How do you take a pictures of a 300-foot tall tree? Got an idea? Ok, now add enough other trees that you can’t stand far away. Not so easy is it? Well, Nick Nichols set out to photograph one for National Geographic and created a huge camera rig (shown) suspended from the top of the tree.
[Nichols] built the rig to hold three cameras focused to the left, middle, and right of the tree. The frame includes a gyroscope to keep the cameras steady. By lowering the cameras from the top to the bottom of the redwood they were able to capture 84 pictures to assemble the final shot.
See the full-size picture and video of the rig in action at the site.
