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Following the tradition of the great trip reports posted here by our members, I wanted to share this one with you guys.
As you might know I visited Northern California coast a few months ago and promised myself I would be back to try
to capture the beautiful Redwood forrest in the Rhododendron bloom season.
You can read about my November trip here:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1072616/
I tried to include more Oregon coast this time too. A few quick thoughts:
- it's extremely hard to photograph Rhododendron flowers with a Redwood tree in a good light.
It's not very common to have such a frame to work with and the light must be perfect to capture
something nice and interesting.
- Oregon is amazing and VERY green right now. I've never seen such a green forest before.
- There is a lot of beautiful wildflowers at the moment with wild lilies possible to find. They are rare in California
and I was lucky to photograph a few kinds including chocolate lilies.
- If you are after the pure and green beauty of Redwood forest, you should go in Winter months.
It's dryer right now, still the Oregon forest was so green
- Don't even think about going in Summer/Fall, it will be hot, dry, not as nice and full of mosquitos (and tourists).
- And one warning - this is a different planet out there. Be prepared, it's… different.
Technical note: I used my NEX-5N and M lenses exclusively.
21 SE, 28 Cron, 50 Lux, 90 AA and 135 Telyt. My most used ones were by far 28 Cron and 50 Lux.
Part 1 of my images, more to follow.
Enjoy, Andrew
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