Reconstructing trees

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all ridicule and deformity, and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, Nature is Imagination itself." William Blake



These days autumn is really showing off here in Abruzzo, with the foliage-cliché at its best. I went out photographing my beloved beech forest and experimenting with stitching together multiple images of nice, old trees. It forces yourself to analize the complexity and harmony of each plant. This is a technique first used for photographing giant sequoias by James Balog, then recently also by Michael "Nick" Nichols. I must say it works and I love to reconstruct big trees from pieces: it is fun like solving a puzzle...

P.S. I built this from 9 horizontal images. The resolution is amazing, now let's see how the prints look like...