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Twisted tree - Mohonk NY

I encountered this tree on the path to Table Rock in the Mohonk Preserve, NY.

I get very close and shoot a set of tiles that i stitch to create a...
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I encountered this tree on the path to Table Rock in the Mohonk Preserve, NY.

I get very close and shoot a set of tiles that i stitch to create a very wide-angle panorama, and then manipulate that within PTGUI to create the composition
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Nov, 2019

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this at the Mohonk Preserve in New York State. It is where I am working on a whole series of images of rocks and trees.

Time

I choose flat lighting so time of day is less important to me than the weather. This was an overcast morning.

Lighting

I choose flat lighting so I can emphasize composition and texture.

Equipment

Sony a7ii with an iberit 24mm f2.4 lens. The image is stitched from a vertical and horizontal panorama using a nodal ninja panoramic mount on the tripod

Inspiration

This is part of a series where I am looking for shapes in the forest that seem to tell a story. I was interested in how this tree reached for the sky.

Editing

A shoot many tiles to make a 180 degree panorama. Each frame is shot In 5 brackets. Everything is merged in PTGUI and I explore various projection s often moving the image off center to distort the composition to emphasize the story.

In my camera bag

Sony a7ii with 24mm Iberit f2.4 lens for shooting, and an old 21mm lens with a .43 wide angle convertor to previsualize the extreme wide angle shots. I carry a lightweight tripod that often doubles as a stick as I scramble over rocks in search of an image. And of course a nodal ninja panoramic head. Lens cleaner is also important because I am often shooting upward on dull days where it sometimes rains

Feedback

I have been working on this technique for years. It takes a lot of practice to find out what works. You need to get a few inches from the main subject to ensure it fills a 180 degree field of view, so that as you explore the composition in PTGUI there is a lot of opportunity to twist the image to create a strong composition.

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Twisted tree - Mohonk NY

I encountered this tree on the path to Table Rock in the Mohonk Preserve, NY. I get very close and shoot a set of tiles that i stitch to create a... Read more

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I encountered this tree on the path to Table Rock in the Mohonk Preserve, NY.

I get very close and shoot a set of tiles that i stitch to create a...
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