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To any who travel to Crescent City adjacent to Jedediah Smith redwood park, you may find this new redwood photo book at the new 2nd Street art gallery in the middle of town. Short book, but plenty of unique content. Souvenir, but educational table book. It mixes documentary, exploring and art.
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I may order a copy someday. Its an old favorite that I haven't watched in quite a long time.
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Seeing a few are temporarily on a wrestling tangent hijack in this thread ... This was my son-in-law's (Colt's) father ... Roddy Piper ... Official Rowdy Roddy Piper Website - Rowdy Roddy Piper Colt fought both ... real fighting and entertainment fighting. Attached are a couple photos we did together.
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This is an older photo - I want to photograph this spot again. Jedediah Smith redwoods.
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Redwood National and State Parks. Redwoods and Logs.
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The night before, I went to Moonstone Beach north of Arcata, near Trinidad.
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One more ....
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Let me know when your plans are set in motion, and I'd be glad to try and overlap my own trip. Had some fun around Arcata a few days ago. There is a nice second-growth forest called Redwood Park. I got together with a couple of local women who wanted something little more on the dark side.
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Headed for the Del Norte redwoods Saturday and maybe Humboldt redwoods Sunday or Monday. Anybody else here by chance going to be on vacation in the redwoods this coming weekend?
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This portrait was taken in the same spot as reply #149 right before this. She is standing where the couple above is standing, but I used an 85mm 1.2 lens. One forest ... different looks ... different experiences.
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This is in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The underside of a fallen coast redwood tree. The next reply's portrait was done in the same place.
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Older photo from 2008 ... retouched 2016
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The print canvas of that last reply photo just arrived and it came out beautiful. Here's a less artsy image of a recent find in Redwood National and State Parks with Atkins for scale. First photo added to my site's discovery page for 2016.
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A few years ago I started selling a print of this redwood. A photo that got 3rd place in Save the Redwoods League photo contest. I sort of regret offering that one as a limited edition, even if just 8 sold and there's 192 to reach the 200 cut-off. Its practically beyond a rare composition. It can't be photographed anymore, because a storm nudged one of the trees on the right side over in front of it. But I dug through my files today and found that at least one, if not two more from the 10 image set, had a good enough look for a second print. The mist kept moving, so only a few can work. But for this Version II, it will be an unlimited edition. Just ordered an 18 inch x 24 inch test print canvas.
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Part of this I agree with. For me, the forum is fine as-is. But if there are changes, it would be nice to lean in favor of stream-lined vs. complexity. -
I think any limitations for the benefit of phone or tablets should be limited to just phones and tablets. If people decided to use tiny little screens, it seems any reduction should reside at that end. I've been using forums for many years and always enjoyed the full sprectrum of interaction with others. Forums more or less started for monitor use. And that's the gold standard for content and sharing. Personally, I even prefer ads in some cases. There's been times when ads appear for things I didn't know existed, that I can use..
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Mill Creek in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
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The "Dark Horse" - something found last month in Redwood National Park. Sharing the name and photo but not stats, etc.. Very dramatic view. Photo taken from up on a hill to prevent distortion. Minimal taper.
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I've been spending some extra time on sun ray photos the past year. Not so easy, and sometimes I may shoot for a half hour and not keep any from a morning. Don't need hundreds, but at least an assortment to enjoy and maybe make a few print canvases. Here's one I haven't posted in a while. Just added it to my online album.
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Beams in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. I try to pass through this park almost every trip even if most time will be in another park. Jed Smith often has some nice lighting or fog along the Hy. or Rd.
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They photograph nicely even when the the trunks are subdued in the background. This portrait was just natural light from one side. I like the look, and wish we had taken more there. Redwood National area. Not perfect light, but very moody. I know they can look at this photo 30 years from now and it will bring back memories of what it was like in there.
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Coast redwood, winter documentary photo. Usually I like redwood forest color best in the winter. But I think this one appeals to me more in summer when the trunk seems a little bit darker.
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Reward Fund for Coast Redwood Native Plant Habitat Damage / MD Vaden
mdvaden replied to mdvaden's topic in General chat
What you said is light years more wise than the people who triggered the damage. One person was identified a couple years ago and thats what people tried to tell him, over and over. What you wrote is how a lot of others thought, and they still found trees, but the forest didn't get damaged. Because they understood exactly as you just wrote in few words. -
Reward Fund for Coast Redwood Native Plant Habitat Damage / MD Vaden
mdvaden replied to mdvaden's topic in General chat
Yes, I think one person earlier was trying to make jokes about that one. But one tallest conifer of one species, after measuring it once, looked pretty messy because the slope was so steep. Every step tended to slide soil and the ferns looked pretty bad. No exaggeration on that one. Truly a tree where one person doing repeat visits could mess it up. If I leave it alone, the soil should hold. It would be nice to measure it from a long distance through my lifetime and see what the species' potential is. My laser is good for maybe 500 meters, so I can measure and stay off the slope. -
Reward Fund for Coast Redwood Native Plant Habitat Damage / MD Vaden
mdvaden replied to mdvaden's topic in General chat
Actually, whether you agreed with me or even disagreed, your post stands out among many in this thread because it shows a consideration of information and trying to consider standing in different shoes, so to speak.
