on 2011-09-20 23:21 Larry Colen wrote
As you might guess, when I was taking a break this afternoon, I noticed how the
angle of the light brought out the texture of the bark on one of the trees,
inspiring me to grab the camera, and give another try. I think that this shot
does a fair job of showing the texture of the bark, even if it fails to give
any idea of scale:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6168039027/in/set-72157627594004271/lightbox/
This shot, which has trees in both the foreground and the background, might be
starting to give some idea of scale:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6168577810/lightbox/
Does anyone have suggestions for what I might do?
these images are interesting, but it's your words that add the context and
start to convey the scale; both shots are fairly abstract if i don't imagine
the context
having seen your other work, i can't help imagining photos of dancers among the
trees -- could you capture people leaping into the air in a way that shows how
puny is their striving below these trees?
i also wonder if you've seen James Balog's work depicting big trees by
assembling multiple images taken while ascending, or otherwise; i met him when
he'd just come out with _Survivors_, his series of animals on white backgrounds
(we used several of his photos in a magazine i produced), and i have since been
intrigued by each of what i think of as his experiments in context (though, as
experiments, they often are better at breaking ground than at being aesthetic
masterpieces)
just a taste here, but interesting text:
<http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200511/trees.asp>
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