Walking with John, Muir Woods Rd, Mill Valley, CA, USA. Landscape photograph by Logan Winford, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Landscape photography award, November 2021

Finalist Landscape · November 2021

Walking with John

John Muir is known as, "Father of the National Parks". As you stroll along the large, yet small compared to their northern brothers, Redwood trees in a forest that was "meant" to be torn down, you cannot help but to relish in the absolute beauty that was inevitably saved by our friend, John Muir. In this photo, empty and silent, you can feel nature calling out, asking for us to experience and educate ourselves with its untouched, fertile, and natural land. Towards the end of your experience, you can feel as if you are walking with John himself, each step larger than the previous. Moving on and taking the Redwoods' beauty, experience, resilience, and magnificence with you.