BEECH TREE ROOTS
ROUTEBURN TRACK, NEW ZEALAND
Image Number 171
In 1850 a Dutch botanist recognised that beech trees in the southern hemisphere were different from those in the north. He named them Nothofagus, meaning false beech. Southern beech trees can be found on slopes around much of New Zealand; their inaccessibility means that many forests are still intact. This beech forest on the Routeburn Track in the South Island of New Zealand features in the "Lord of the Rings" movie.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Contax 645 Camera at ISO 35. Exposure of 11 seconds and aperture F22. 80 mm Zeiss lens. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back. Photographed just after sunset in failing light.