Now that's, a big forking tree

[nevets88]

Redwoods are big.

[Hacker James]

photo shop?

 

[Marty2019]

Looks like a redwood tree to me.  

[Groucho Valentine]

4 minutes ago, Hacker James said:

photo shop?

 

Nah. Ive seen trees bigger than that on golf courses. But the scale in photo is a bit of a optical illusion. The tree is closer, the player is further back, making him look smaller in comparison. 

[nevets88]

I cropped the photo. Here's the whole thing.

[Hacker James]

I believe you, its just I was looking at the growth at the base of the tree seemed quite tall, but as you pointed out, the depth of field can be deceptive.

[Marty2019]

7 minutes ago, Groucho Valentine said:

Nah. Ive seen trees bigger than that on golf courses. But the scale in photo is a bit of a optical illusion. The tree is closer, the player is further back, making him look smaller in comparison. 

 

Maybe, but now that he's posted the whole photo, there's a tree further away from him that looks huge, too. 

[Kalnoky]

Yes, Sequoia/Redwood. One of the courses I play is lined with them. It is a comparatively old course by West Coast standards (1923). Everyone from out of state always comments on the trees. We are used to them.

This kind of tree gives a very generous kick out... But sometimes, balls go up there and never come down. 

[kpaulhus]

Does the "Trees are 90% air" rule still apply? lol

 

[Groucho Valentine]

8 minutes ago, Marty2019 said:

 

Maybe, but now that he's posted the whole photo, there's a tree further away from him that looks huge, too. 

Oh yeah, still a big tree. Theres this weird 5 course in puerto rico that has a old ceiba tree on it. The base of that thing had to be 3 times as wide as the tree in the photo. Kinda unreal looking. 

[Ernest Jones]

that's not particularly large for a sequoia. They can get much bigger.

[iacas]

On 11/28/2016 at 0:06 PM, Ernest Jones said:

that's not particularly large for a sequoia. They can get much bigger.

This one was always one of my favorites: