The Olympic Peninsula`s temperate rainforest gets somewhere between 12 and 14 feet of rain a year, which is what allows moss to grow so thick on tree trunks and branches that the trees themselves start to look built rather than grown — trunks rising like ship masts, moss hanging like rigging, with the highest branches reading almost like a crow`s nest lookout point.
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Name:
"The Masts and The Crows-Nest"
Ref. Number:
0312 (Limited Edition - 777 copies)
Location:
Washington, USA
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Artist`s Tale:
Trees As Masts: A Visual Metaphor In The Rainforest
The Olympic Peninsula`s temperate rainforest gets somewhere between 12 and 14 feet of rain a year, which is what allows moss to grow so thick on tree trunks and branches that the trees themselves start to look built rather than grown — trunks rising like ship masts, moss hanging like rigging, with the highest branches reading almost like a crow`s nest lookout point. It`s an unusually specific visual comparison for a forest, but standing under one of these old-growth conifers, it`s hard not to see it. "The Masts And The Crow`s Nest" leans directly into that comparison, framing the trees the way you might frame a ship`s rigging rather than a typical forest canopy shot. It`s part of the same Olympic rainforest collection as "Words Of Silence" and "Predator," each shot under different light within the same stretch of forest.Awards:
Silver Award, The Epson International Pano Awards - 2013
The Contest Finalist in Fields and Forests Photo Contest - 2017
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