The Mighty Have Fallen

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Description

In 2 Samuel 1:19 David laments the death of King Saul and his son Jonathan at the hand of the Philistines. While exploring the Redwoods along the Avenue of the Giants I came upon this scene and was immediately reminded of the story. It was very quiet and it definitely put me into a contemplative mood. Even the mighty fall. But this one at least is a source of new growth.

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As you might imagine, this was a challenging exposure with the direct sunlight filtering through the canopy combined with the deep shadows inside the root cavity. I shot this with HDR in mind but was not happy with the results output by LRC. I sat on it for some time but I acquired Luminar Neo and decided to give it a try. It was significantly better and produced this result. This stuff is scary impressive.
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Technical Details

Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 16-25 G @ 22mm, CPL
ISO 400, f16, 1/5 - 20 second exposures, HDR in LRC and Luminar Neo


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Great Image Bill. Shooting trees is hard to to do. To Capture the tone and texture. I think you captured the massive size of this fallen tree. Natural color and really sharp… Very Cool. !!!