Interesting pair of trees - mundane photo

[Lowell]

Never seen anything like these trees, especially a matched pair.  Unfortunately, the trees are spaced a bit apart and the background/foreground is busy.  I would be interested in how to make a more compelling photograph of these trees.

Thanks

[Erik Lund]

Chainsaw    or a long focal length from the side.

[Andrea B.]

Isn't that the strangest thing? I wonder if another tree trunk fell on those two trees when they were younger and they grew for a while around it?

Would a shallow DoF work to highlight these two twisted trunks?
Erik's suggestion 'from the side' is good.
How about a circular fisheye photo?
A very wide, very short "pano" framing? (shoot wide then crop)

[Lowell]

Thanks Erik and Andrea,

I really like the chainsaw suggestion.  There is a mountain peak in the background hidden by the Spruce trees.  It would be a great shot.  Somehow I don't think the US Forest Service would take to kindly though.  I do like he idea of shooting from the side.  Perhaps to the left, although I don't  remember if the view is clear.  Unfortunately, I can't get up there so investigate until the end of May when the gate is opened again.  Moving back is into a dense stand of trees.

Andrea, I also wonder how this could of happened.  There are, of course, some strange shaped trees, but two of them with similar deformations is really unique.

Black and white rendering helps somewhat as does a medium telephoto on one of the trees, but I want it all, i.e., both threes.

Thanks for the comments. 

[HCS]

Never really tried it myself, but you could try the Brenizer method (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenizer_Method).

I mean ... while you're trying.

[Lowell]

Never really tried it myself, but you could try the Brenizer method (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenizer_Method).

I mean ... while you're trying.

Thanks for the idea.  I did take a shot of one of the trees with my 105mm F/2.5 Ais lens at F/4. The background is still pretty busy.  The shot shown here is at 50mm at F/4.  When I get a chance I will try F/2.5. 

Thanks for the reference.

Lowell