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I have a deep affection for the Redwood forests of Northern California. This is my best attempt to capture the reverence I feel when in the presence of these giants.

A film by Jesse Rosten - twitter.com/JesseRosten
Words by Kallie Markle - twitter.com/lightningvsbug
Music - "Window" The Album Leaf
  • Patrick Eggert plus 1 year ago
    You never cease to amaze me. This is absolutely beautiful from the images to the words that fit so perfectly this is fantastic! Great work.
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  • Joey L pro 1 year ago
    very beautiful!
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  • Ralph Helm plus 1 year ago
    Wonderful. Just...wonderful.
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  • Mike Priebe 1 year ago
    Thanks for making this, I love the Redwood forest.
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  • John Hamilton 1 year ago
    Job well done. Some pretty epic moves.

    Can I ask where the majority of this was shot? It all looks like Henry Cowell near Santa Cruz.
  • Jesse Rosten plus 1 year ago
    Mostly up north around Humbodlt County. Shot a lot at Rockefeller Grove and some in around Prairie Creek.
  • John Hamilton 1 year ago
    Thanks. Humbodlt County is beautiful. All those redwoods look so alike. Nice work!
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  • Marc Haumann 1 year ago
    i recognize some of the spots, i think. you really succeeded in capturing the awe and tranquility of these places. and great song choice - that's one of my absolute favorite album leaf tracks.
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  • Jason Mongue plus 1 year ago
    I love your slightly-film-burn transitions.
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  • Cody Min 1 year ago
    stunning. Makes me want to get back outdoors.
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  • a great piece of art.
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  • GlobalCAST 1 year ago
    Excellent
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  • Papü 1 year ago
    Spectacular
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  • WilliamLascelles plus 1 year ago
    This took me hours to download here in Sri Lanka! So glad I stuck it out and got to see it though. Absolutely beautiful. I got sucked in and thought I was home for a second! Thanks.
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  • Laurens Neels 1 year ago
    That was so beautiful. Thank you.
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  • Really good.
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  • So wonderfull footage!
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  • Kathryn Davenel plus 1 year ago
    This is truly beautiful to watch! The audio is amazing as well. Keep up the great work!
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  • Shane 1 year ago
    Sooo beautiful. Kallie's words are amazingly moving. Longing for simplicity and Mother Earth! A solemn moment of introspection for the New Year.
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  • AESTAUS 1 year ago
    I tried looking for four-leaf clovers!
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  • Charlie 1 year ago
    I had to make an account just to write this, I felt the need to say how stunning the two combined are, voice and video. I didn't want it to end!!!
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  • rick viscara 1 year ago
    LoL.. This is my home the place were I grew up.. The mountains of Santa Cruz.. A place so so far removed from the yuppies of the silicon valley and often forgotten by most. Except for perhaps the tourist that just barely see them as they pass scottsvalley on their way to the tourist trap of the boardwalk. "Just the way I hope it stays hidden" Just last week some yuppie engineer got lost in these woods while "Geo Cache" with his GPS without a flashlight..... Goes to show you how much silicon valley yuppies know about these mountains and how to live in them.
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  • Jamie Pippin 1 year ago
    you captured the reverence, that's for sure.
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  • Mali Woods 1 year ago
    i love this so much! you did such a beautiful job of enhancing what is so comforting about the red woods
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  • hey jesse this is really beautiful.. especially since you felt the need to make it... films always have such moving power when they're not forced, it seems

    keep it up!!
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  • Robert Shedden plus 1 year ago
    absolutely stunning.... no other way to describe it!
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  • Sofia Nielsen 1 year ago
    such airy beautiful words and pictures.. it's amazing.
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  • Great Stuff Mate!
    Love your feature.. good to highlight the beauties in nature.
    If you want some beauty for your ears }~~~~~~~{
    vimeo.com/18288459
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  • daniel vangerpen 1 year ago
    pitch-perfect. I lov eyour visual story telling.
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  • Jesse Larson 1 year ago
    Lovely writing, edit, sound, & shots!
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  • JJ Sereday plus 1 year ago
    Wow this is absolutely stunning - great job capturing the presence - I felt like I was there
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  • Colin Delehanty plus 1 year ago
    Awesome Job! This brought back memories of hiking along the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail. Loved 02:12
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  • Jade D. 1 year ago
    so beautiful. gorgeous imagery, and wonderful narration. i held my breath almost the whole time, afraid i might miss something if i made a sound...
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  • Steven Alan plus 1 year ago
    I wish i made this so i could be as cool as i think you are right now!
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  • John Betz 1 year ago
    amazing job. really powerful.
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  • Druidus 1 year ago
    Thanks for a moment of enlightment.
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  • MikeA plus 1 year ago
    I love the mood of the Forest you have captured Jesse, more please.
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  • Hwa Sung In plus 1 year ago
    Beautiful!! and wonderful Narration
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  • Matt Knight 1 year ago
    Incredible shooting and colour correction; the mood of the shots fitted perfectly with the dialogue. I love the forest too and I got completley lost in this.
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  • subjectwork 1 year ago
    have to words for this
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  • Matthias Trupp plus 1 year ago
    Just wonderful !

    Thank you for this.
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  • Charlie North 1 year ago
    loved it.
    C
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  • Abel Fdez 1 year ago
    I just... love it.
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  • Tiago Vieira 1 year ago
    Beautiful...
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  • Tim Coulson plus 1 year ago
    bordering on spiritual.
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  • tontowilliams 1 year ago
    Absolutely stunning.
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  • Marcelo Fernández 1 year ago
    It´s cool!!! the forest of dreams... maravilloso y relajante, felicitaciones
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  • Connor O'Brien 1 year ago
    Chin-quiveringly beautiful
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  • Mary Lascelles 1 year ago
    Beautiful, Jesse and Kallie. What a great collaboration! I've shared on FB and Twitter - it deserves to be seen by MANY! And it's on its way. Very cool
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  • Bart de Boisblanc 1 year ago
    The words remind me of great poetry. Perhaps you could put it in a tv spot or a documentry about the forest.
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  • HKF 1 year ago
    This is an incredible video, loved it!
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  • alex preobrazenski 1 year ago
    amazing.
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  • William Brown 1 year ago
    Loved the video shots! I didn't care too much for the song though.
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  • Maravilloso!

    Nice piece dude.
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  • zendada 1 year ago
    I grew up in Humboldt, a short hike from Whitmore Grove. I was visiting in 2001 when 9/11 occurred, and the serenity provided by the abiding majesty of these trees was much needed. I now live in Florida, and thank you for this beautiful reminder of what was once physically, and always spiritually my home.
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  • Metron plus 1 year ago
    Nice!!
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  • Renaud Duval 1 year ago
    I love it. Thank you for this.
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  • Chaz Thomson 1 year ago
    Beautiful movie!!!
    Around the 2 min mark the music overpowers the voice a bit... great text!!!
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  • JRoss 1 year ago
    Enchanting!! The Poetry and cinematography was amazing
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  • amazingly beautiful, thank you so much... feeling it!!
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  • What kind of rigs did you use to shoot this?
  • Jesse Rosten plus 1 year ago
    Skater dolly and homemade slider.
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  • Little Prince 1 year ago
    I've felt just like i was inside the forest, listening to the whispers XD
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  • luoar 1 year ago
    love it !
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  • ferdy valls 1 year ago
    my brain is splattered on the walls 'coz of how awesome this is
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  • Zofiafotoeule 1 year ago
    Beautiful!!! Thank you soo much! Welcome to "Friends of Trees" channel! Hugs! Zofia
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  • Ivan Čiš 1 year ago
    This is so great that my head just exploded! Great work. Really awesome.
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  • GR03 1 year ago
    Very wonderful work. You've cornered an area that most people have taken for granted, yet surround us everyday.
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  • Tim Boydell plus 1 year ago
    beautiful :)
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 1 year ago
    so well shot. so well told. thank you. the connection to these giants is very strong for me as well.
  • Jesse Rosten plus 1 year ago
    Hey Tom. Just saw your Pacific Northwest Trip. It was really well done. Funny that we posted about a day apart :)
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  • jenfolio.com 1 year ago
    Jesse,

    This video is so complete. Well done.

    I felt the affection you have.

    I felt the reverence too..

    Please continue to capture!
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  • Armando Croda 1 year ago
    Nice
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  • M. Keegan Uhl plus 1 year ago
    Gorgeous. Great work man. Can I ask what the yellow flarey thing you've added is? Something you've shot or some sort of flare plugin? Also, did you do the tilt-shift with a lens or in post? Looks great. Inspiring.
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  • Wow! I love this! I'm a redwood lover. Thank you for your creativity and ability!
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  • seemaa mehra 1 year ago
    Have lived in Vancouver for along long time your video reminds me of home mmmmmm nice Thankyou!

    So very stunning
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  • Noel Berry plus 1 year ago
    Amazing, these are the videos I wish to see when i browse through Vimeo!
  • Polartaem 1 year ago
    me, too. =)
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  • Eric Tsutomu 1 year ago
    So so good.
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  • Sarah Hemm 1 year ago
    thank you so much for this.
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  • Paul Liu 1 year ago
    beautiful, well done.
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  • Polartaem 1 year ago
    so beautiful..... brings peace to me. Thank you!!
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  • D Hilts 1 year ago
    love it. Ill make videos like this one day I hope.
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  • Amazing. Did you shoot this all on the 5D? Also, what lens did you use. Again great stuff.
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  • Mathew Andreini 1 year ago
    Amazing. I've spent time in this space and you have done it justice. The narration is beautiful and only adds to the images.
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  • Beautifully shot. Nice story both with the narration and the visuals. Thank you.
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  • Alexis Perez 1 year ago
    Hermoso
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  • Absolutely Fantastic Work. the visual captures are amazing! keep up the great work!
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  • Illusionist 1 year ago
    amazing and so beautiful.....
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  • Marco M 1 year ago
    just perfectly done !! you are an artist.
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  • marcel lemieux 1 year ago
    Beautifully done vid montage...bravo..nice poetry too
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  • Jon-Andrè Hakvåg 1 year ago
    This is with no doubt one of the most wonderful things I have ever seen! The V.O. is amazing, the mood, everything! I absolutely love it.
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  • Branimir Farkaš 1 year ago
    OK this is amazing. Sounds like a J. R. R. Tolkien story... Really great!

    p.s. what did you use for the transitions on 00:56 or 02:21?
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  • geoff wells 1 year ago
    ok i love trees and the Album Leaf saw them in a pizza parlor here in visalia when "in a safe place" was hot :)
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  • Claas Ortmann plus 1 year ago
    wow. fantastic!
    what camera did you shot on?
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  • finagreʝer 1 year ago
    This makes me feel so homesick. I miss Humboldt, and the actualization of no longer seeing the forest for the trees.
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  • David Sipos plus 1 year ago
    Amazing work!
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  • Kevin Gilmore 1 year ago
    What a pleasant peaceful thing to watch and listen to. I liked your filmy over exposure transitions. They really worked well. They felt HD carefully chosen as opposed to trying to make HD look like 16mm film.
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  • Kasra Farahani 1 year ago
    Really fantastic. All the right things at the right times. Bravo.
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  • Lee Green 1 year ago
    Very Beautiful and Serene. I have never walked there but now I feel like I might have in a dream. Very nice!
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