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Whitebark Pine | August '06

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Posted by Tom Kloster on July 15, 2007 at 7:44 PM
Marc's abstract of whitebark pine made me think of some "botanical" shots that I took of some ancient whitebarks up on the shoulder of Cooper Spur last summer. Some crossed into being landscape photographs, so I thought I'd post one and hopefully get some feedback on how to best capture the full tree as a "botanical" shot, but also have a reasonably compelling landscape image.

This is a blind spot for me, because I could stare a photos of whitebark pine forever -- so comments and suggestions would therefore be much appreciated! BTW, the smoke in the background is from forest fires.

Tom

Olympus E-300, 11-22mm lens, polarizer
Posted by Marc Adamus on July 16, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Tom, I find the light a bit too harsh here. The composition is decent, but a little hard to follow. A testement to how difficult these subjects are.