Redwood Greens

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 27, 201173 views4 comments

While visiting the Oregon Coast I just had to take a drive down into Northern California and see some of the Redwoods (for the first time). It was a totally amazing place to be standing among these giants with the moisture in the air causing a fog like appearance thru the trees. While the rain was falling hard for days on the coast, under the canopy there was just a steady soft drizzle. I had to wipe down my lens after every shot but it was well worth it. The colour green was almost over powering to the eye as moss was growing everywhere. It seemed like every 50-100 meters I had to duck, dodge or scramble around low hanging boughs covered in rain laden moss. Beautiful to see in person.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by for a look.

As always your thoughts and comments are welcome and appreciated.

Nikon D5000
f/5.6 @1/30 secs
ISO-800
Circ Polarizer
Manfrotto Tripod with Ballhead

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Dan Roberts on June 28, 2011 at 12:02 AM

You captured the essence of the rain forest with this very simple image. Nicely done.

Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments

Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on June 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM

Another good one of yours Mark. I think ISO-800 gave a little visible noise, or maybe just my monitor!! I wonder if you could choose lower ISO since you were using a tripod?
I like it though.

Registered on May 16, 2011, 15 Posts, 301 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Shephard on June 28, 2011 at 4:36 PM

Thanks for the comments...I knew when I took the shot at ISO-800 that there might be some noise but looking at the screen on the camera one can't really tell how much noise there really is. I am still doing some experimenting with the camera but this will certainly be a consideration for future shots in a darker space. So much to learn.... Thanks again. :)

Registered on February 23, 2010, 62 Posts, 132 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 28, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Mark,

I like the idea here and you do a nice job of isolating some detail in an otherwise chaotic place - we all know how tough it is to find good comps in the forest. I like that you used the shallow depth of field to keep the focus up front. There's just enough softness in the bg for a good separation. My issue here is also with the noise - both in the mossy details up front as well as the bg. It almost makes the background have some odd bokeh - if that makes sense. I do like the structure and lines created both by the branch and the vertical trunk in the bg. From what I can see here, I might consider dropping the darker shadow values a little bit and maybe even the mid-tones just a smidge. Mostly the noise that is hurting this a bit, otherwise I like what you've seen and captured.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments