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On a dull and cloudy winter day, My attention was drawn to a plane tree because the branches were showing up as a pale ghostlike structure. When I got nearer I discovered the beautiful textures and map like patterns on the Trunk. This happens as pieces of bark are shed, leaving pale areas which gradually darken as time passes
The branches had larger shed areas, which show up a light grey from a distance. When I returned on a brighter day the effect was less noticeable.
Wer solch eine Krone für sich beanspruchen kann ist wahrlich ein König oder eine Königin ! Die faszinierende Baumkrone dieser alten Platane im Botanischen Garten in Wien würde schon für eine ganz schön große Personengruppe lichten Schatten spenden.
Anyone who can claim such a crown is truly a king or queen ! The fascinating crown of this old plane tree in the Botanical Garden in Vienna would provide light shade for quite a large group of people.
The D99 between Cavaillon and St-Remy-de-Provence (Check it out on google, van Gogh spent some time there in a mental institution and painted many of his pictures there) may well be one of the longest plane tree alleys - it's almost 10km long.
Unfortunately, it's also one of the most used roads in Provence, so you have to be really patient, to be able to photograph it, without cars...
“Beautiful Plane tree on Duffins trail in Discovery bay this autumn , Martins photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , November 14. 2023”
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A wide, frontal shot of the Wallfahrtsbasilika St. Georg in Walldürn, Germany, on an overcast day. The impressive church features a facade constructed from reddish-brown sandstone blocks, accented by lighter stone pilasters and cornices. The central section of the facade has a prominent entrance with a dark wooden door, above which is an ornate niche containing a statue, likely of Saint George. Above this, there are two large rectangular windows with intricate grilles. The roof is dark grey, likely slate, with a steep pitch, and two smaller spires rise from the sides of the main roofline, each topped with a golden weather vane in the shape of a rooster and a cross. The sky is uniformly grey and cloudy. On either side of the church, several bare deciduous trees, likely pollarded plane trees, with distinctive gnarled branches, line what appears to be a street or plaza. In the background, other buildings of the town are faintly visible.
In Trikala, Greece, the autumn leaves create a carpet —all red and gold— on which a female figure walks away… Lēthaeus river bank ( Ληθαῖος Lēthæus aka Lithéos ).
Photograph captured by listening to Édith Piaf’s “Autumn Leaves”:
“…I miss you most of all
My darling, when autumn leaves start to fall…”
London Planetree trunks in dappled light.Some may call these American Sycamore,but the Planetree is a hybrid of the American Sycamore and a Far East tree called the Oriental Plane.The sycamore and this tree barks are similar.The white is the old bark,the dark is the new bark.The thin bark exfoliate (shed in layers) year long.One theory for this is so that the tree can protect itself from parasites and other insects from persisting on its bark and branches.They can also be quite noisy when the barks shed.You can literally hear them roll up and shoot off the trees!I heard this from the Planetrees where I work.It's also the second most populous tree in NYC parks and roadsides-Wikipedia & by Fiona Watts & Douglas Still
nycgovparks.com
“Beautiful Plane tree on Duffins trail in Discovery bay this autumn , Martins photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , November 14. 2023”
“Large twisted and winding vine”
“the shore of Lake Ontario”
“Plane tree”
autumn
“Old apple orchard”
“Squires beach”
“Duffins creek marsh”
“S shape winding vine”
Autumn
“November 2023”
Shrubs
“Oak tree”
“Large Oak tree”
Trees
“Winding vine”
Reflections
Reflection
blue sky
“cloud cover”
“Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario”
“Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario”
“Black eye Susans”
Autumn
Shadows
“IPhone XR”
“iPhone SE 2020”
“Lake Ontario”
Fungi
Heron
“Gravel path”
“November 2023”
“Duffins creek marsh”
Log
“Wild Asters”
“Flowering trees”
Goldenrod
“Cropped photograph”
Family
“Old orchard”
“Apple tree”
Sunset
Shrubs
“Oak tree”
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
“Duffins trail”
“blue sky”
“cloud cover”
Autumn
Shadows
Reflections
“cropped photograph”
“closeup photograph”
“Martins photographs”
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
Favourites
Mushroom
wildflowers
“Lake Ontario”
“Mouth of Duffins creek marsh”
“white Deadnetles”
River
Dogwood
Woods
Favourites
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“Duffins trail”
Ferns
“Large tree”
“Stag Horn Sumac trees”
a millenium plane tree - Agios Ioannis -
south of the island Kos - Greece -
( best viewed on black )
l'arbre monstre -
un platane millénaire - vu à Agios Ioannis
dans le sud de l'île de Kos - Grèce
This shows the centre of the market town of Aups, a drive of about 20 minutes north east of Cotignac. The platane trees (plane trees) provide superb protection against the sun of the south of France. We had just been for a walk around the backstreets and enjoying a coffee under the trees while waiting for Bob who was having her grooming session nearby.
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During my short visit, I tried to capture as many images as I could of sights that were unique to rural France.
One such image is surely this beautiful example on the approach to Uzes; a straight avenue, lined by Plane trees passing through vineyards under a beating sun.
As Andrew says below, most of the big ones standing today probably date from Napoleonic times, but apparently King Henri IV began the planting back in the 16th century to provide both wood and shade for his marching armies.
I was shocked to discover that such tree-lined avenues are now very much an endangered species, and more than 90% of such trees have already gone.
Sometimes it is the march of progress, such as the removal of 40 kilometres worth of trees near Toulouse to allow Airbus A380 components to be transported by road.
Amazingly others have fallen foul to 'road safety vigilantes', cut down by folk campaigning against the number of people who are killed every year running into roadside trees - trees are fairly unforgiving in that respect, although some would argue it is hardly the tree's fault if a motorist runs into them.
It takes a Plane tree 100 years to grow - and about 5 minutes to fell. Here's hoping sense prevails and these tree lined avenues survive, it would be a tragedy if they all vanished.
See them while you can.
..and yes - I had second thoughts and went for a closer crop!
London plane tree
trunk circumference 1.3 m high - 385, 412, 420 cm
height - from 25 to 30 m
age - about 200 years
Funeral hall on the old cemetery Neu-Isenburg, district of Offenbach
Hesse, Germany 27.05.2024
Der letzte Weg
Trauerhalle auf dem Alten Friedhof Neu-Isenburg, Landkreis Offenbach
Hessen, Deutschland 27.05.2024
www.op-online.de/region/neu-isenburg/alter-friedhof-neu-i...
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una Folmer & Schwing Graflex Auto 5x7, made c.1911-1915; objectiu Kodak Projection Anastigmat f6.3; Fomapan 200.
Aquesta càmera funcionava però amb certes dificultats. La vaig enviar a netejar i ajustar (CLA) a Graflex Parts, de Duluth, Minnesota (USA), i ara va perfecte.
Vista de l'església de Santa Maria de Merlès al fons de la seva recta arbrada amb plataners. El meu pare va pintar aquesta escena fa molt de temps, i també en va fer litografies, que tenim a casa.
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Picture taken with a Folmer & Schwing Graflex Auto 5x7, made c. 1911-1915; Kodak Projection Anastigmat f6.3 lens; Fomapan 200 in 5x7 sheet.
This camera worked but had some issues (mainly the shutter stuck quite a bit in the release), so I sent it for a CLA to Graflex Parts in Duluth, Minnesota (USA), and now it works beautifully.
This is the church of Santa Maria de Merlès in the background. My late father painted this very scene long ago as an oil painting, and also made a lithography, of which we had one at home.
UC, Berkeley/CA.
ENLARGES well. . . .
Read more here about the Esplanade....
news.berkeley.edu/2014/09/02/a-splendid-esplanade-major-o...
Oh, and HBM!
That little monument was sculptured by G. Borglum, the same fellow who chiseled the faces on Mt Rushmore!