Winter in a Rain Forest

[AlanLichty]

While wandering up the Oregon coastline last week I stopped in to revisit parts of the Sweet Creek Trail that I didn't shoot earlier this fall. The scenery along the trail was a good example of what the coastal rain forests look like once the deciduous trees and shrubbery have shed their leaves and all that's left are the evergreen trees, the ferns, and the ever present moss layers. This is one such scene along the path. Normally we don't get temperatures below freezing but this last week was an exception and in a few places there were icy spots along the path.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I love rain forests, and this evokes the feeling I get when I am there.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Alan,

I love the look of Rainforests. I would like to see a crop of this losing off the right side so that vertical branch isn't in the shot. With all of those cool horizontal curves, that one vertical branch cuts off the image flow. Or if you have the same basic composition but shot from more to the left to avoid that vertical branch?

 

[AlanLichty]

Jim - I like the crop suggestion. I didn't take a shot with a different POV in this case but the crop gives a little more visibility to the stream in the background which was my original intent.

Winter in the Rain Forest

• AlanLichty
• Dec 11, 2017
• 1

A winter scene in the coastal rain forest. Sweet Creek Trail, Siuslaw Nat. Forest, Oregon.

 

[Michael Liskay]

I like the feeling of being there and the stream peaking through the moss-covered branches!