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Lost, Sol Duc Forest – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

Lost, Sol Duc Forest – 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, 28mm, F10, 1/20th sec, ISO 1000, no filter, processed in Lightroom.

Hiking through the Sol Duc forest, the rain and fog were descending and made for the ideal mood for this image. It was freezing cold but still only fall (autumn). The sound of rain on the upper canopy of the trees and the dozens of streams flowing under foot, made for a really wet forest feeling. I was confronted by images in all directions, but chose this view. I found the OCD like alignment of the trees of the forest themselves conflicted with the absolute mess at my feet. It gave me a sense of the forest making a mess as it evolved.

Lost, Sol Duc Forest – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

Let’s talk wet weather and your photography for a moment. There are some considerations I want yo to take into account. Firstly, never intentionally take out and leave your equipment in the weather. May sound like an obvious statement but many camera manufacturers say they make splash proof cameras., and thats handy. But none of them can deal with condensation from mist, fog, rain or humidity. If you are in the tropics and you are sweaty, I have a sneaking suspicion your camera will be too…on the inside. A cure for condensation is to keep your camera in it’s bag if you are accommodated in or travelling in air conditioning. If you don’t and you step into a wet atmosphere, your lens will immediately fog up. You cant shoot through a foggy lens, but worse, that fog can leave droplets on the inside of your lens, causing spots or dust like imperfections in your images. I wrap my camera with lens attached (never change lens in wet conditions) in a small hand towel, with the lens cap on. When I get outside in the weather, I leave my camera out but still wrapped up. This means the camera will adapt to the outside temperature and conditions and will minimise fogging, leaving you to shoot all you like, without worry.