{"id":9770,"date":"2026-02-02T22:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=9770"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:41:22","slug":"the-impossibly-large-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/the-impossibly-large-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impossibly Large Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"830\" data-id=\"9782\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image.png 882w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-768x723.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"934\" data-id=\"9771\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4884-2-1024x934.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4884-2-1024x934.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4884-2-300x274.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4884-2-768x701.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4884-2.jpeg 1503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>Father at the Park<\/em>, 2022, Ana Vega, licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>The Imposing Tree<\/em>, 2022, Ana Vega, licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I took this photograph of my father in 2022 while visiting family in Mexico. My compositional choice was to emphasize the tree in the background by cropping the image so that the tree&#8217;s horizontal extent is obscured. By hiding the tree\u2019s full width, the already massive trunk appears even larger than it truly is. Without seeing the original image, the viewer is led to assume that the tree extends far beyond the frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This intentional manipulation of scale leaves the tree\u2019s true size up to the viewer\u2019s imagination. With only a portion of the trunk visible, the viewer is free to speculate just how enormous the tree might be. I find this open-endedness genuinely fun, inviting curiosity and encouraging the viewer to construct their own sense of wonder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father at the Park, 2022, Ana Vega, licensed under\u00a0CC BY 4.0 The Imposing Tree, 2022, Ana Vega, licensed under\u00a0CC BY 4.0 I took this photograph of my father in 2022 while visiting family in Mexico. My compositional choice was to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[93,89],"class_list":["post-9770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student","tag-ml3","tag-student-post-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9803,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions\/9803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}