Light conditions for jungle photography are very difficult and demanding for the camera. Inside jungle it is very dark, while outside we have bright powerful tropical sun and hot humid / steaming climate.
Most of my jungle pictures have either been made from a jungle path or from alongside a jungle river or from an elevated point above the jungle roof.
Directly inside the jungle is no way to walk or even make pictures except where people have already created a path by cutting branches and climbing plants by machete.
Of course people have been living inside and with jungle for thousands of years and thus in many spectacular areas such as Phnom Koulen there are enough natural jungle paths to get a few beautiful jungle pictures for you. Jungle in Cambodia is one of my favorite nature scenery photo work place.
The following few pictures are from jungle on Phnom Koulen near the water falls. Please enjoy nature as is and help to protect jungle and all wild nature while we still have some wild jungle nature left on this planet.
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One of the things I love about the Tatton show is the way the RHS are so encouraging to young designers. Many young hopefuls have started here with a small back to back garden and have then gone on to bigger and better things, a successful career being one of them.
This year, for the first time, there was a special competition for young designers under 25 from the north-west region. Two finalists were selected and invited to build gardens that were to be judged alongside the other show gardens and awarded RHS medals. Next year the Young Designer of the Year competition goes national and there will be three lucky garden-builders having a go.
Lee Belgrau is a student at Reaseheath College and his design, 'Red Rhythm', was one of the two chosen this year.
I think it's stunning - one of the most accomplished here. Lee says that his inspiration came from the shiny red posts that are the first thing you notice, rising up out of a beautiful raised bed. The five verticals are continued horizontally across a broad path of rough cut blocks of slate - creating a satisfying contrast of textures.
He has carried the red into the planting. It's vibrant and sophisticated; Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' and dark Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty' lead the way. On the shadier side of the path, large specimens of Photinia 'Red Robin' and Astilbe 'Burgundy Red' continue the theme. I like the way that Lee has designed the garden with young clients in mind, it's ideal for a smaller, urban space, perfect for socialising.
Lee got a well-deserved Gold medal, a fantastic achievement for his first show garden. He has demonstrated that good design is about scale, function, harmony and, of course, rhythm. I shall be looking out for his name at future shows and I'm also quite tempted to look out for some shiny red posts...
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