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Hillside redwoods in Jedediah Smith park ...

Wishing you recovery, from across the globe. Thank you for sharing what happened. Interested to know how things progress. Cheers, MDV

Here's one of the Redwood Coast pole dance session with the snake. Most of the rest are just full body shots with skimpy little clothes.

Rain ... no problem .. just bring an umbrella. I still think the Coast Redwood forest is at its best when the rain is falling.

More photos from Del Norte redwood forest ...

In light of a few recent replies, I will tweak the redwood theme this week. This is Redwood National Park along Bald Hills Rd.. Wouldn't you like to see this field of Lupine?

This maybe ... posted on my redwood facebook page recently. Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park along the edge of Mill Creek near Stout Grove.

Well ... there was an Avenue of the Giants version a couple of years ago ... lol Can at least post a frame from the beginning where she's still wearing everything.

The other side of the redwood

There is a man in Germany who has a woman's clothing store. And he's a "tree geek" ... comes over to the USA like every year or two. He knows lots about big trees. He likes both forests, but he told me that the Coast Redwood forests of Humboldt and Del Norte counties in northern California are the greater experience. On another note .. This woman in this photo is from Eureka. Her friend texted me last night inquiring about doing photos with them. Maybe one, both, or with their other friend too. They have a pole in their house for pole dancing. That may be part of the photo session. Otherwise, we may visit the beach at McKinnleyville north of Arcata and Eureka.

Are there any Panda Express restaurants over there? Anyhow, this is one of the servers from the local Panda Express, helping me out with a test-shoot using my new wireless flash triggers.

Someday I hope to get overseas. It would fun to take portraits in the UK ... both men and women. I like scenery and landscape photography, but I find people to be a special among the Earth on which we live.

Fairly recent image. A server from one of the local Panda Express restaurants near Portland, Oregon.

Jedediah Smith redwoods in the winter season.

How much energy would a tree really put into compartmentalizing small cuts anyway ... lol Also ... if food or energy needs to go to buds and flowers, if you removed limbs, then those would not be taking their portion of the energy stored for them. I tend to approve light moderate pruning all year, all 12 months. Its my own text book and it works. 30 years worth of success.

Cobra Lily near Jedediah Smith redwood park. Flowers of the Darlingtonia, a carnivorous plant. Not rare, but more rare than common.

On March 14th, Redwood National Parks posted about a redwood called Big Tree in Prairie Creek, claiming it was 3rd largest. The truth is ... its a long way from 3rd largest, and there's virtually no way its an oversight. Not just because it was brought to their attention, but they talk about the biggest trees on a daily or weekly basis. I wrote a blog post, and thought it was worth pointing out Blog Post > Redwood National Park’s Fact Conundrum Odds are they are trying to keep some trees hushed. But its not hard to keep quiet without distorting things. ...

If you search tree measuring and ENTS or the Eastern Native Tree Society, and their forums, there is plenty to find about various laser rangefinders that people use. For the tree mentioned in the OP, the Lasertech Impulse 200LR was the model used, but we also have the Trupulse. I've wondered at times why the big tree registries here don't have a separate list for at least the tallest of each species. And I think it would be interesting to know the maximum spread or trunk girth too.

For huge trees, some say volume is the way to really judge big. But there's a limit to how many trees can be climbed and accurately wrapped and calculated. So the point system of height, circumference and spread offers the general populace an avenue to discover and nominate something substantial. The small crown spread points seems okay, because usually a tree with an enormous spread is already going to have a lot of height or trunk size. The tallest hemlock I found has enough points to almost be a co-champion even though it's not very fat. Because it gains so many height points it bridges the gap.

I tend to like the ft. aspect better than metric because the ft. increments are smaller and if trees are close, the variance can be stated in greater detail if inches are not mentioned. The metric can have more detail with 100 cm per meter. When it comes to super tall trees though, 370 ft. might sound more enthusiastic since the number is greater than, say, 113 m.

If the UK does not have a comparable big tree program, do people get more enthusiastic there about which is just taller?

In the USA, at least, American Forests has a Big Tree program, and there are state champions and registries, and national too. Every inch of circumference gets a point. Every foot of height gets a point. Then the crown width is measured two directions and averaged. That average crown width is divided by 4. So an 80 ft. wide crown gets 20 points. The 1/4 crown points are added to height points plus circumference points. Its not a volume comparison. ..

Just got a confirmation of a 3rd diameter measure for one Coast Redwood we found last year. Height points and circumference points combined are 1283 not counting 1/4 crown spread points. I see two crowns on Google Earth at the coordinates. The scale shows one as 60 to 70 feet wide and the other near 80 feet wide. I can't see what's in the shadows. All that put together, the redwood surpasses the American Forests Sequoia sempervirens 1291 point champion. And isn't very far from General Sherman's 1321 points. This redwood seems to be 1298 to 1302 points. Updates go to the following page: Updates >> Coast Redwood Discovery. Sequoia sempervirens. If a research team goes up there someday, there's a small chance a few feet not visible to Chris's laser may be taller. And more width that can't be seen in the shadows. 1310 points is probably the max, but I think its closer to 1300. Chris Atkins checked height. Michael Taylor checked the dbh. And Ron Hildebrant checked preliminary volume.

I like the 2nd one a lot. Used it more than most. Doesn't have all, but has a lot. The particular way its assembled with grouped samples is very helpful. ...

Andrew Josline, illustrator of The Wild Trees, in Prairie Creek, with The Knotty Lady redwood in the back ground.