Markus Bollen has recorded bamboo plants and their details all over the world. There's a special version of the Hawaiian bamboo that emanates the sound of the forest itself. You can hear sounds ranging from the rustling of leaves to the babbling of a stream to the song of various birds in this very forest.

In "Last Snow," the remnants of snowflakes sliding off the bamboo leaves gently swaying in the breeze resulted in unwanted blur in many images. Whenever the image on the focusing screen was optimally focused, the leaves would move into a different plane of focus after the weight of the snow was removed, which meant the focusing screen had to be replaced with the magazine.