Forest of Moss

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 13, 2011300 views26 comments

Made this image of a moss covered forest in the Hoh River Valley of the Olympic Peninsula in mid-April of this year. The falling rain really made the colors quite nice. Lot of yellow in the moss this time of year. Hope the branches intruding into the frame in the upper left hand corner aren't too much of an issue. Appreciate your thoughts, suggestions, or ideas on this image.
4x5, 210mm, warm polarizer, Velvia 100F

Large image provided.

Thanks

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 13, 2011 at 11:44 PM

A beautiful forest scene in ideal lighting. Loving the glow here.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 13, 2011 at 11:47 PM

The rhythm you've brought to this complex landscape is quite remarkable, as is the color. There is almost a glow here that adds a nice vibrancy to the to the entire scene.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 14, 2011 at 1:53 AM

Very nice rain forest image Vance. You did a great job with the colors here. The glowing moss holds the composition together very well.

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Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on May 14, 2011 at 2:07 AM

I love the rich yellow greens at this time of year. You did a great job at finding some order in such a chaotic location Vance.

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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on May 14, 2011 at 2:12 AM

This is pure magic

Straight out of a fairytale.

Apologize for not contributing in terms of critique but all i want to do now is to sit back and enjoy the forest vicariously.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on May 14, 2011 at 2:25 AM

Kah, Tony, Scott, Adam, Arnand, thank you for your comments. In looking at this now on the web, it seems to be a bit darker than I intended. May need to recalibrate my monitor.
Appreciate your comments.

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Comment posted by James Fougère on May 14, 2011 at 2:27 AM

Electric Green

This is a nice scene that is difficult to photograph, but you pulled it off.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 14, 2011 at 2:49 AM

I like the glow here in this image. Very beautiful forest scene and well composed.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on May 14, 2011 at 3:58 AM

Incredible light Vance and a strong composition with all the vertical lines. Early spring moss have that great yellow color here in the coastal forests as well. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on May 14, 2011 at 8:52 AM

Love these trees Vance, and your processing. If it were mine those branches on the left would be cropped off.

Great capture.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on May 14, 2011 at 9:54 AM

An amazingly surrealistic scene, I like it!

Peter

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 14, 2011 at 12:24 PM

Boy, that's a lot of moss!

I like the composition - it is busy at first sight, but it works really well and stays interesting due to all the details and the particularly interesting right half. The intruding branches do not matter in my opinion.

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on May 14, 2011 at 2:02 PM

Wow this is fascinating Vance, the detail and color must be beautiful on a sheet of 4x5. Fabulous work.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on May 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM

Beautiful shot . . . I didn't really notice the intruding branches at all. You composed this scene very well and the greens are scintillating.

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on May 14, 2011 at 4:09 PM

The glowing greens here are amazing and there are just enough strong vertical lines to give the scene some order - great stuff!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 14, 2011 at 8:10 PM

Amazing color and composition Vance. It looks like there was a green snow storm how everything is coated. in moss. I love the vibrancy of the scene.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on May 14, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Beautiful shot. Images from the Hoh always remind me of one of the shorts in that movie Creepshow when that metorite crashes and starts spreading that green algae on everything...lol

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on May 14, 2011 at 10:47 PM

This is gorgeous Vance. Amazing how you were able to get order out of a potentially chaotic scene.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on May 15, 2011 at 2:05 PM

What a lush environment. I am really enjoying this photograph. The light is so beautiful.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 15, 2011 at 2:17 PM

Beautiful light! Great photograph Vance. Really enjoy looking at this.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on May 15, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Hi Vance - this is a really beautiful image! I really like the composition and the glow of the greens. You mention below that it looks a tad dark to you, but I like it as is.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on May 16, 2011 at 2:26 AM

vance - love this. warm yellows making this sing, sing, sing. upper left branches minor issue. the curving FG trunk adds much.

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Comment posted by Grant Collier on May 16, 2011 at 7:32 PM

Great shot! I didn't even notice the branches until you pointed them out...that's not really where the eye goes and they blend in well. Now that I see them, they're a bit distracting. I slight crop from the left might help, but also might throw off the balance. Either way, it's still a killer shot...

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 17, 2011 at 3:39 PM

What a wonderful capture of this surreal forest, Vance. The moss and light make this seem premordial. Well composed too - I like the moss covered vines as one of the main focal points.

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Comment posted by Serban Simboteleca on May 17, 2011 at 3:41 PM

It's a scene that is very busy by its nature, but your composition works very well. Beautiful scene! It snowed with... moss!

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on May 18, 2011 at 3:20 AM

I like this quite a bit! I know how impossibly difficult this area can be at times. Great work, Vance!

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