I've been there lady, great work for a beginner

pretty photo so green wish it would rain more in california like it does there

A beginner. wow! Keep it going and we better see more of you here. I wish I had the luck to capture something this beautiful. Give me the address so I can travel down the green road of life.

JBLIGHTS and wowexposure seem a little overzealous in their voting for this... Not a bad photo per se... just a little dark and out of focus for my tastes.

I can almost taste the forest in my mouth with this one. Geezus!

Thanks for the nice comments...the reason it is dark is because it was taken in February and lighting wasn't as sufficient with the canopy of trees above me, a very dismal day...I don't think I saw the sun one time for 30 days...I missed Oregon but that month depressed me...lol. Whatever you may think about this image, I think about my childhood, the clean air, the beautiful trees, the rain, wildlife and how lucky I was as a child to be so free in such a wonderful place.