A Piece of the Forest 0794
I did spend some time in the California Coast Redwoods. These guys are TALL, the earth's tallest tree - up to 380 feet. That's easily taller than a football field, with almost 3 first downs to spare. The Coast Redwoods don't have the girth of the Giant Sequoias, but they do get them on height. Mostly, I didn't even try to photograph the trees in their entirety, top to bottom, because the magnificence and detail is lost, and of course impossible to do just one. But I made a couple of feeble attempts. The focus here is on the tree just right of center. It's really not that far from the camera with the 12mm focal length. You can see a large burn scar at the base. Many of the trees are scarred but they just keep on living, as much as a couple of thousand years.
Techie note: 4 exposure HDR stack. And thankfully, my last morning in the area was overcast. Most of my time there the days were sunny, making for harsh spotty bright light and deep shade.
A Piece of the Forest 0794
I did spend some time in the California Coast Redwoods. These guys are TALL, the earth's tallest tree - up to 380 feet. That's easily taller than a football field, with almost 3 first downs to spare. The Coast Redwoods don't have the girth of the Giant Sequoias, but they do get them on height. Mostly, I didn't even try to photograph the trees in their entirety, top to bottom, because the magnificence and detail is lost, and of course impossible to do just one. But I made a couple of feeble attempts. The focus here is on the tree just right of center. It's really not that far from the camera with the 12mm focal length. You can see a large burn scar at the base. Many of the trees are scarred but they just keep on living, as much as a couple of thousand years.
Techie note: 4 exposure HDR stack. And thankfully, my last morning in the area was overcast. Most of my time there the days were sunny, making for harsh spotty bright light and deep shade.