Coastal Forest Size:30x45 and luminosity were pushed well

and luminosity were pushed well beyond realism to create a heightened

thick and muscular

adapted to extreme temperature swings and limited water

and very little sense of scale when you first step into it

All elements were photographed in place

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