Growing up with Redwood's. Truely God's country.

[RandyMac]

Love that pic Randy, what year was that?

1977/78

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Sweet I was 4, love those old pictures and stories my friend. I look through my old logging books over, and over.

 

[RandyMac]

1980, near Klamath.

 

[4x4American]

my sister is moving to seattle warshington on the third of january, will have to go visit her and see some of the giants. I went to the redwood forest in california awhile ago, I remember it being so awesome. I plan to go back.

 

[slowp]

my sister is moving to seattle warshington on the third of january, will have to go visit her and see some of the giants. I went to the redwood forest in california awhile ago, I remember it being so awesome. I plan to go back.

Has she made 3 people leave our state?

You might want to swing over to the Olympic National Park and see the mossy rainforest.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Randy love it great pics little buddy! 4x4 american nice to meet ya, welcome. Slowp great to see ya, doing good?

 

[4x4American]

Has she made 3 people leave our state?

You might want to swing over to the Olympic National Park and see the mossy rainforest.

She ain't that big a girl! Will look into the Olympic National Park, what makes it national if it's only in one state?

 

[slowp]

She ain't that big a girl! Will look into the Olympic National Park, what makes it national if it's only in one state?

No, silly. Our fair state is overpopulated. It's my rule. Before new people can move here, 3 have to leave.
That way, we'll be less likely to have to enter lotteries to go to some of the nicer places. One area that I'm not likely to go to already does that.

We've been overrun with folks moving here to be "in the mountains". Colorado has mountains. So does Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California, Utah, etc. I bet those are better mountains than here. Why can't those people move there instead? It rains less in those places. If you want wet mountains, move to Alaska!

That's my rant. I live in a very small, unknown area that is not likely to see a population boom unless a sewer system is built. The nearest McDonalds, Burger King, etc. are an hour away. We're kind of like the state used to be.

 

[4x4American]

No, silly. Our fair state is overpopulated. It's my rule. Before new people can move here, 3 have to leave.
That way, we'll be less likely to have to enter lotteries to go to some of the nicer places. One area that I'm not likely to go to already does that.

We've been overrun with folks moving here to be "in the mountains". Colorado has mountains. So does Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California, Utah, etc. I bet those are better mountains than here. Why can't those people move there instead? It rains less in those places. If you want wet mountains, move to Alaska!

That's my rant. I live in a very small, unknown area that is not likely to see a population boom unless a sewer system is built. The nearest McDonalds, Burger King, etc. are an hour away. We're kind of like the state used to be.

Sounds like you got a nice little niche. I'd love to move to Alaska to get outta the rat race of ny, or down to GA with my dad's side of the family. Anyways, she's doing some weird type deal where some girl who she don't know leaves her little tiny apartment to go somewhere and whilst she's gone, my sister is moving in, taking care of her cat, and basically living in some other girls apartment for awhile. I have no idea why she'd want to do something like that but that's her deal not mine.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Slowp good stuff, and I agree with you, be nice to keep it small town. Sad thing is when new people move in they want to change everything, kind of ruins things. 4x4 I agree with ya, on hustle and bustle, and Alaska looks awesome indeed. Ran the dogs today, no pigs but some a nice little Redwood grove, nothing huge but nice to look at.

 

[pioneerguy600]

I have not figured out how to get good picts of the big Redwoods I come across out there. When I am standing in a grove the trunks are large and I can get a shot of the girth or width of the trunk but can`t get much of the height in the frame. If I shoot up the tree then I can only see up as far as the branches and the canopy blocks any further up the tree. If I can find an opening in the woods I am still stymied because the trees in front of me are still too close and tall to get any amount in the frame. I even climbed a very steep ravine, nearly straight up for over 300', at the top I could see about 50' of the tree tops but nothing of the massive trunks below. The trees grow too close together to get good shots of them but someday I hope to come across one big one that I can get the whole tree into one shot, just for the album.

 

[4x4American]

I have not figured out how to get good picts of the big Redwoods I come across out there. When I am standing in a grove the trunks are large and I can get a shot of the girth or width of the trunk but can`t get much of the height in the frame. If I shoot up the tree then I can only see up as far as the branches and the canopy blocks any further up the tree. If I can find an opening in the woods I am still stymied because the trees in front of me are still too close and tall to get any amount in the frame. I even climbed a very steep ravine, nearly straight up for over 300', at the top I could see about 50' of the tree tops but nothing of the massive trunks below. The trees grow too close together to get good shots of them but someday I hope to come across one big one that I can get the whole tree into one shot, just for the album.

All ya gotta do is get a jet pack and fly up til you get the right angle and take a shot nice and steady like

 

[RandyMac]

Yeah, it is a tough shot.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Jerry I hear that I am no pro photographer, and only have a small Digital camera. Guess like in the high climbers book, really takes a lot of planning some high tech equipment, seems like a full time job in itself. But still has to be hard, must have to be a real long ways off, to get that whole tree.

 

[mdavlee]

The next time I get out there I want to get a 18 or 22mm wide angle lens for my DSLR. I think that would be the only way to get all of a tree in one picture. I know the 55 mm won't.

 

[pioneerguy600]

 

[hammer0419]

I would love to see a giant redwood one day.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Mike be awesome, love to see them pics when you do. Jerry good tree like that pic, Hammer this ones for you my NY friend, welcome! Happy new year to great friends. Headed out for a hunt early am. Is it me or do the trees talk to ya? I listen, nothing like the sound, and smell in Redwood land, a little Ocean mist ads to the flavor. Music to the ears, and fresh air.

 

[M.D. Vaden]

The next time I get out there I want to get a 18 or 22mm wide angle lens for my DSLR. I think that would be the only way to get all of a tree in one picture. I know the 55 mm won't.

Just did this one with an 11mm Tokina.

I rarely use flash in the forest. The day before, I photographed rooms for a motel in Crescent City, using two of my Canon 430 EX II's ... and it got me thinking to try them the next day ... today ... inside a charred-out goosepen of an old coast redwood in Jedediah Smith.

Remarkable such huge trees can endure so many storms with a remaining shell of wood.

This is at the far west end of the park.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Mike be awesome, love to see them pics when you do. Jerry good tree like that pic, Hammer this ones for you my NY friend, welcome! Happy new year to great friends. Headed out for a hunt early am. Is it me or do the trees talk to ya? I listen, nothing like the sound, and smell in Redwood land, a little Ocean mist ads to the flavor. Music to the ears, and fresh air.

Did you notice the different bark patterns on each of those trees. I have started to notice many different bark patterns depending on where the tree grows, its exposure to wind, sunlight and location, whether in a ravine, valley or hillside, the bark pattern changes.