Wednesday, June 8, 2011

A Sequoia Photo Essay.

If you believe the adage "a picture is worth a thousand words", then I have the photos to prove it.  Yes, I know that by publishing a blog I'm in the word business and I really am in love with language.  But these trees - these giant sequoias - they leave me speechless.

If you would like to read or re-read my post "Sequoias of Yosemite" you can find it in March 2011.  In that post I try to describe my fascination with these oldest, largest and most beautiful living things.
Here are a few pictures to complement the "Sequoias of Yosemite" post:

As always, click on a photo to enlarge.
The perfect vantage point to photograph sequoias.
Relaxing in the Mercer Grove - Tim has never looked so tiny.
The King of the Forest.

The Bachelor and the Three Maidens in the Mariposa Grove.
The Mercer Grove of Giant Sequoias.












Posing by the Roots of the sequoia (below) 
that fell 28 years ago.
Standing by the trunk of a fallen sequoia.

Walking  through the Tunnel Tree in the Tuolumne Grove.

2 comments:

LSmith said...

I've never seen personal photos of the sequoias--they're amazing! Wow!

Vickie Bates said...

Stunning! When they "pose" next to normal-sized trees, you get tremendous perspective on these giants. Wow!