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MAPLE TREE

CLOUDEHILL GARDENS, OLINDA, VICTORIA

IMAGE NUMBER 1198

Cloudehill is a spectacular commercial garden in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, at an altitude of 580 metres. The garden has deep volcanic loam soil and 1.25 metres of rainfall. There is little frost. These factors help explain why this is one of the outstanding places to garden worldwide. Cloudehill is known for its meadows of daffodils and other bulbs in spring. The jewel is this Japanese maple tree, imported from Japan in 1928.

This image was one of a series of images commissioned from Atticus Webb by the Amber Property Group for the Geoff Brady Collection of unique Victorian landscapes in 2020. The collection was compiled to mark the opening of the Sebel Hotel in Ringwood in February 2021. The images feature throughout the hotel.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of 1/8th of a second and an aperture of F20. Schneider Kreuznach 28 mm lens with leaf shutter.   The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.