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In this months National Geographic magazine there is an article on the Redwood forests in California. After reading issue after issue I haven’t been satisfied with National Geographic in a long time, but this issue has brought a lot of excitement in my world especially as I’m very active with camping and hiking through Redwood parks in NorCal. (Anything south of Santa Cruz is not worth the drive in my opinion).

For years I’ve always wondered what the best way would be to get a clear shot of a super tall redwood and these guys did it with proper approvals of course. Lots of steep climbing on other trees to get the right angle for compositing such a large image would have been complex. I’ve hiked into the hills just to pick off some good shots of tall trees or use a Fisheye lens, but nothing of this magnitude and clarity.

Keep California’s State parks and forests open to the public!

1. 

   Sarthak Singhal

   October 12, 2009 at 2:08 am

   Quite amazing!
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   M. D. Vaden of Oregon

   October 17, 2009 at 8:02 am

   In the coast redwoods, few trees could ever be captured this completely without climbing. Even a climber would not get a chance to see a redwood in this fashion.

   MDV / Oregon
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   blue2x

   November 2, 2009 at 9:00 am

   awesome pic alan ! how tall is the tree ? Looks good in a photo frame
4. 

   Michel

   November 18, 2009 at 4:15 am

   Wow, Alan!

   That’s what I would call big! ))