Evergreen

Evergreen Falls, Vila, Vanuatu – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

Evergreen Falls, Vila, Vanuatu – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

This is an unframed, limited edition collection landscape photography print of only 25 units. It is printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl papers, structured to refract the highest values in colour and detail. It’s high-quality ink absorbing layer enables exceptional image quality with enormously detailed sharpness, and a very broad colour range, providing archival permanency of your artwork for over 100 years.

On tripod, Canon 5DMk2, 12mm, F14, 1/4 sec, ISO 50, no filter, processed in Lightroom.

I’d anticipated going to this waterfall in Vanuatu for months, and when I had the chance, so did two hundred other tourists. Talk about frustrating. It was almost a sprint into the park to get to the falls prior to the tour buses puling up. It was 8am in the morning, and I had around 15 minutes to get to the falls get some images and pack up before the rousts descended on me. I did my research and knew the view I wanted, so within a very short window, I was able to capture this waterfall in its own solitude. In a way it reminds me of milk running down the hillside.

Evergreen Falls, Vila, Vanuatu – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

Heavily populated tourist areas can present a challenge for landscape photographers. Your gear is at most risk, as people don’t watch where they are walking, and really have little regard for your bag and your equipment. In these circumstances, travel as light as possible. Only trek in with what you need, and make sure your tripod is immediately collapsible, so you can pack up in a moments notice. These falls had mini falls running  everywhere, and you literally had to wade through streams to get to it. you can imagine the amount of kids slipping down the falls and people splashing around that could make this a nightmare.