The name come's from a famous painting and a Tv series, He looks so majestic with his head held high. The series is loosely based on Sir Compton Mackenzie's Highland Novels, which are set in the same location but in the s and s. The first book in that series is called The Monarch of the Glen, which was a reference to the famous painting of the same name by Landseer. Filming took between six and eight months per series in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of the Scottish Highlands, in particular at Ardverikie House, which was the location for the fictional "Glenbogle House".
Looking northward along the Tarn Shelf, Mt. Field National Park. MacKenzie Tarn in the foreground with Johnson Tarn beyond it. The Rodway Range escarpment running through the left side of the frame. The Tarn Shelf is around m in altitude with the glaciated Jurassic Dolerite of the bedrock in plain view. Obviously a perfect blue sky day for a walk among the sub-alpine rocks and water holes and snapping away at the clumps of gorgeous, orange 'Fagus' in its Autumn glory.
Fagus or Nothofagus gunnii is endemic to Tasmania. It is limited to isolated pockets in selected sub-alpine areas of the island. It is a beautiful tree with gorgeous green to yellow to orange to red leaves when they turn. As a remnant Gondwana species, it is our only deciduous, native tree and is often called Deciduous Beech as such it is.
It's sometimes also called Tanglefoot for its interlocking branches. It can grow to be quite a tall plant in the right conditions.
Check out my newest post for a TON of behind the scenes and tips on creating your own magical forest scene! Check out my blog to find out how I turned this picture into a painting. By late September the warring Indians had camped in the protection of Palo Duro Canyon, where a Kiowa shaman, Maman-ti, promised them they would be safe.
