Rainforest Roots
by Douglas Taylor
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Title
Rainforest Roots
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
The roots of an old growth fir tree grip a moss and lichen covered boulder on the forest floor in Olympic National Park's temperate rainforest.
The Olympic Mountains are the first to see the weather systems that come ashore from the Northern Pacific, and as these storms pile up against the mountains they precipitate an enormous amount of rain and snow onto the mountains and the lowland rainforest below. The lower, forested reaches of these mountains receive up to 180 inches of rain which makes the forests into a very lush,temperate rain forest, the only one in the continental United States.
Venturing into these forests is akin to walking into a huge, natural cathedral. Very little light reaches the forest floor through the thick fir canopy high above, and the skies are typically covered by thick, low clouds. Even so, the copious moisture supports giant ferns, hanging and bark hugging mosses, and in the few remaining tracts of virgin forest, giant Douglas Fir, Hemlock, Sitka Spruce and Cedar trees.
Olympic National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
CONTEST WINNER: 1st Place, "Green Forests" contest sponsored by the A Gorgeous Green art group with 1,198 entries and 1,660 votes cast, August 2023.
CONTEST WINNER: 1st Place, "Found Deep In The Woods - Photography" contest, September 2023.
CONTEST WINNER: 3rd Place "Smarter By Nature" sponsored by the A Gorgeous Green art group, July 2022.
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July 9th, 2022
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Comments (60)
Dora Stork 9 Days Ago
Beautiful colors, lights, and shadows! Voted for this amazing artwork in the Wood contes!
Gary F Richards 10 Days Ago
Outstanding Rainforest Roots composition, lighting, shading, rich color and artwork! F/L voted
AnnaJo Vahle
Wow!!! Love this and everything about this gorgeous photo, Douglas. f
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you so very much for your enthusiastic compliment, AnnaJo! I am delighted that you appreciate this photograph.
Jurgen Lorenzen
An awesome image, Douglas, congratulations on your win in the FOUND DEEP IN THE WOODS contest!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you for your wonderful compliment, Jurgen! I appreciate your words very much.
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your winning 1st Place in the contest… GREEN FORESTS CONTEST! F/L
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Douglas on your 1st Place Win in the Green Forests Contest for this wonderful photograph!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you so much for your kind compliments, Sarah! Your words are most appreciated here.
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery
Congratulations on your First-Place Win in the Green Forests Contest sponsored by A Gorgeous Green -Nature and Photography Only Group on 8/30/23!!!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Debra! And my thanks to the many artists who chose to vote for this photograph in your contest. I am honored by all of the wonderful support.
VIVA Anderson
Kudos, Douglas, for this FABULOUS rainforest capture, Voted: GREEN FORESTS CONTEST, FAV.
VIVA Anderson
Stunning visual,light,subject,capture !!!, voted: FOREST FUN contest, 23/07........FAV............VIVA
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