I am not quite sure whether this is a proper subject for these group - the calla is a California native, and the treeferns aren't. Plus, the picture was taken in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
I used Kodak infrared film in 4x5 inch sheets with a R25 red filter. The exposure was as determined for daylight film with 50ISO, no additional filter factors were considered. The negative was processed in D-76, but D-20 would have been a bit better, in retrospect.
-- Ralph Peteranderl (Ralph.Peteranderl@ch.tum.de), November 11, 1998
Spooky image, but well designed. It's heresy in this forum, but I'd remove the short piece of trunk in the middle anyway I could. Wish I didn't have to scroll to see it all at once.
Callas are not native to North America, they are escaped alien garden plants like many other species you'll find in our California landscape. I think callas are from South Africa.
Frank
-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), November 11, 1998.
The image is highly suggestive. Of what? Of a 'much more natural'
world of a few hundred million years ago. Like that it does a good
job. As a nature photograph pur sang it looks unnatural.
Calla (palustris) can be found in Europe (Araceae).
greetings,
-- Albin Hunia (a.hunia@dlg.agro.nl), November 12, 1998.