My day driving through the Redwoods along the Avenue of the Giants was less than ideal. A misty rain fell most of the time, and the skies were white where they showed through the canopy…but still…REDWOODS.

There is nothing like the experience of standing in these groves of huge, ancient, trees. And the Avenue of the Giants takes you through grove after grove, for miles.

Of course it is next to impossible to capture anything like the experience with a camera. The lead shot, with the car for scale, just hints…and the next with road winding between massive trunks…adds a bit more…but really no image or set of images will convey the feeling of being there.

The last shot in this set is of the Founders Tree. 346 feet tall, 12.7 feet through at the base. Those branches you see are 190 feet off the ground. While this was once thought to be the tallest three in the forest, taller trees have since been measured a few miles away.

Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and –1/3EV exposure compensation.  Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness. Some color temperature adjustment needed because of the dark day.