I enjoys the set on the tiny screen of my iPhone. :-). I'll check it out later on big screen.
Here is my crazy idea for you: try doing a vertical panorama. It probably won't work well, but might give you something interesting. Sent from my phone. On Sep 21, 2011, at 1:21 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > A few of you have been to my house, and have seen my redwood grove. Even > though they are young and small for redwoods, at about 100' tall and 4' in > diameter, they're still pretty big by human standards. I recently picked up > a work from home programming contract, and when I need to clear my mind, I > tend to walk out into the back yard. It's interesting how such a simple > change in pace can give me a newfound appreciation of the trees. > > Even at my most jaded, simply wandering out into the redwood grove, and > looking up, has always been a good reminder of my place in the universe. For > many years, I've occasionally tried to take pictures of the redwood grove and > always completely fail to convey the emotional impact. If my camera is aimed > anything close to horizontal, all you see is a bunch of tree trunks, with no > context of how little of tree that you are seeing. Aim the camera up, and/or > try to photograph from a distance, detail is lost and everything seems to > blend together. In addition to that, there is also the challenge of shooting > something in fairly deep shade against patchy views of bright sky. > > Have any of you succeeded in showing the scale of something this size? either > a tree, or even a building. Is it even possible on the scale of a computer > monitor, or even a print that is less than three feet on it's longest edge? > > 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? > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
