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Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 7:55 pm
by Steven
Ok, so generally we are talking about photographing bonsai but this really is at the opposite end of the scale!
Wildlife photographer Michael Nichols wanted to photograph a 1500 year old, 300-foot-tall (91.5 meter) Redwood in a dense forest with no clear lines of sight. So he built a custom camera rig to take close-ups and then stitched them together.
redwood_camera_rig.jpg
The result is a stunning composite of 83 different shots of this incredible tree.
91.5 meter Redwood.jpg
If you are loking for a good poster there is a huge foldout of the image in the October 09 issue of
National Geographic.
Here's a link to the Youtube video of Nichols talking about the process of capturing the amasing image.
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 8:11 pm
by Jamie
thats absolutely amazing steven.
thanks for sharing it with us
regards jamie
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 8:15 pm
by anttal63
thanks steven, this image leaves me in absolute awe!
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 8:21 pm
by Bretts
Hey why does it have 3 trunks and two start half way up the trunk? The rules don't allow for that
Nice one Steven!
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 8:54 pm
by Jarrod
That's awesome, though I am more interested in the guy in yellow at the top!
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 8:57 pm
by Jamie
lol@jarrod.
speaking of the redwood, man i love these as bonsai. they are awesome, great butressing in the trunks.
i bought a starter swamp cypress because i couldnt get a redwood
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 9:29 pm
by Joel
Very nice. Thank you for uploading Steven! I really appreciate it and the shot!
JayC
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 9:51 pm
by Jordy
That is amazing!
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 11:24 pm
by kcpoole
Bretts wrote:Hey why does it have 3 trunks and two start half way up the trunk? The rules don't allow for that
Nice one Steven!
LOL Brett. Must be a free form Style
Think it needs to be airlayered off
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 11:41 pm
by Pup
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: September 28th, 2010, 9:45 pm
by Andrew E
Jarrod wrote:That's awesome, though I am more interested in the guy in yellow at the top!
Thats one awesome tree and I'm with you Jarrod have a go at the guy in yellow - freakishly high
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: September 28th, 2010, 11:09 pm
by kvan64
Hummm. I saw 4 men in red jackets and 2 others. Am I the only one here that see them?
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: September 28th, 2010, 11:29 pm
by Taffy
I can see the four in red, but I'm not so sure that yellow thing at the top is a man - and can't see the other one you're referring to Kvan.
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: September 28th, 2010, 11:53 pm
by Craig
kvan64 wrote:Hummm. I saw 4 men in red jackets and 2 others. Am I the only one here that see them?
kvan, at first i thought you were seeing things, so i took the pic and enlarged it and sure enough there's 4 red jackets and 1 yellow up near the top, but i dont see the 6th man??? Good spotting mate
Awesome tree Craig
Re: Vertical Panorama of a Giant Redwood
Posted: September 29th, 2010, 12:20 am
by Craig
is this him?
