+++ The Weekly Landscape Thread - #50, 2026.01.23 (page: 2) | Landscape

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Woodsider79
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Jan. 25, 2026, 9:41 a.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
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@RichardA has written:

This is the Cazneaux Tree, a River Red Gum made famous by Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux who photographed it in 1937. He named the print "The Spirit Of Endurance". The tree is situated in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, just outside Wilpena Pound which is in the background.

Here is a link to his original print - Spirit of endurance, 1937 by Harold Cazneaux :: | Art Gallery of NSW

I like both - they're different images, and each has its own vibe. Curiously one seems to be reversed, judging from the cleft in the tree and the shape of the background hills.
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Woodsider79
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Jan. 25, 2026, 9:45 a.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
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@Meeces has written:

A few from Yellowstone and the neighboring area from a few years ago.

Nice. The yellow colours in the emeging leaves make a great contrast with the wintery peaks. I know we're encouraged to include 'foreground interest' but I think in this case I could do without the fence.
The semi-abstract travertine terraces is just my kind of image 😁
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Fireplace33
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Jan. 25, 2026, 11:32 a.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
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@Vahur has written:

Some sunlight after all

Today was quite cold but sky cleared somewhat and I went to coast to capture some of it.

Yep, it does look cold,down there on the coast, but the colours warm the heart.
You have some great colours here in this image. Gentle pastels in the sky and even the snow is taking on a slightly similar tone.
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Fireplace33
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Jan. 25, 2026, 11:37 a.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 11:37 a.m.
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@cpm has written:

Lake Tapps and Mt. Rainier -- another panorama. This was where we would water ski in high school (mid/late-1970's). The houses you see here did not exist back in those days. The lake is man-made - initially for the purpose of hydropower generation (combined with summer swimming/boating recreation). It is fed by a diversion flume from the White River - which originates from the Winthrop Glacier on Mt. Rainier. They would draw-down the water level in the winter to generate power, and then start re-filling the lake via the diversion flume in late-spring. The water was a beautiful milky-blue color in April/May - and of course on the first warm sunny day in May we all wanted to go water skiing! The question was... who is going first? The water was COLD COLD COLD!

Peaceful mood.
Loads of detail in this pano!
You can see how the volcano really dominates the surrounding mountains.
The colours in the sky and the contrast in the water are nicely captured.
Could be printed big and hung in a hallway.
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Fireplace33
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Jan. 25, 2026, 11:43 a.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
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@RichardA has written:

This is the Cazneaux Tree, a River Red Gum made famous by Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux who photographed it in 1937. He named the print "The Spirit Of Endurance". The tree is situated in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, just outside Wilpena Pound which is in the background.

Here is a link to his original print - Spirit of endurance, 1937 by Harold Cazneaux :: | Art Gallery of NSW

"The Spirit Of Endurance" sounds about right, if it is still going strong today,... after being captured for the famous photo all those years ago!
As Woodsider said, two different photos and both good!
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Fireplace33
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Jan. 25, 2026, 12:02 p.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
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@GreatBustard has written:

(The photo title comes from a post in another thread where I did a BW conversion that made it appear as if the trees were in the snow.)

In your B&W version it really did look convincingly like snow!
Getting up close to trees like you did here, and looking straight up gives a "weird" perspective feeling that is quite popular with a general audience.

Here's a shot with a similar perspective feeling and real snow ;-)

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JPG, 5.3 MB, uploaded by Fireplace33 on Jan. 25, 2026.

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Fireplace33
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Jan. 25, 2026, 12:05 p.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 12:05 p.m.
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@Meeces has written:

A few from Yellowstone and the neighboring area from a few years ago.

All three are good. I like 'em.
I think my favorite is the 2nd one with the white rocks.
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Fireplace33
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Jan. 25, 2026, 12:07 p.m. Jan. 25, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
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@Vahur has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

A winter’s walk

A walk through the woods to the local stream

The snow in the local forest here in Pilsbach is currently very hard, with a frozen layer on top, which makes walking difficult, but it does look good, especially with the sunlight shining through.

The cold snow-covered banks of the Kohlaichbach stream, with warm light of the woods beyond

Love this image, nice contrast between snow and water and warm light in background is lovely.

Thanks, It turned out better than I'd hoped when I first walked by :-)
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RichardA
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Jan. 26, 2026, 2:49 a.m. Jan. 26, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
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@GreatBustard has written:

@RichardA has written:

This is the Cazneaux Tree, a River Red Gum made famous by Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux who photographed it in 1937. He named the print "The Spirit Of Endurance". The tree is situated in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, just outside Wilpena Pound which is in the background.

Here is a link to his original print - Spirit of endurance, 1937 by Harold Cazneaux :: | Art Gallery of NSW

Well, I like yours better than the original. : ) That said, I can't help but think that a much wider framing cropped to 3:1 or so in landscape mode would not have been better still. However, that, of course, would be a different photo emphasizing emptiness rather than emphasizing the tree itself, presuming the 3:1 photo featured a distraction free background focused on the tree.

I do have a wider view of this but I prefer the tree larger in the image for this one. I also have one cropped similar to the original. There is another tree just to the left of this one which sort of spoils the wider view.

As far as the photo I linked to, it is indeed reversed for some reason. I have seen three original prints from this negative (I don't know who they were printed by) and one was reversed like this and the other two were correct. One was in the Art Gallery of South Australia. I also have a book on Harold Cazneaux and it has this image in it correct way around.

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Fireplace33
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Jan. 26, 2026, 2:10 p.m. Jan. 26, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
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@RichardA has written:

@GreatBustard has written:

@RichardA has written:

This is the Cazneaux Tree, a River Red Gum made famous by Australian photographer Harold Cazneaux who photographed it in 1937. He named the print "The Spirit Of Endurance". The tree is situated in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, just outside Wilpena Pound which is in the background.

Here is a link to his original print - Spirit of endurance, 1937 by Harold Cazneaux :: | Art Gallery of NSW

Well, I like yours better than the original. : ) That said, I can't help but think that a much wider framing cropped to 3:1 or so in landscape mode would not have been better still. However, that, of course, would be a different photo emphasizing emptiness rather than emphasizing the tree itself, presuming the 3:1 photo featured a distraction free background focused on the tree.

I do have a wider view of this but I prefer the tree larger in the image for this one. I also have one cropped similar to the original. There is another tree just to the left of this one which sort of spoils the wider view.

As far as the photo I linked to, it is indeed reversed for some reason. I have seen three original prints from this negative (I don't know who they were printed by) and one was reversed like this and the other two were correct. One was in the Art Gallery of South Australia. I also have a book on Harold Cazneaux and it has this image in it correct way around.

I suppose in the "old days" it was quite easy to put the negative in the enlarger upside down, perhaps without even noticing it.