Michael Carl’s photography celebrates the beauty, endurance, and scale of iconic trees across the American West. His images capture trees not just as subjects, but as long-living organisms shaped by wind, fire, water, geology and time. From the fortitude and resilience of bristlecone and foxtail pine in extreme alpine environments to the towering presence of giant sequoia and coastal redwood forests, the portfolio highlights the remarkable diversity of North American tree species.
Redwood forest photography of old growth trees with sapling in the mist and fog.
Tree photography taken inside Redwood National and State Parks of the morning sun creating God light in the forest.
Ancient whitebark pine tree stands tall against approaching storm in Crater Lake National Park Oregon.
Oak trees photographed growing along California's Coast Range.
Oak tree photography of sun rays created by fog in forest canopy.
Foxtail pine photography of ancient twisted trees in the High Sierra Mountains.
Foxtail pine or Pinus balfouriana photography as sunsets behind the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Ancient bristlecone pine tree photography in White Mountains of California.
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest photographed at sunset in California's White Mountains.
Sierra juniper photographed with the Milky Way in the night sky.
Aspen tree photography during peak of fall in the Sierra Nevada.
Aspen tree photography in California below the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Tree photography of sun star through aspen grove in fall color .
Tree photography of light rays through Ponderosa pines in Yosemite National Park
Giant sequoia trees photography by Michael Carl
Sequoia tree photography by Michael Carl taken in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park
Redwood trees photography by Michael Carl
