I love eucalyptus trees. I wish, we had them in Germany. This is a great observational sequence. I was surprised to see you sharing so many photos of it. I thought you were a strong believer of “sharing less is more”.
the idea of many photos (rather than less) is that one can make something by just changing the angles or moving around; it is more important to observe and see the details than trying to capture one single killer shot and to record those observations sometimes a phone is enough
I absolutely agree and it wasn’t meant as a critique. I was positively surprised. And I agree, observing your subject from many different angles and perspectives is a great technique to really take in what’s in front of you, rather than just “snapping” one photo and move on.
I agree regarding camera equipment: I find a lot of photographers get too caught up in talking about their equipment instead of the pictures. For many years I was a member of Scott Kelby's Photoshop org, and attended Photoshop World in Vegas many times, but realized I was putting all my focus (ha) on equipment, software, tips-n-tricks, than actually just taking pictures. It took many years but I finally feel I have de-Kelby-ized myself and just get lost in the art-making aspect of photography now 😀
Remarkable. Shortly after seeing this wonderful post I came across the second Victorian era illustration of a fallen tree’s roots in this Substack post by an eclectic and fascinating gif artist discussing aspects and cross influences of artists in those times. May not be on your radar but perhaps worth a look:
Sweet images and perspective. Funny you chose to do this, I was just working on some iPhone photos I took last week on my journeys, and was thinking of using them in next week's post. I think now, I'm compelled to do it!
I agree, cameras are just tools. The camera in the phone has limitations, but it also has attributes that can be taken advantage of, too.
Great images of the eucalyptus trunk and trees! These trees are amazing. They shed their outer layer/bark when they get parasites on them to stay healthy.
I love eucalyptus trees. I wish, we had them in Germany. This is a great observational sequence. I was surprised to see you sharing so many photos of it. I thought you were a strong believer of “sharing less is more”.
the idea of many photos (rather than less) is that one can make something by just changing the angles or moving around; it is more important to observe and see the details than trying to capture one single killer shot and to record those observations sometimes a phone is enough
I absolutely agree and it wasn’t meant as a critique. I was positively surprised. And I agree, observing your subject from many different angles and perspectives is a great technique to really take in what’s in front of you, rather than just “snapping” one photo and move on.
Incredible. Like skin!
Love these: beauty, detail, fascinating. Thank you!
Love these! Eucalyptus trees are beautiful.
I agree regarding camera equipment: I find a lot of photographers get too caught up in talking about their equipment instead of the pictures. For many years I was a member of Scott Kelby's Photoshop org, and attended Photoshop World in Vegas many times, but realized I was putting all my focus (ha) on equipment, software, tips-n-tricks, than actually just taking pictures. It took many years but I finally feel I have de-Kelby-ized myself and just get lost in the art-making aspect of photography now 😀
Love the dermal creases of the tree!
Love the close ups. Those are really good. Wonderful series of photos.
There's so much texture there!
Remarkable. Shortly after seeing this wonderful post I came across the second Victorian era illustration of a fallen tree’s roots in this Substack post by an eclectic and fascinating gif artist discussing aspects and cross influences of artists in those times. May not be on your radar but perhaps worth a look:
https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/gustaf-tenggren-artistic-chameleon?r=gb8ld&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Oops sorry the correct era for the artist under discussion is early-mid 20th century. Not sure about the actual illustration.
I absolutely love trees, too. I never tire of observing and looking at them closely. Thanks! Beautiful images.
thank you!
Sweet images and perspective. Funny you chose to do this, I was just working on some iPhone photos I took last week on my journeys, and was thinking of using them in next week's post. I think now, I'm compelled to do it!
I agree, cameras are just tools. The camera in the phone has limitations, but it also has attributes that can be taken advantage of, too.
Great images of the eucalyptus trunk and trees! These trees are amazing. They shed their outer layer/bark when they get parasites on them to stay healthy.
Thanks for starting my day with this lovely tree!
trees are never a boring subject! Gotta love those wrinkles.. so lovely.
What a gorgeous tree, no wonder you had to take the time to capture some of its unique characteristics. Thanks for sharing.