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Back in September 2009, our family went on a 3-week vacation across the western US, trying to visit as many national parks as possible. Being homeschooled allowed us to go when most kids were back in school, so the parks were not as crowded.
Old Growth Redwood
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Humboldt County, California
I find it challenging to photograph these magnificent trees. I chose to focus on a section of the trunk with its twisting bark and new growth.
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In Explore 12 September. 2022
Eureka, CA
05-03-21
My first full day while staying in Eureka in Northern California this past May was spent at the beaches in the area, and the second day was spent hiking the redwood forests.
Early in the day I visited Sequoia Park, a 67 acre park right in the middle of a residential part of Eureka. Crossing a grassy area with children's jungle gyms and swings, as in any park, you walk right into an old growth redwood forest.
Great place to spend a morning.
When I went to Sequoia National Park first time early in July, not all wildflowers were booming. So, two weeks later I went there again. I am glad to see those beautify lupines between the trees.
Giant sequoias and California Redwoods - These tallest of trees reach heights of more than 350 feet (107 m). The tallest tree in the world is named Hyperion, which reaches 379.7 feet.
A learning experience for me on exposure blending. Always learning... Used Instamask in Raya Pro, refined that with dodging and burning, then blended the treeline in the mask.
This is one of a few shots I got in Sequoia National Forest on this night.
The foreground is a stack of two 2-minute exposures at f/2.8, ISO 3200, and the sky is a stack of five 13-second exposures at f/2.8, ISO 6400. Used ambient light only.
From the base of one of the giants on the "Trail of 100 Giants" I took this shot to emphasize the intimidating impression of our noble Sequoia trees. Respect them. Love them.
Update 9/15/2021: I just read that the Trail of 100 Giants is under threat from the lightning-caused Windy Fire. Firefighters are working hard to contain it, but the area is dry, steep, and filled with dead trees. The sequoias are well adapted to fire and will probably not be significantly harmed, but it would be a shame to see the surrounding forest charred for years. These forests have undoubtedly seen many wildfires, and will recover.
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The early morning sun peeking through the trees at Sequoia National Park. The air was smoky from forest fires to the north, giving a foggy look in the distance.
Photo taken in Sequoia National Park (California, USA).
The Sequoia Farm Kaldenkirchen is a 35,635 m² (≈ 3.6 hectares) arboretum near the town of Nettetal. Here, in the middle of the 20th century, the first systematic cultivation of all three redwood species in Europe took place. The site was used for several years by universities and as a biological station and since 2013 it has been owned by the non-profit "Sequoiafarm" association.
Source: wikipedia.de
The 2021 fire season included two large wildfires (both started by the same lightning storm in early September) that burned into a large number of giant sequoia groves.
In total 27 sequoia groves are fully or partially within the fire perimeters of the KNP Complex Fire and the Windy Fire.
16 groves burned in the KNP Complex Fire.
11 groves burned in the Windy Fire.
For both fires combined, 6,109 acres of giant sequoia groves were burned
Walking the trails through the Giant Forest among the most massive trees on earth in the ethereal mist and the snow was like being in a dream. All throughout the forest, the effects of decades of prescribed burning were evident, with clumps of juvenile sequoia seedlings establishing themselves after fire.
...taken last week in the Sequoia National Park of the largest tree in the world.
This was difficult place to shoot and light at night because the tree is so huge, and the area around the tree is so tight. It took a lot of daytime planning to find space to place and hide the lights and make the best alignment with the Milky Way. Lighting was with 4 LED panel lights on stands, using LowLevelLighting.org techniques.
Check out the other Giant Sequoia > I shot the next night. Which photo do you like best?
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Walking the trails through the Giant Forest among the most massive trees on earth in the ethereal mist and the snow was like being in a dream. All throughout the forest, the effects of decades of prescribed burning were evident, with clumps of juvenile sequoia seedlings establishing themselves after fire.
Tunnel Log is a tunnel cut through a fallen giant sequoia tree in Sequoia National Park. The tree, which measured 275 feet (84 m) tall and 21 feet (6.4 m) in diameter, fell across a park road in 1937 due to natural causes. The following year, a crew cut an 8-foot (2.4 m) tall, 17-foot (5.2 m) wide tunnel through the trunk, making the road passable again.
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The Hotel Sequoia sits on one of the old historical blocks in lower Downtown Redwood City. The hotel dates to 1902 and was once considered the place to stay on the SF Peninsula. The hotel boasts that Herbert Hoover stayed here in the 1920s while president. That was a long time ago. Today it caters to a much different crowd. It is basically one step up from being homeless. The residents are the misfortunate members of society who still have barely enough money to keep a roof over their heads.
Buffdawgus says check it out, but consider Motel Six instead. At least they leave the light on for you.
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Round Meadow, Sequoia National Park, California
Sequoia trees at the edge of Round Meadow. Sequoias need lots of moisture and tend to find well watered areas to take root. The edges of mountain meadows are ideal locations, since the surrounding watershed drains into the center of the meadow. The roots of Sequoias are suprisingly shallow, not much more than a meter in depth, although their extent is extremely broad.
Sequoias require fire to reproduce. The adults with their thick bark and lack of resinous wood are relatively impervious to fire (note the fire scar on the trunk of the middle sequoia). However seedlings will not germinate and survive if there hasn't been a forest fire recently. After a century of suppressing fires within sequoia groves (and few young sequoia as a result), managed fires are now occasionally lit (or wild fires allowed to burn) by forest managers.
I took this one last winter while wandering Sequoia. This particular spot is easy to find as it is right off the parking lot of the Big Trees trail. Just goes to show you. Compelling photos can be found with little effort in the right conditions.
Sequoia National Forest
This is an image the moment I saw it in RAW, I knew right away that I want to do it in B&W. I'm not much of a monochrome person and I hope you folks like it.
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Took this photo of the Milky Way while camping over the weekend in Sequoia National Forest. It's amazing how clear the stars are from such a high elevation (~7000 ft). I hardly made any adjustments in photoshop, just clarity and contrast.
Well... Long time no see Flickr! I've decided to get back into the photo game after a long long time away. Who's still here? Just a quick iPhone shot from a recent trip I took with my boys into Sequoia National Park. Something about the immensity of these trees just can't be described or captured.
Also I'm blown away by what you can capture, edit and post within seconds on a mobile device these days...
Anyway, I've finally joined the instagram world so give me a follow at www.instagram.com/moechenphotography/ to follow my journey as I try and figure out how the photo world has changed while I was away!
This is the only place I know where it's possible to get reflections of sequoia trees. On a pleasant early morning, fog formed on the lake surface and gives the photo some more atmosphere. Although it was Dogwood season, there were not many blooming when I visited. None were blooming near the pond -- sigh.