Finals Project Request

For my finals project I would like to shoot photos of trees.  Specifically, I would like to  take photos of trees set up in their natural landscape, surrounded by natural lighting, with their features augmented by rules of photography such as depth of field and rule of thirds.  I will take close up shots and landscape shots.  The trees that I will focus on are flowering and deciduous trees.  
Here are the examples:
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Three photographers that I am inspired by are:
Patrick Zephyr
Mark Hamblin
Mark Hirsch