Going to see the sequoias Photo

Photographer’s Note

On our way to see the giant redwoods at Henry Cowell Redwood State Park we stopped just outside the park so I could take this shot.

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In the numerous stream canyons live large populations of Coast Redwoods, Coast Douglas firs, California Bay Laurels, tanbark oaks, hazelnut, and Bigleaf Maples. The highest points are far enough above sea level to support fairly unique chaparral communities known as "elfin forests". The majority of the rest of the park is made up of mixed evergreen populations, including 200 acres (81 ha) of old-growth forests composed of Coast Redwoods, Coast Douglas firs, Pacific Madrones, live oaks, and even the occasional Ponderosa Pine, the latter extremely rare at such low elevations. The old-growth redwoods, amounting to 40 acres (16 ha) and usually surrounded by many forms of fern and plentiful Redwood Sorrel, are located entirely in the main section of the park, as the Fall Creek area was logged extensively for fuel for sometime lime kilns. [Wikipedia]

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BlueRaven (35) 2009-04-29 7:20

Hi Michael,

That branch on the left is what makes this shot special. It sure adds to the composition which, otherwise, would just look like a "point-and-shoot" image.
My only regret is that the trees came out pretty dark. I have tried a workshop to bring out more detail but with my (very basic) pp software it's a bit difficult to do so without blowing out the sky. I gave it a try anyway (also applied a bit of sharpening which, unfortunately, didn't yield very good results either since the trees in the distance are already a bit blurred). Hope you like it anyway!

Best wishes, see you around
Claudia

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