So how do you capture a Giant Redwood with an iPhone? Well I think I need to clarify one or two points. The first is that this isn't a giant redwood. Yes it is a Sequoiadendron giganteum but really it is just a pre pubescent redwood - it is perhaps no more than 70 years old - a mere pup. The second thing to clarify is that I am not in California but rather just outside Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
So there I am standing in front of this small example of the redwood - perhaps only 30 metres tall. Nonetheless when you stand next to these creatures you start to realise that you are not such a significant creature after all. Yes I will come and go and this tree will endure to who knows when? So how do you capture the size with an iPhone? Well the truth is I don't know but I had a go. The iPhone camera is, by any standards, a very poor digital camera and this is why I find it so interesting to use. It free's you from the manic straight jacket of Mega pixels, shutter speeds, lens and f stops. You just press the button and hope for the best. The challenge is to use these limitations to my advantage. I am not sure I have mastered this creature yet but it really is fun trying.
Anyway, back to the Redwood. There was no way I could capture this tree in one shot so I decided to make a collage of a series of shots. I suspect I will be coming back to the photo I made again and again - but this is the first stab at trying to make a photograph of this small but beautifully formed sequoia
Simon Marchini LRPS
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