It has been too difficult using photography to capture the essence of the falling of night in the woods. The wide range of lighting makes it impossible to capture different times of the evening using a single camera setting (my original plan). Changing the f-stop and shutter speed to get better exposed photos defeats the purpose of making sure it is clear in the photo series that darkness is encroaching.

I have decided to replace this series of photos in my final project with a series “origins” describing the sequence of vegetation that appears when a forest first develops. This series will begin with a picture of lichen, and proceed to pictures of moss, grass, and ferns.

The series describing the vertical layers of the forest will remain in my final project.