Detailed photo of a 300 ft tall tree

"...what the photographer ended up doing was building a custom rig containing 3 cameras, each one taking a slightly different shot: one to the left, one to the right, and one on the dead center. The rig was mounted to a gyroscope, and then the cameras took a series of pictures as the rig was lowered to the ground.

The end result: a vertical panorama comprised of 84 pictures, all stitched together to create one of the most complete pictures of a redwood tree we’ve ever seen."

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/30/how-to-photograph-a-300-ft-tall-tree-without-getting-a-splinter/