Traveling through endor

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 8, 2012205 views9 comments

Here's my first post from my recent trip. This was taken along the damnation creek trail in the del norte coast redwoods. Walking amongst these giants reminded me of the planet endor from star wars. I was just waiting for ewoks to emerge from the tree tops. A surreal place full of life and color. Compression is wreaking havoc on this so I apologize. Comments and critiques appreciated.

Canon 7d
Canon 17-40mm @17mm
ISO 100
f16
1.6 sec
Polarizer
Tripod

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9 comments

Comment posted by Julian Barkway on August 8, 2012 at 2:38 PM

Great texture in the ferns. There's a primeval feel about this which I like a lot.

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on August 8, 2012 at 4:23 PM

Lovely capture. Very serene. I like the texture in the bark and ferns. You're right - there's probably an ewok party going on above.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on August 8, 2012 at 4:32 PM

nice colors & light

Hamed

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on August 8, 2012 at 5:46 PM

The light on that bark really draws my eye, and the way you composed the ferns fits the scene well.

Personal taste, but I could almost do without the section to the right of the image. Think a slight crop would add more emphasis to the larger tree and the way the ferns take you into the scene. The ivy...or whatever it is, is slightly distracting.

Regardless, kick ass scene.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on August 8, 2012 at 9:27 PM

Thanks everyone.

Nicolaus, I see what you mean on the right side. I'm 50/50 about it. There was really no way to move over to the left or point my camera further left because there was a whole lot of empty. I like it in some aspects as it gives a more wild feel and that imperfectness of the forest. A bit chaotic, but the more and more I look at it it seems to work.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on August 9, 2012 at 1:49 PM

Very well done Peter. Photographing these gigantic trees is very difficult and I remember feeling completely overwhelmed the first time I tried to create an image there. I think you have done an excellent job here with a great foreground and lighting. I like how all of the foreground ferns point back towards the trees.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on August 9, 2012 at 3:58 PM

Thanks Scott. I honestly wished I could have spent most of my trip here. I barely scratched the surface of this incredible place and didn't have as much time to shoot as I hoped. I see a possible return next year but much earlier to get the rhododendron blooms at peak. Never got those crazy sunbeams but also wasn't able to shoot during the ideal times of the day.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 10, 2012 at 10:24 PM

As I recall, this is Endor. Wasn't that part of the series filmed in the redwoods? I like the relatively simple comp with ferns on bottom and trunks on top both defining their space quite nicely.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on August 11, 2012 at 12:18 AM

I'm pretty sure those parts of the film were shot here. The redwood forest is huge so it wouldn't surprise me if it was.

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