I am glad you liked the print Fernando.
Here is some additional information about my photo of Wallace Hut in case
anyone is interested:
TITLE OF IMAGE:
Wallace Hut, Bogong High Plains, Victoria, Australia
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
I took the photo using my tripod-mounted Olympus OM-1 and a 50/1.8 lens
using Kodak T-Max 100 film developed 1:1 in Ilford ID-11, the exposure was
unrecorded.
COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMAGE:
This was the first time I had visited Wallace Hut, it was overcast and rain
was gently falling. I have since visited the hut on many occasions under
different weather conditions and none of my later photos turned out as good
as those taken on the first visit.
Photos of the hut taken in bright sunlight end up too contrasty with deep
shadows and harsh highlights, I have not visited the hut during winter with
snow around it, I must do this one day. I think the conditions on the day I
took this photo were perfect - the overcast sky and drizzling rain lowered
the contrast nicely. And when wet, the colors of the tree trunks (Snow
Gums) really jump out at you, much better than when they are dry.
LOCATION:
It is about 8km from the Alpine village of Falls Creek in north-eastern
Victoria, Australia.
HISTORY:
Built in 1889 by the Wallace brothers, Arthur, William and Stewart. The
brothers were cattlemen and they built the hut in their spare time over a
six week period while living up on the plain grazing their cattle over the
summer. It was made from Snow Gum slabs, the original roof was made of
shingles cut from Alpine Ash.
In 1930 the hut was acquired by the State Electricity Commission (SEC) of
Victoria and used as a temporary residence for it's employees building a
nearby electricity generation plant. They replaced the shingles with
corrugated iron sheets and after building a new hut the corrugated iron was
removed from the roof and the interior was left exposed to the elements. An
appeal later raised funds for a new roof which has done much to preserve
this historic building. Wallace's Hut is thought to be the oldest on the
high plains and is classified under the National Trust.
In the summer of 2002-2003 bushfires ravaged south-eastern Australia for 59
days, burning more than two million hectares of spectacular alpine
wilderness. The 115-year-old Wallace Hut miraculously survived, the fire
passed between the hut and a nearby toilet. Some 40 other alpine huts were
not so lucky and were destroyed.
More pictures and info can be seen at:
http://www.kosciuskohuts.org.au/Hut%20Profiles%20VIC/Profile%20Wallaces.htm
Andrew McPhee
At 06:08 PM 20/12/2004 -0200, you wrote:
>At noon, received a beautiful print from Andrew Mc Phee.
>
>Seems that air mail from Australia to Uruguay is very efficient, but the
>opposite way round is one month's time. Wondering how much would it be to
>Belgium.
>
>Thank you Andrew, enjoying it a lot !!
>
>
>Fernando.
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