New Zealand North Island - NZNI21

Young fern tree, beginning its life, against a backdrop of giant established redwoods.

Redwood Forest in Rotorua - known locally as Whakarewarewa Forest - a place where towering Californian redwoods rise more than 70 metres above the forest floor, creating cathedral-like corridors of soft shadow and warm, filtered light. It's sheer height, symmetry, and variety of textures, offers an endless array of compositional possibilities, from minimalist trunk studies to sweeping wide-angle perspectives that capture the forest's immense vertical drama. Delivering a rare blend of tranquility and grandeur this forest truly is a spectacular photogenic location.