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Sometimes fate results in new visions. In this case, I was traveling down the Quinault Valley after a splendid time in the high country. I had seen lots of bears, and they were all simply ignoring me because of their propensity to eat large quantities of mountain blueberries for their winter fat stores.
I came around a corner in the trail, and found myself face to face with a bull elk, about 100 feet away. No problem usually -- but this was the rutting season -- and the bull immediately picked up a fast trot right at me. He meant business!
I backed off and scurried 90 degrees off the trail, and traveled about 300 yards to the river bank. As I was following the river bank downstream to find a place to cut back to the trail, I came to a place where the hillsides were shouldering right down to the river bed.
These two Western Red Cedars were "guarding" the steep hillside, and to me they just seemed to have a sort of majesty and ageless dignity. The varied groundcover, plus the cliffy section just beyond them seemed intimate, and almost like some Jurassic themed landscape.
The light was very low, so I used the tripod with the Mamiya.
Nothing hugely "special", and the cedars are not the largest by far, but I thought that the scene sort of epitomizes the dark grandeur prevalent in this feral river bottom.
Mamiya RB67
Sekor 65mm lens
f:11 and 1 second
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Stay safe my friend .....
I've always admired your adventures into the forests and remote areas, not to mention your images.