Forest floor

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I photographed these Giant Fig Trees Roots in Kauai, Hawaii. (This is a Moreton Bay Fig, or Ficus macrophylla -- a Banyan tree native to Australia.) I wanted to emphasis it's massive roots. Their size and sprawling nature were accentuated by forced perspective, achieved through using a wide angle lens (17mm, or 24mm equivalent). Including the round lava rocks in the foreground also adds interest. See how large these roots are next to a human…

"New Growth" Download this high-resolution, royalty-free stock photo by Maryanne Gobble from Stocksy United.

Finnish researchers just published the first big test of the “biodiversity hypothesis”—that exposure to the microbes in dirt is good for young immune systems.

April 5th, 2023 Blockchain, Crypto, NFT Hopefully you’re familiar with these terms, but if you’re not, these are parts of the change to our current online experience. Web 3 is in it’s infancy, but soon the above words will be part of our day to day lives. If you research these terms, you’ll discover that... Continue Reading →

Verdant forest floor with moss and fern fronds in the rainforest at the foot of the Olympic Mountains of Washington state.

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O, King of the Tree of Life, The blossoms on the branches are your people, The singing birds are your angels, The whispering breeze is your Spirit. O, King of the Tree of Life, May the blossoms bri…

Olympic National Park~Washington State

This material is 100% made and rendered in Substance Designer. For the extra control and to often get the exact result needed I found myself utilising Pixel Process node for the creation and scattering of many of the elements and the recently added While Loop was such a game changer in this regard. When using the pixel processor I often would store the UVs in the red and green channels, height in blue and any other mask in the alpha. The goal of this project was to make something that’s…