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Subject: [OM] Re: On this very day
From: Andrew McPhee <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:55:30 +1100
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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