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California's Wilderness
FEBRUARY 2006
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Treetop Scholars
Photograph by Tim Laman
Perched 225 feet (68 meters) up in a redwood, botany professor Steve Sillett, at left, and graduate student Jim Spickler examine a wandering salamander. The men have tagged and released 44 of the amphibians living on fern mats high in the canopies of old-growth forests. "They are excellent climbers, so they have no competition from salamanders on the forest floor," says Sillett. "Generations of salamanders may spend their entire lives in the treetops."
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Camera: Canon EOS 1V
Film Type: Fujichrome Provia 100
Lens: Canon 14mm
Speed and F-Stop: Approximately f/4 @ 1/30
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Weather Conditions: Overcast
Time of Day: Morning
Lighting Techniques: Natural light with flash fill. One flash with small soft box.
Special Equipment or Comments: I used a harness and ascenders to get up into the canopy with the researchers. These trees are huge!
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