Nature Research

I've decided to research tree photography. I found Tony Howell through an internet search. I chose these images as they showed a variety of ways of shooting trees. 

For example, the different viewpoints shown in the first two photos create interesting perspective. The images where the eye is drawn up the body of the tree skywards give strong lead in lines. 

It could be suggested that the many straight lines in the second image all act as individual frames for the background.

There are a couple of examples of the rule of thirds such as the last image where the trees are all lined up along the bottom third or this image where the lone tree is standing one third into the shot.

Another example of lead in lines is here, where the silhouettes of the trees themselves form a line into the picture.

The trees chosen exhibit varying shapes, for example the green image of the tree with the branches making up the whole shot.

Other photos show how different trees can appear under varying conditions. Throughout this post are shots taken at different times of day and also year. The snow covering one of the trees really brings out the texture of the foliage and highlights the different tones in the image.

There are also examples of silhouetted trees against colourful skies, or colourful foliage against blue skies.

Depth of field is deep on all the shots so as to include the background in focus.

I chose some of the photos to illustrate various compositions, such as a group of trees on a hill in the distance, or images such as this one which show them in their surrounding environment.

Photos like this one illustrate how important choice of sky can be in tree images. The colour contrast of the blue and the green is really effective here.

Aspects i would most like to include in my own work are the use of lead in lines, interesting perspectives and eye catching colours or silhouettes.