Find the red bench

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 12 July 2005 in Plant & Nature.

Simple picture taken out east in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty. New Zealand has very lush vegetation and a wide variety of plant life. I'm not sure whether I should call it a forest or a jungle.

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Comments (11)

Aurelie from Auckland, New Zealand

Beautiful. I am glad you mentioned where it was because I could not figure it out ...

12 Jul 2005 6:25am

Nadege from Issy les moulineaux, France

I like the contrast beetwen red and green. Nice shot.

12 Jul 2005 8:10am

Kerstin from Paris, France

I know the plants on the left of the picture, but those you find here are only 30 cm high.
It must be really exiting to discover such a new world!

12 Jul 2005 8:23am

Jason Kravitz from United States

looks like a remote jungle where the red bottom nu nu warriors have a sit down with the angry gods.

12 Jul 2005 5:12pm

Shuva from United States

The red is really catchy...I wonder what were you doing...its a little blur even at 1/100. It would have been much better without the shake.

12 Jul 2005 5:27pm

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

Yeah, Shuva, it's because the focus is on the bush in front ... not on the bench and with F/5.6 everything in the background is a little blurry. I wish I had focused on the bench not the bush, but alas. :)

12 Jul 2005 9:33pm

Aurelie from Auckland, New Zealand

Kerstin, the plant on the back is the famous NZ fern (hope this is the right spelling) and it is the symbol of NZ. For instance, the All Blacks have a fern leaf as a symbol ... ferns and palm trees are definitely giving an exotic touch to NZ forests ;)

12 Jul 2005 9:53pm

Steve Kravitz from Upper St. Clair, PA, United States

Focusing on the plant in front gives the eye the plant as the focal point not the red bench as you might expect.

13 Jul 2005 1:30am

Jimmy Sobeck from United States

Kia oro Aaron.

I spent 4 months in the Bay of Plenty, so the mention brings back great memories. I hope that you have not been subjected to the smell of the paper mill intertwined with the sulfur from Mt Putuaki.

If you make it to Whakatane or Kawerau, I would love to discuss and see what you thought. Keep the pictures coming!

13 Jul 2005 3:09am