Lady Bird Johnson Grove.

mcamannmcamann Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
edited December 25, 2016 in Landscapes

This photo was taken in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwoods State and National Park, Humboldt County, California on 24 December 2016. I really struggle with forests as landscapes. They're hard to photograph from within. These are coast Redwoods, the tallest trees on Earth. Portrait framing just raises the haircut on the trees and restricts the horizontal scope of the image, making it feel cramped.

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Best,
--Mike C.

Comments

  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,319 Major grins

    I couldn't agree with you more, Mike. I also find that shooting a forest scene from within presents particular challenges that can be tough to deal with. The range of lighting can be an issue....very contrasting in many cases. Your inclusion of the forest trail is the element that makes this shot work. Otherwise, you just have an image of sticks that point skyward. Good work in a tough environment.

    Tom

    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • roaddog52roaddog52 Registered Users Posts: 1,323 Major grins
    edited December 25, 2016

    Very nice capture. I agree with Tom 100%. You did a good job capturing the essence of this location. Sometimes a person on the trail can add as sense of scale to a shot like this.

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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

    Its wonderful, but that blue hole in the tree branches.....at the edge up top......it is bit of an attention getter...If mine I would consider either filling it up.....or cropping tad below it....cheers!

  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins

    Very nice. Heck, I struggle with everything.

  • mcamannmcamann Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
    edited December 27, 2016

    @Stumblebum said:
    Its wonderful, but that blue hole in the tree branches.....at the edge up top......it is bit of an attention getter...If mine I would consider either filling it up.....or cropping tad below it....cheers!

    Worse still, it's close to blown out. I bracketed this exposure one stop under and used a two stop soft edge ND gradient filter to hold back those bright patches of sky but it wasn't enough. That sky patch still looks clipped. :-(

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