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I am looking for advice on a lens choice. I do mostly landscape, garden landscape and macro photography. I was recently at Longwood Gardens (located in Kennett Square, PA) taking pictures at their Italian Water Garden and the "large lake", they have several. I was walking back toward the Conservatory through "Peirce's Woods" and was admiring the trees. The beech trees were very large with wide trunks and heights of about 75 - 100 feet. Looking up, I wanted to take pictures of these tall trees from the ground up to the top. I tried using my DA 16-45 but did not get the results that I wanted. If I went out into the meadow, I could get the entire tree from the ground to the top, but it did not really show how large the trees really were. I want the photos to look like I am standing next to these really big trees and you can see how really big their trunks are as well as their canopy.
What would you suggest for getting a "ground up" from literally the base of the tree to it's crown? I am using a K5 and I do most of my shooting with the camera on a tripod.
Thanks,
Jay