The Humble Guardian, Waikato Frame:ArtBox Black in the Mackenzie high country

in the Mackenzie high country on the edge of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

mixes towering Californian redwoods with a dense native understorey of tree ferns

Stephen Milner photographed the ridgelines in black and white

The Ben Ohau Range runs along the western edge of the Mackenzie Basin

The Humble Guardian, Waikato Frame:ArtBox Black in the Mackenzie high countryA lone tree stands in winter fog on the Waikato farmland near Pirongia, in the central North Island, the still, cold mornings of this dairy country wrapping the ordinary paddocks in mystical fog. Stephen Milner photographed the tree in black and white in medium format, the fog transforming a humble field into something otherworldly. Printed to order at a specialist fine art lab, in two archival finishes: Under Acrylic Glass. The print is face mounted