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you saseoche

  • phillip wise

    phillip wise

    great shot garth …looks like a bag of allens lollies !

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thanks Phil, I guess that’s a compliment LOL

  • Temma

    Temma

    3D very pretty. Is at Allen’s or Aliens lollies LOL.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thanks Temma.

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    Wow! Awesome rich colours and details Garth! I just commented on David’s photo of these leaves and said how they reminded me of butterflies. Looks fantastic framed! Beautiful :)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Shelly for your kind words.

  • David Murphy

    David Murphy

    Garth…....very nice mate!!
    Aliens lollies??
    ......must come from Temma, or something…...!!!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you David.

  • davidShandley

    davidShandley

    I like the rich colours and composition Garth! great shot

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you David

  • Michael Matthews

    Michael Matthews

    Love the colours & patterns. What a sight. Nice shot.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Michael

  • Donovan wilson

    Donovan wilson

    wow i love the colors in this shot…

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thanks Donovan, yes this one bush tried to cover the full gamut of colours on its own.

  • annk

    annk

    Well Captured and feeling of peaceful surround.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you annk. Yes it was magic.

  • Antonia Newall

    Antonia Newall

    Awesome!!! love the colours well taken.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Antonia

  • Heath Holden

    Heath Holden

    Lovelyyyyyy!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Heath

  • suzyque

    suzyque

    Stunning. I must go back to Tassie again. I’ve always been there in summer and never managed to see this spectacle. Wonderful colours.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Yes Suzy you must see it at least once. Its magic. Aim for Anzac day. Its traditionally around then.

  • Gavin J Hawley

    Gavin J Hawley

    stunner mate. you must have had a good day up there. it looks bloody lovely in autumn doesnt it.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Gavin, yes we had a great day. First time I have managed to catch the fagus and it was all I had hoped and more. Magic.

  • debsphotos

    debsphotos

    Gorgeous detail and colours Garth!! *-)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Deb

  • Christopher Biggs

    Christopher Biggs

    Terrific capture. Love the colours and textures.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Chris.

  • Olga Zvereva

    Olga Zvereva

    Fantastic colour, Garth! Love the DOF of this image.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Olga.

  • Linda Bianic

    Linda Bianic

    wow,,, these leaves look like colorful jelly candies,,,, gorgeous texture ..well done!!!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Linda. It actually turned out better than I expected.

  • Iris Greenwell

    Iris Greenwell

    Beautiful colors and composition.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Iris, much appreciated

  • trisha22

    trisha22

    gorgeous colors and detail. trisha

  • Garth Smith replied

    thank you very much Trisha

  • A.M. Ruttle

    A.M. Ruttle

    Stunner for sure!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you AM.

  • James Deypalan

    James Deypalan

    Nice capture..the colors are great..looks like lollies :-)

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much jimbo007

  • Yvonne Hoffmann

    Yvonne Hoffmann

    wonderful shot…the colors are beautiful

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Yvonne for the kind words

  • robertcallaghan

    robertcallaghan

    wow!!!

  • Garth Smith replied

    thank you very much Robert

  • Norbert Probst

    Norbert Probst

    Wonderful work. I’m dreaming of to go there. Not for diving only.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Norbert, yes there is much here to see on land and in the water, not the least of which is the giant kelp forests off the east coast – which you are probably already aware of.

  • Aleksander

    Aleksander

    amazing colour Garth!

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you Aleksander

  • Nancy Barrett

    Nancy Barrett

    Very nicely done indeed, Garth! Extraordinary colours.

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Nancy

  • DonDavisUK

    DonDavisUK

    Congratulations Garth, Your Stunning Image came Fifth in the DSLR Group Autumn Colours Challenge

    Magnificent you are N0 5 in the Challenge, therefore one of our WINNERS… Well done Garth my friend.

    Regards, Don. Host of DSLR Users Group

  • Garth Smith replied

    Thank you very much Don, much appreciated. Thank you for the great work you do in running this group.

  • Michael McCasland

    Michael McCasland 12 days ago

    Very interesting.

  • ozzzywoman

    ozzzywoman 11 days ago

  • Garth Smith replied 11 days ago

    Thank you very much ozzziewoman, very much appreciated

  • PhotosByG

    PhotosByG 10 days ago

    Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “A Wilderness somewhere ….”
    This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.
    Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to this group.

  • Garth Smith replied 10 days ago

    Thank you very much Graham, much appreciated, glad you like it.

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