As we walked the tree-lined path to the High Falls in Grand Portage State Park, the intensity of the rich greens and the height of the towering pine trees was powerful. If I stepped off of the path just a few feet and looked straight up, the tree trunks appeared to be converging toward a center directly overhead. To step back twenty feet and look at the same patch of trees looked very different. From this point of view, the trees presented a line of rigid, straight sentinels guarding the depths of the forest.
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| Photograph on the path, walking toward the High Falls in Grand Portage State Park. |
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So, I was curious about what it would take to paint the image of the converging trees. Below are examples of my first try.
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| Looking up, this in the pine tree to my left. |
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| Looking up, these are the tops of the pine trees to my right. |
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| Looking about half-way up the trees straight in front of me, the light was much more filtered and subdued. |
This tree study was a good reminder for me that when capturing an image to use as a reference, it is important to be very aware of perspective, highlights, shadows, and point-of-reference.
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