Northern Sentinels 1
In the Sierra Nevada, the giant sequoias of Placer County stand apart from the more-visited groves to the south — fewer visitors, quieter mornings, the same unfathomable scale. This medium format panorama required multiple frames assembled to capture trees whose full height cannot be contained in a single exposure from any useful distance. The grove in this image is flagged for location verification with Greg — the "Joffre" designation in the filename refers to a specific section or approach that warrants confirmation before publication. What the image confirms is that no detail is lost in the transition from deeply shadowed forest floor to fully lit canopy above — the full depth of a sequoia grove, rendered at a scale worthy of the subject.
In the Sierra Nevada, the giant sequoias of Placer County stand apart from the more-visited groves to the south — fewer visitors, quieter mornings, the same unfathomable scale. This medium format panorama required multiple frames assembled to capture trees whose full height cannot be contained in a single exposure from any useful distance. The grove in this image is flagged for location verification with Greg — the "Joffre" designation in the filename refers to a specific section or approach that warrants confirmation before publication. What the image confirms is that no detail is lost in the transition from deeply shadowed forest floor to fully lit canopy above — the full depth of a sequoia grove, rendered at a scale worthy of the subject.