Peter's World

"Blazing Beauty"

"I had been yearning to capture an original perspective of Hahei I hadn't seen before & in the summer of 2014 / 15, it was an exceptional year for the pohutukawas. I scouted the area for possibilities & observed that these ancient trees high on the old Maori pa site were smothered in tight flower buds, excellent! They were going to bloom much later than most other pohutukawa, so I monitored their progress & returned on this crystal clear morning in late January, when this rare display had reached absolute perfection (at first I disliked the shadow areas, but the mixed lighting added a certain depth & brilliance)."

Equipment: 60Mp Phase One DB + Mamiya AFD 645 + 45mm lens

Exposure: 1/50 sec @ f16 ISO 400

6 frames stitched for maximum detail & clarity (original file over 600 Mb)

Location: Hahei, Coromandel Peninsula

Available full-frame or oval

Print Appreciation Level: Bronze

Prices appreciate through the following tiers as the availability of prints diminish in the remaining edition, enhancing each print's value & exclusivity.

Limited Edition: 200 individually signed, numbered & certified prints, total all sizes

Printer: Peter personally prints all his 100% cotton-rag paper and archival canvas on an HP Z9+ PS printer (9 colour "Vivera" archival pigment inkset, giclée process)

Print Permanence: >250 years indoors (paper and canvas prints), as tested on HP Z9+ printer by Wilhelm Research Institute, California http://www.wilhelm-research.com/hp/Z9.html

Copyright: Peter Latham 2015

“When Peter delivered our pieces, we couldn't believe the incredible detail. The images on his website - impressive as they are - really didn't do our prints justice!“