Northern California Redwoods
May 28th & 29th, 2015
On the way up the California coast, I stopped in Redwood National Park and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park and photographed the towering trees, a type of giant Sequoia (actually Sequoia sempervirens), more commonly known as the coast redwood or California redwood. These trees can live from 1200-1800 years and the tallest ones approach 120 meters (400 feet) in height, with trunks nearly 9 meters (30 feet) wide near the ground. Sadly, I had no fog when I was there and just had to deal with the dynamic range of sunlight streaming in through the big trees. With no fog, at least I got punchy and vibrant colour. The last three shots are from the southern Oregon Coast, with the very last shot being the "sunniest" weather I saw on my entire coastal drive north.
To give you an example of how big these trees are, I decided to take a few rare shots of myself for scale, since I was armed with a tripod and could use a self timer to get into the shot. So... for scale, I am in shots 24 and 28 (had to sprint to make it for that one) and apologies for not having a nicer looking subject for reference! Also note that 31 out of the 40 shots in this gallery were taken with my Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 lens. I used it a lot on this trip since it proved to be such a stellar performing optic...
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