Forest Redwoods

ZoZo's Tree

A spectacular cathedral coast redwood

by Mario Vaden

 

ZoZo chihuahua the namesake for a giant coast redwood photographed by Mario Vaden

For years I had my eye on this redwood and finally photographed it in 2017 when a river receded so I could cross over. I printed the scene 20 x 30 and it's one of my favorite images. In the winter and spring there is too much water flowing, so I returned in the summer.


Image right: in her 13th year Zozo our long-hair Chihuahua posed with Colt Toombs our son-in-law at the end of a photo shoot. Colt is the son of the famous wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper who also starred in the 1980's movie .. They Live


This particular tree in Redwood National and State Parks has a special connection to Zozo, so I call it ZoZo's Tree

Over the years, Zozo became my favorite pet (2006 - 2018). Among all the dogs we had over the years, her personality was the best. Her shoes can't easily be filled, but we're thankful we had her. I suspect we will probably get another Chihuahua in a few years, but at the moment, we still have couple other dogs ... EDIT: 2019 we acquired a very enjoyable 2 yr. old Chihuahua, Roxy !!

This is a good example of how useful timers are for cameras. I placed my tripod and camera on the opposite side of the river and connected a timer set to go 9 minutes later. It took about 6 minutes to get to the other side and that left a couple minutes to get ready. The timer device was programmed for 30 frames taken about 8 seconds apart. I saved about 6 out of the 30 images. This was very similar to photographing Soylent Green, which also took about six minutes to reach.

 

Image: coast redwood ... ZoZo's Tree

 



Giant redwood called ZoZos Tree in Redwood National and State Parks