The importance of scale

[stubbsy]

I'm working my way through my NZ pics and came across the following two shots which I think nicely illustrate the importance of scale in your shots. Take your time looking at the first image, then scroll down and look at the nearly identical second image.

[Alpha_7]

What the ?? Even when looking closely the first looked like my Mum's tree fern forest, the second... looks like something from prehistoric times, they are huge! Bloody Huge!

[glamy]

That is the type of things one can easily forget (among many others for me ). Very good illustration, I was surprised by the size of these ferns when I scrolled down to the second image.Your first pictures look very promising.
Cheers,
Gerard

[Oz_Beachside]

wow. an important element. Sometimes we might wait for the path to clear, but in this case, the person adds AWESOME depth and magnitude to the image.

Scale is a challenge I have with Kite Surfing shots at the moment, getting the horizon, or water in with the air shots.

thanks for sharing

[wendellt]

agreed

looks like you and sheepie covered lots of ground
great job

[johnd]

Of course if you missed the person in the first shot, you could always photoshop one in.
Nice shot Peter, and nice ones on the other posts too.

Cheers
John

[stubbsy]

Of course if you missed the person in the first shot, you could always photoshop one in.

I guess you could, but for me that would be stretching the PP a little TOO far. And the dilemma would be what size to make the person since in a real sense you don't "remember" what scale they should be.

I guess I should also mention these images were taken in the giant redwood forest in Rotorua.

[PiroStitch]

Shows you how much we presume things when we see a pic Feels like Jurassic Park all over again...

[Yi-P]

Wow great illustration, where are the dinosaurs?