Yesterday's "Redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains" workshop presented all sorts of interesting opportunities and challenges due to a perfectly timed weather front. Our band of intrepid adventurers stayed optimistic as I improvised a new afternoon itinerary which brought us to Butano State Park near the coast, which allowed us some wonderful sunset light as well as a lot of quality time in one of the Bay Area's lesser known but most beautiful redwoods parks.
I didn't shoot a great deal during the workshop, but I did get an opportunity to make a few infrared monochrome images during our longer stay in Butano. The incredible glow of the ferns here, in part the lighting and composition, in part the characteristic light foliage of infrared, really creates a mystical presence for me. I can't wait to get to printing this image, I'll probably make a first draft of it tonight.