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General => Photography Section => Topic started by: ROH ECHT on June 21, 2011, 08:45:59 am

Title: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 21, 2011, 08:45:59 am: Here are some of the pics of our trip to the Redwoods in northern California;

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A couple with my wife in the pics to give perspective;

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Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: tommy_a on June 21, 2011, 03:35:08 pm: OMFG !! :surprised: :surprised: how big are those trees ??

car looks nice !! im liking the yellow fogs aswell!! :happy2:
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: mattchaps on June 21, 2011, 03:42:14 pm: Makes the car look more like a toy until you see people in the pics too.

That's some seriously big wood.

Car looks damn nice too :happy2:
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 22, 2011, 04:45:05 am: Quote from: tommy_a on June 21, 2011, 03:35:08 pm
OMFG !! :surprised: :surprised: how big are those trees ??

car looks nice !! im liking the yellow fogs aswell!! :happy2:

The trees are HUGE! Most of the very old trees(1000 to 2000 years old) are 12 to 18 ft diameter(3.7 to 5.5 meters) and are 320 to 378 ft tall(97.5 to 115 meters).

This tree was 19 ft dia. and 374 ft tall when it fell in 1991. You can barely see me standing on top of it down at the other end. My wife was standing about 240 ft from me and the dia. of the tree where she was is larger than she is tall even at that height. Their mass is truly impressive.
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Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: Gene Hunt on June 22, 2011, 06:14:10 am: :happy2: :congrats:.
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: Poppa Dom on June 22, 2011, 09:44:15 am: Awesome shots. Oh I do miss this area of the states.
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: MAT ED30 on June 22, 2011, 09:59:21 am: Yeah me too :sad1: I need to get back over ASAP
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 23, 2011, 09:40:41 am: When and where were you guys? I'm in McMinnville, Oregon.
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: Andy on June 23, 2011, 09:46:12 am: excellent pics--them trees are bloody massive :surprised:
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: MAT ED30 on June 23, 2011, 02:35:41 pm: Spent a bit of time in Cali and Vegas :smiley: infact drove all over Cali
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 23, 2011, 08:13:50 pm: Nice, My wife and I want to spend some time in GB. Most of my ancestors are from there. All of our family historians claim we are mostly scottish and Irish, but who the hell knows. Doesn't really matter to me.
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: JoeDarKa on June 23, 2011, 08:20:34 pm: Americans always have to do things bigger and better dont they?! :P :grin:

Cool car though, what wheels are those?
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 25, 2011, 06:07:24 am: Quote from: JoeDarKa on June 23, 2011, 08:20:34 pm
Americans always have to do things bigger and better dont they?! :P :grin:

Cool car though, what wheels are those?
They are TSW Nurburgring 18 x 8 - 45 offset.
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: psw mk5 on June 25, 2011, 06:55:27 am: Quote from: ROH ECHT on June 23, 2011, 08:13:50 pm
Nice, My wife and I want to spend some time in GB. Most of my ancestors are from there. All of our family historians claim we are mostly scottish and Irish, but who the hell knows. Doesn't really matter to me.
. If you do come over bring a brolly cause us Brits can beat you on the rainfall... Especially here in the rainy city of manc land :grin:
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 26, 2011, 04:37:33 am: Thanks for the heads up. I bet our webbed feet will come in handy, eh?
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: RedRobin on June 27, 2011, 02:36:31 pm: ^^^^
Thank You for sharing those pics! :notworthy:. You're right - A human figure is needed to give it true scale.
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: Gti_Mad on June 27, 2011, 06:30:27 pm: wow dude those trees are huge :laugh:

and nice pics of the car aswell :happy2:
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: dmac1969 on June 27, 2011, 09:18:34 pm: Superb pics , I really like your wheels and yellow fogs , how did you do them? (fogs?)
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: ROH ECHT on June 28, 2011, 05:14:49 am: Quote from: dmac1969 on June 27, 2011, 09:18:34 pm
Superb pics , I really like your wheels and yellow fogs , how did you do them? (fogs?)
The fog bulbs are yellow, and the film is Lamin-x;http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Golf_V--2.0T/Lighting/Fogs/ES1873314/
Very easy - clean - peel and stick - trim the finger tabs.
I put the film on without changing the bulbs at first. And although they looked good during the day, at night they looked just kinda off white, and didn't really cut the glare in fog that I was hoping for. The yellow bulbs w/the film really is the best set-up.
Title: Re: Red Rabbit in the Redwoods
Post by: Weston on June 28, 2011, 09:38:15 am: Really nice photos & some HUGE trees there. Car's looking great to :happy2: