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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: stevenfr on May 06, 2019, 01:10:18 pm

Title: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 06, 2019, 01:10:18 pm

Moss ferns and maples in the rainforest of Vancouver Island in the spring time. This image was captured using a Horseman camera and Velvia film.

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: rabanito on May 06, 2019, 02:11:51 pm

Fantastic photograph to my taste
I saw something like that at the Olympic National Park many years ago and was stunned

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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on May 06, 2019, 03:21:21 pm

Great image!

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 06, 2019, 04:37:24 pm

Thank you Rajan and Rabanito. This forest is very similar to the Hoh Rainforest. Its Just north of this area. It is being heavily logged over the last five years. I have been trying to photograph it every spring for the last eight years before its gone. There are a couple of weeks where the spring green moss is vibrant and lush. That is when ai tend to do my shooting. Once the maples leaf out its to dark to shoot.

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 06, 2019, 05:00:27 pm

Quote from: Rajan Parrikar on May 06, 2019, 03:21:21 pm

Great image!

+1.

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 06, 2019, 06:00:48 pm

thank you Eric

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Post by: sarrasani on May 06, 2019, 07:17:05 pm

very fascinating! I like it.
all the best,
sandro

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 06, 2019, 09:10:48 pm

Thank you Sandro. In this spot I saw a Rosevelt Elk. Pretty cool to see it in a rainforest.

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Post by: Mark Nadler on May 07, 2019, 12:03:55 am

I love the image's intensity.

mark

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 07, 2019, 02:01:50 am

Thank you Mark. Its a very cool forest. Tough to find compositions.

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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 07, 2019, 04:42:52 am

Simply amazing. Sad that it is disappearing.

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 07, 2019, 08:58:24 am

thanks Paulo. Last year I counted 20 logging trucks that passed me in a 20 minute period as I drove into the forest.

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Post by: Arlen on May 07, 2019, 10:18:22 am

I first visited that area in the early 1990's, and even then I was shocked at the amount of clear-cutting going on there. A national (world, really) treasure being destroyed. There has got to be a better way to get our lumber than clear-cutting such places. Glad you are documenting it while some of it still exists.

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 07, 2019, 11:38:11 am

Arlen

This area is stunningly beautiful. I believe the clear cutting has accelerated over the last few years. The maples down near the rivers covered in moss are incredible. You have a feeling as if you have gone back to prehistoric times when you hike in this area.

Steven

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Post by: NancyP on May 07, 2019, 06:58:23 pm

Very nice indeed, thank you for sharing this

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 07, 2019, 08:53:50 pm

Thank you Nancyp

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Post by: maddogmurph on May 09, 2019, 01:27:01 am

Clean. Soft. Subtle. Well composed, and cropped.

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Post by: stevenfr on May 25, 2019, 04:04:42 pm

Thank you Maddog murph

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Post by: LesPalenik on May 25, 2019, 07:46:15 pm

Spectacular image, especially as shown in the panoramic format.

Title: Re: Rainforest Moss Ferns and Maples
Post by: stevenfr on May 25, 2019, 08:58:38 pm

Thank you Les