Shaan Herbert, The Embrace (PLACES 2023)

Exploring and cataloguing a local State Recreational area on the Central Coast of NSW. The area has an abundant mixture of coastal Angophora and Scribbly Gums. This particular area consists of semi open grassed woodlands. This image is a mixed focus multiple image panorama captured at a wide aperture to help separate the background and foreground. Some minor imperfections are inevitable in the stitching process due to breezes moving foliage. It is a technique I am looking to explore more and hopefully one day perfect.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.