chris_girard
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Re: Redwoods + Visser of S. Africa
Awesome photos and stories guys, thanks for sharing!
Awesome photos and stories guys, thanks for sharing!
Redwoods Revisited 6 / 2012
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mdvaden
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That's the lady fern, athyrium. Similar to bracken, deciduous, but arises in clumps, rather than the traveling rhizome. not near as tough as bracken. Lady fern pummels so easy.
Yeah I recall that painting. But it's been quite a few years since I've been in that shop. and at the time I wasn't keen on the accuracy of the species depicted in it. I'll have to look at it again. Terri and I were up there last week.
Across from the High Rock conservation camp on the old highway is the Hass and Starr groves. There's a redwood on the flat with quite a large hypertrophy about 40 feet up. I set up some ways from the tree to frame Terri in, and she hollered out, "Those are spring boards up there!"
She was right. Someone, years ago, boarded up the tree to do something with that big wart, and left the boards. No evidence of any cutting.
I'm post a couple of pic later.
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Thanks.
That's an artifact I'd be curious to check out next time down. I turned around once near there, in the drive way of the camp ... as the photo shows - lol
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That's the lady fern, athyrium. Similar to bracken, deciduous, but arises in clumps, rather than the traveling rhizome. not near as tough as bracken. Lady fern pummels so easy.
Yeah I recall that painting. But it's been quite a few years since I've been in that shop. and at the time I wasn't keen on the accuracy of the species depicted in it. I'll have to look at it again. Terri and I were up there last week.
Across from the High Rock conservation camp on the old highway is the Hass and Starr groves. There's a redwood on the flat with quite a large hypertrophy about 40 feet up. I set up some ways from the tree to frame Terri in, and she hollered out, "Those are spring boards up there!"
She was right. Someone, years ago, boarded up the tree to do something with that big wart, and left the boards. No evidence of any cutting.
I'm post a couple of pic later.
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Thanks.
That's an artifact I'd be curious to check out next time down. I turned around once near there, in the drive way of the camp ... as the photo shows - lol
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Gerald_Beranek
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Re: Redwoods Revisited
You're getting warmer. Looks like you got a new ride.
You're getting warmer. Looks like you got a new ride.
Gerald_Beranek
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Gerald_Beranek
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Re: Redwoods Revisited
Man, I have to brush up on posting pics here. That was an ordeal.
Oh, yeah. Just north of the high rock camp is a road that will take you down to the gravel bar. There's a tree with an old ladder in it you can see from the parking area. Leaves one to wonder. I have pics of it too. you will see it.
Anyway, from there, you can get on the trail that will take you to the wart tree with the boards in it. that would be back up river, or south in this case. Not many remarkable trees there, but some interesting ones nonetheless.
Man, I have to brush up on posting pics here. That was an ordeal.
Oh, yeah. Just north of the high rock camp is a road that will take you down to the gravel bar. There's a tree with an old ladder in it you can see from the parking area. Leaves one to wonder. I have pics of it too. you will see it.
Anyway, from there, you can get on the trail that will take you to the wart tree with the boards in it. that would be back up river, or south in this case. Not many remarkable trees there, but some interesting ones nonetheless.
mdvaden
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Re: Redwoods Revisited
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Man, I have to brush up on posting pics here. That was an ordeal.
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Minus the boards, this one looks like the birth of a growth like shown in your photo above.
This one from Prairie Creek on a bushwhack near Brown Creek.
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Man, I have to brush up on posting pics here. That was an ordeal.
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Minus the boards, this one looks like the birth of a growth like shown in your photo above.
This one from Prairie Creek on a bushwhack near Brown Creek.
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Gerald_Beranek
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Oh, yeah. It's a cave. Tough lighting, Mario. Still turned out pretty darn good. Makes you wonder, how do you expose black?
Oh, yeah. It's a cave. Tough lighting, Mario. Still turned out pretty darn good. Makes you wonder, how do you expose black?
mdvaden
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Oh, yeah. It's a cave. Tough lighting, Mario. Still turned out pretty darn good. Makes you wonder, how do you expose black?
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With black, I find the need sometimes to tweak the black or shadow sliders in Lightroom.
What really is tough as nails for me, are like the near pure white fungi, shown below. I don't know the name of that one. But have photographed it before, and never quite get close to what it looks like in-person.
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Oh, yeah. It's a cave. Tough lighting, Mario. Still turned out pretty darn good. Makes you wonder, how do you expose black?
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With black, I find the need sometimes to tweak the black or shadow sliders in Lightroom.
What really is tough as nails for me, are like the near pure white fungi, shown below. I don't know the name of that one. But have photographed it before, and never quite get close to what it looks like in-person.
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Gerald_Beranek
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That's a cool fungi. A wee one at that. I'll have to look a little closer for that one.
Those close ups in dim light require some small f stops and long exposures. Very tough indeed. But every once in a while one turns out good.
With the HDR function on my other cam the difference in light and dark values evens out. Though the contrast does suffer it does help somewhat.
I'll post a little fungi I found on the last hike up the West Ridge Trail. A cute little crimson thing.
That's a cool fungi. A wee one at that. I'll have to look a little closer for that one.
Those close ups in dim light require some small f stops and long exposures. Very tough indeed. But every once in a while one turns out good.
With the HDR function on my other cam the difference in light and dark values evens out. Though the contrast does suffer it does help somewhat.
I'll post a little fungi I found on the last hike up the West Ridge Trail. A cute little crimson thing.
mdvaden
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mdvaden
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Redwoods Revisited 2013
Here's a few pics recently posted on my Redwood Forest titled page at Facebook. Terri Beranek chimed-in on this photo, which reminded me of this topic here at the buzz since G. B. shared too.
Recent visit and hiking, ending February, 2013.
Someone lost their glasses ... Boy Scout Tree trail, in Jedediah Smith.
Here's a few pics recently posted on my Redwood Forest titled page at Facebook. Terri Beranek chimed-in on this photo, which reminded me of this topic here at the buzz since G. B. shared too.
Recent visit and hiking, ending February, 2013.
Someone lost their glasses ... Boy Scout Tree trail, in Jedediah Smith.
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mdvaden
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Re: Redwoods Revisited 2013
This is entirely different ... but Crescent City is adjacent to Jedediah Smith redwoods park, and this humongous play structure is just around the corner from the park's visitor center.
My first go with an HDR software. 3 photos merged and tinkered with.
This is entirely different ... but Crescent City is adjacent to Jedediah Smith redwoods park, and this humongous play structure is just around the corner from the park's visitor center.
My first go with an HDR software. 3 photos merged and tinkered with.
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What software is that, Mario? I've tinkered with HDR, but never have achieved satisfactory results. Your image is amazing. Thanks for sharing
What software is that, Mario? I've tinkered with HDR, but never have achieved satisfactory results. Your image is amazing. Thanks for sharing
mdvaden
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Re: Redwoods Revisited 2013
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What software is that, Mario? I've tinkered with HDR, but never have achieved satisfactory results. Your image is amazing. Thanks for sharing
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Good evening Jer ...
The software is called Photomatix ... a photographer I did pruning for up in Vancouver, WA, told me about it a few weeks ago. There's some videos about it on Youtube too. It can be downloaded from Photomatix, but I preferred ordering through Amazon ... $99 ... and getting the disc in hand. I've seen some examples on a photography site that were fairly mellow and not over-done. There are also dramatic preset options too.
Here's my "AYE CHIHUAHUA" photo from Jedediah Smith redwoods. Someone, whose family owns property near Hiouchi, brought their dog over from the Philippines with them for the visit.
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What software is that, Mario? I've tinkered with HDR, but never have achieved satisfactory results. Your image is amazing. Thanks for sharing
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Good evening Jer ...
The software is called Photomatix ... a photographer I did pruning for up in Vancouver, WA, told me about it a few weeks ago. There's some videos about it on Youtube too. It can be downloaded from Photomatix, but I preferred ordering through Amazon ... $99 ... and getting the disc in hand. I've seen some examples on a photography site that were fairly mellow and not over-done. There are also dramatic preset options too.
Here's my "AYE CHIHUAHUA" photo from Jedediah Smith redwoods. Someone, whose family owns property near Hiouchi, brought their dog over from the Philippines with them for the visit.
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