Fern Canyon

[AlanLichty]

On the backside of the coastal hills in the Nelson Drury Parkway in Redwoods N.P. is a nice day hike trail that goes up Fern Canyon. Aptly named as the walls of the place are literally carpeted with ferns. It can be highly challenging to shoot on a sunny day since the dynamic range required for the scenes tends to be quite wide. It was certainly wider than what my olde Canon 20D could muster a over dozen years ago but I did manage to salvage a couple of images out of my collection.

Fern Canyon

• AlanLichty
• Apr 7, 2018

A nice day hike in the Nelson Drury Parkway. Redwoods N.P.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Difficult lighting for sure, but both look very natural. Good stuff.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Looks like a very inviting place, well done with the light.

 

[JimFox]

That's a very cool looking place Alan, but one I would think is going to be hard to capture in sunlight or even in overcast as I imagine it would get quite dark in that canyon if it's overcast. I like the #2 the best. Good job on taming that sunlight.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

On the backside of the coastal hills in the Nelson Drury Parkway in Redwoods N.P. is a nice day hike trail that goes up Fern Canyon. Aptly named as the walls of the place are literally carpeted with ferns. It can be highly challenging to shoot on a sunny day since the dynamic range required for the scenes tends to be quite wide. It was certainly wider than what my olde Canon 20D could muster a over dozen years ago but I did manage to salvage a couple of images out of my collection.

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Fern Canyon

• AlanLichty
• Apr 7, 2018

A nice day hike in the Nelson Drury Parkway. Redwoods N.P.

C&C always welcome.

I think you have handled the light perfectly here, Alan. At best these situations are difficult at worst they are impossible.