Giant Coast Redwoods ~ a Must-See ~ 2015

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On 1/1/2018 at 02:58, Gray git said:

Seems to have still worked, if she had a paler colour on might not have captured it as well but the red will always feel bright against a dull background.
You have a real talent for capturing these images and I'm very jealous of you having such a fantastic place to use as a studio so close.

Previous to that photo, we were up higher in that fog in the background and the background was even more mysterious looking Hoping I get another chance this year to try portraits in fog.

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Recalled this image yesterday, taken in a favorite group of trunks in Stout Grove. This was New Years Day 2014. Sort of a high school senior photo for a local student in the adjacent town. About one year later, a tree fell cluttering this spot with browning foliage and sticks. It's aged enough now that even with some extra debris, it's usable for portraits again.

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Jedediah Smith park this morning after the evening rain finished.

 

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Bull Creek Flats near the Tall Tree area in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

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Another coast redwood grove  near Avenue of the Giants. Plenty of charcoal add to the character of this grove. A moment's walk from parking to this scene.

 

 

Edited February 13, 2018 by mdvaden

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Tall Trees Grove

 

Just delivered 14 more large prints to Curly Redwood Lodge in Crescent City. California. This will be one of a final order, to furnish the wall of 34 rooms ... I displayed a similar photo before, but this is the first sharing of this particular image.

 

 

Edited March 2, 2018 by mdvaden

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Cobra Lily from an Insect's view.

 

Curly Redwood Lodge is replacing all the framed art with redwood coast images this winter and spring. This photo and 33 more, for all the rooms.

 

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Don't recall sharing this tree related portrait from the redwoods before. Sequoia sempervirens is an excellent portrait background for anything from portraits to weddings.

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Wish the lighting could be this soft every time I visited the coast redwoods.

 

 

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Mattole Rd., near Avenue of the Giants. South of Eureka, California