I feel like capturing wider images of a place that I spent time in used to be my first instinct when it came to nature photography. Over the years, I’ve both challenged myself creatively and re-inspired myself to focus on smaller details. The following is a brief collection of some of my favorite small scene photographs shot in temperate rainforests in the Pacific Northwest as well as other forests around the world.

Spray from a nearby waterfall makes its way all the way into the surrounding forest leaving small droplets of water on the foliage.
Spray from a nearby waterfall makes its way all the way into the surrounding forest leaving small droplets of water on the foliage.
Small scene landscape photography of lush, spring fern and clover greenery in a pacific northwest forest.
Small scene landscape photography of lush, spring fern and clover greenery in a pacific northwest forest.
Forest fern photography
Forest fern photography
Final moments of sunlight illuminate a patch of sword ferns at a forest in Oregon
Final moments of sunlight illuminate a patch of sword ferns at a forest in Oregon
Macro photography of a snail resting on a leaf at a forest in the Pacific Northwest
Macro photography of a snail resting on a leaf at a forest in the Pacific Northwest
Landscape photography of a beautiful green fern in a forest
Landscape photography of a beautiful green fern in a forest
Instead of focusing on photographing a wider place, my eye has gravitated towards the way light interacts with simplistic scenes to create beautiful moments on a small scale.

Sunlight shines from behind a Dicksonia fern tree on a beautiful afternoon at a forest in New Zealand.
Photography of a a mossy 'nurse stump' with a small tree growing from the stump. Black background.
Photography of a green plant
Photography of a green plant
Landscape photography of a beautiful green fern in a forest
Landscape photography of a beautiful green fern in a forest
Aerial view of ferns and plants in a forest in the pacific northwest, oregon.
Aerial view of ferns and plants in a forest in the pacific northwest, oregon.
Abstract landscape photography of a green plant in the Pacific Northwest
Abstract landscape photography of a green plant in the Pacific Northwest
Long exposure photography of water flowing down a lush, mossy wall in the Pacific Northwest
Long exposure photography of water flowing down a lush, mossy wall in the Pacific Northwest
The final moments of sunset shine through a forest and cast pockets of warm sunlight onto a small waterfall in the Pacific Northwest
The final moments of sunset shine through a forest and cast pockets of warm sunlight onto a small waterfall in the Pacific Northwest
The final moments of sunset shine through a forest and cast pockets of warm sunlight onto a small waterfall in the Pacific Northwest
The final moments of sunset shine through a forest and cast pockets of warm sunlight onto a small waterfall in the Pacific Northwest
The final moments of sunset shine through a forest and cast pockets of warm sunlight onto a small waterfall in the Pacific Northwest

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