Behind the scenes of this photo
Taken in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National Park on May 4th, 2009
In early May I was visiting Yosemite with an idea for a panoramic shot of the giant sequoias. I didn’t want to use my wide angle and go for a full roots-to-canopy capture of one of the massive trees since perspective distortion always renders the top of the tree as a tiny bunch of broccoli. Rather, I thought I’d show the trees’ immense size by having their impressive trunks slice vertically through the frame of my horizontal panorama.
About Joshua Cripps
The Mount Whitney Gallery
