diff --git a/website/app.js b/website/app.js
index 55bc1d2..f11d24a 100644
--- a/website/app.js
+++ b/website/app.js
@@ -266,15 +266,14 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
             const doc = document.documentElement;
             const maxScroll = Math.max(1, doc.scrollHeight - window.innerHeight);
             const depth = Math.min(1, window.scrollY / maxScroll);
-            // Couple the forest directly to the scroll distance so it visibly
-            // travels down instead of being overpowered by upward-moving content.
+            // Couple the forest directly to the scroll distance. The layers
+            // follow the content's direction (up-screen while scrolling down)
+            // but slower — near fastest, far slowest — so the forest recedes
+            // with believable depth instead of moving against the page.
             const shift = Math.min(window.innerHeight * 0.55, window.scrollY * 0.14);
-            // All bamboo layers travel in the same vertical direction. Depth
-            // comes from their different speeds; reversing one layer makes
-            // the forest look mechanically disconnected while scrolling.
-            bambooFar.style.transform = `translate(${(-mouseX * 5).toFixed(1)}px, ${(shift * 0.42).toFixed(1)}px)`;
-            bambooNear.style.transform = `translate(${(mouseX * 11).toFixed(1)}px, ${shift.toFixed(1)}px)`;
-            if (bambooMid) bambooMid.style.transform = `translate(${(mouseX * 4).toFixed(1)}px, ${(shift * 0.7).toFixed(1)}px)`;
+            bambooFar.style.transform = `translate(${(-mouseX * 5).toFixed(1)}px, ${(-shift * 0.42).toFixed(1)}px)`;
+            bambooNear.style.transform = `translate(${(mouseX * 11).toFixed(1)}px, ${(-shift).toFixed(1)}px)`;
+            if (bambooMid) bambooMid.style.transform = `translate(${(mouseX * 4).toFixed(1)}px, ${(-shift * 0.7).toFixed(1)}px)`;
             if (depthDay) depthDay.style.transform = `translate(${(-mouseX * 2.5).toFixed(1)}px, ${(mouseY * 1.5).toFixed(1)}px)`;
             if (depthDay) depthDay.style.opacity = (1 - depth * 0.75).toFixed(3);
             if (depthDusk) depthDusk.style.opacity = (0.35 + depth * 0.65).toFixed(3);
diff --git a/website/style.css b/website/style.css
index 94ddb4e..2481d37 100644
--- a/website/style.css
+++ b/website/style.css
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ body {
 
 #bamboo-far .bamboo-stalk {
     position: absolute;
-    /* 200% covers the parallax drift (max 0.55vh down) with margin while
-       keeping the blurred layer 17% smaller than the old 240% overscan. */
-    top: -70%;
+    /* 200% covers the upward parallax drift (max 0.55vh on the near layer)
+       with margin while keeping the blurred layer smaller than the old
+       240% overscan. Spare coverage sits below, where the drift needs it. */
+    top: -40%;
     height: 200%;
     border-radius: 999px;
     filter: blur(4.5px);
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ body {
 #bamboo-far::after {
     content: '';
     position: absolute;
-    top: -70%;
+    top: -40%;
     height: 200%;
     border-radius: 999px;
     filter: blur(6.5px);
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ body {
 
 #bamboo-mid .bamboo-stalk {
     position: absolute;
-    top: -70%;
+    top: -40%;
     height: 200%;
     border-radius: 999px;
     filter: blur(2px);
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ body {
 
 #bamboo-near .bamboo-stalk {
     position: absolute;
-    top: -70%;
+    top: -40%;
     height: 200%;
     border-radius: 999px;
     /* Vertical sheen over the culm gradient: reads as light from the