This is in the mountains behind our subdivision. Once this challenge came up this was my first thought. Saw this tree a few months ago and thought it was weird how tall it was compared to the rest. I have the camera zoomed in all the way. My camera has a 10X Optical zoom so maybe that will tell you how far away this is.
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Now, am not sure its worth commenting on this pic, its all be said before and I'm pretty sure if I challenged you to return to the scene (if its possible) you could do wonders here and imho a 2:1 portrait aspect ratio would add more of a sense of vasteness :)
I think this could've been a neat photo if it weren't blurry. After reading the description attached with it, I know why - always turn off your digital zoom!!! You can't get a good shot with it on; your photos will always turn out blurry/pixelly. When I got my Powershot, I didn't know to turn mine off and ended up taking a ton of photos at a family reunion that turned out truly awful. :) Now I know!
There doesn't seem to be any particular center of focus in this image. The sky is beautiful, but the trees in the foreground are a bit out of focus. If there were something of interest amongst those trees, it might be better.
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