Redwood National and State Parks - Orick - California's Coast

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best California photos from this trip, use this link. To view my Redwoods National and State Park photos, use this link. To view all of my day 2 photos, use this link.

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Today I continue my trip up California's Coast. I have photos from the Redwood National and State Parks in Orick, California. I have photos from the Lady Bird Johnson Grove, some photos from Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, and some highway long exposures from Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway.

HDR composition at Lady Bird Johnson Grove. Have to say not my best work, but most of the photos I take is just for documenting my trip. Photo was taken on the overpass going over the main road going from the parking lot to the trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 41 18 13 N 124 1 5 W

Bokeh shot in the forest. 

HDR composition of the giant Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove.

Another HDR in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. 

Now I switched over to a macro set up for some macro photography. This is of a Salal (Gaultheria shallon). 

I believe this is a huckleberry. Not too sure. Sure as heck didn't give it a taste!

Another photo of the Salal (Gaultheria shallon).

Another HDR composition of the giant Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. 

More HDR from the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. 

Another HDR composition of the giant Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). Last photo from Lady Bird Johnson Grove.

This was shot in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Photo is of the Arthur E. & Florence R. Connick Grove. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 41 21 14 N 124 01 39 W

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Another photo of the Arthur E. & Florence R. Connick Grove.

Remember that tip I gave you? Shoot a few photos of the signs so you don't forget where you are!

Another sign in the park. 

Another photo of the Arthur E. & Florence R. Connick Grove.

Now I drive along Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway doing some highway long exposures. My dad was driving and I was shooting these long abstract exposures right out of the window. 

Here are a few more of those long exposures. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I have more photos from California's Coast. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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