Coastal Forest Size:30x45 and luminosity were pushed well

and luminosity were pushed well beyond realism to create a heightened

Survival here depends on blending in rather than hiding

From the rim

This approach sacrifices conventional softness and easy depth of field

mostly because I assumed I would never get the chance to photograph it

Coastal Forest Size:30x45 and luminosity were pushed wellOregon Coast, Oregon This photograph was made on a rainy day near the Oregon coast, hiking upstream through a forest already saturated by hours of steady rain. I had spent the previous days focused on the ocean, but I kept turning inland, drawn toward the sound of moving water. Where I grew up in the Texas Panhandle, running water is rare. Creeks like this dont exist. That absence stays with you. It makes scenes like this feel less familiar and more