Small and large scale: LAPC

In photography, the way you show objects in small and large scale can have a big impact.

When I’ve seen grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park, most of the time they are hundreds of yards away. I took this small scale picture through my spotting scope of a sow with two cubs in the Lamar Valley.

To see a closer view of a grizzly bear, I visited the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. They are massive creatures.

Sometimes, bonsai masters sculpt smaller versions of objects of nature. This is a juniper tree bonsai, recently purchased at the Bend Summer Festival. It measures 4 inches in height.

In nature, weather and soil conditions sculpt trees. Western junipers get more asymmetrical and contorted as they age. This photogenic tree is growing near the Prineville Reservoir in Oregon.

Artists often create works of art, like these tabletop-sized caribou sculptures, to scale. I photographed these small scale models in my backyard in a way that made them appear life-size.

Many years ago, I saw Southern Mountain Caribou near Creston, in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. I felt thrilled to catch a fleeting glimpse of this seldom seen herd.

In 2018, they moved the last remaining member of the Selkirk herd to an enclosure in Revelstoke, B.C., along with a couple caribou from the endangered Purcell herd. By crossbreeding them with healthier populations, they hope to eventually return them to the Selkirk and Purcell mountain ranges.

Small and large scale subjects can be shown in close ups, distant shots, and in comparison to other objects.

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Sense of Scale