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Sunset time in Namibia: a lone quiver tree in the quiver tree forest in the southern part of this country.
There are numerous varieties of the quiver tree (or Aloe). It can live up to 400 years. It is one of the most excepional botanical features in this mountain desert area of the Richtersveld transfrontier national park
From Wikipedia:
Known as choje to the indigenous San people, the quiver tree gets its English common name from the San people practice of hollowing out the tubular branches of Aloidendron dichotomum to form quivers for their arrows. The specific epithet "dichotomum" refers to how the stems repeatedly branch into two ("dichotomous" branching) as the plant grows.
Aloidendron dichotomum, formerly Aloe dichotoma, the quiver tree or kokerboom, is a tall, branching species of succulent plant, indigenous to Southern Africa, specifically in the Northern Cape region of South Africa, and parts of Southern Namibia.
Our first night of the workshop focused on Astro photography. It is one of the genres where I have no experience. The three photos here are the only posts of astro. The occasional moon shot really does not count.
I have a tremendous amount of technique and science to learn before feeling like a true beginner let alone an astro photographer. It was both uncomfortable and exciting to do something so new and different.
This shot is shortly after the Milky Way rise.
At the Quiver Tree Forest Lodge, there was opportunity for bird photography.
Found mainly in South Africa, this bird found its way into southern Namibia.
A post sunset glow on the quiver tree in Quiver Tree forest, Namibia, as the moon rises. The social weaver bird nest in the tree is a remarkable thing. These nests can be home to hundreds of birds and weigh more than 1000 kg! We were advised not to stand underneath the nests as snakes can drop out which go up there looking for eggs and chicks.
Taken on my last workshop in Namibia earlier this year. this is the Quiver Tree Forest. It isn’t strictly a forest, as these are large aloe plants rather than trees, but it is special nonetheless because nowhere else in the world do they grow wild in such numbers. Their distinctive shapes, outlined against Namibia’s dark skies, make a fantastic subject for night photography. With a new moon, this was an especially dark night, and the images I had taken with the trees in silhouette felt lacking somehow, so I used the light from my phone screen to reveal the color and texture in the bark of the nearest tree.
Coincidentally I have just found out that this was the winning image in the night sky category of the Nature Through The Lens Photographer of the Year competition!
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Camera: Canon R5
Lens: Canon RF 16mm
Settings: 20sec / f2.8 / ISO 4000
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On the 2nd of July, 2012, I arrived at a quiver tree forest in Namibia. When I stood there, the sun was about to sunk. On the way to the forest, I thought that it's going to be too late but after taking the shot I knew that I always have to try to catch those moments, even though it seems to be far away.
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Something a bit different - grabbed from 360 camera on a recent climb in Glencoe - a rather exposed diff Video here - youtu.be/ICAxivzJXzo
Aloe dichotoma (the quiver tree or kokerboom) is a tall, branching species of aloe, indigenous to Southern Africa, specifically in the Northern Cape region of South Africa, and parts of Southern Namibia. A sunbird is feeding on the nectar, it could be a female malachite sunbird or a female southern double-collared sunbird.
Green Arrow: One In The Quiver - Vol. 1 The Years
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Oliver Queen had no idea that when he left Star City on The Mercury for his 18th Birthday that it would be the last time he would see his home for over 4 years. This is his story.
Current Day...
I’ve just left Starfish Island. My Island. My Island for 4 years. Although I did share it with someone for a time, who’s being there led to my fortunate escape. Natas was my friend. He was loyal to the core and I trusted him with my life, but the organisation H.I.V.E. kidnapped him, again. He said he ended up here, the island, as the result of a failed mission for them. He wouldn’t talk about it much, like I wouldn’t tell him much of how I arrived in the godforsaken place. But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell my story here, of how the Green Arrow came to be.
It was the 16th of March 2013, my 18th Birthday. My parents, Robert and Moira, had hired me cruise ship to sail the Caribbean in for a few weeks, The Mercury. It was wonderful; open bar, beautiful women and we even had some band on board for a weekend - my memory doesn’t recall which. Of course, my security team was there too. Things took a deep turn however when one of my mates found his 5 year girlfriend cheating with me. Yeah, I used to be one of those guys. I think it’s fair to say the island sobered me up. Consequently, my parents got involved and sent all my friends home, but we still had the boat for another week so the three of us stayed on board. It was fun, I think. At least it was the most fun I remember having with my parents in the last decade. On the second to last day, my Dad’s prodigy arrived by helicopter, telling him that Queen Consolidated need him back at Star City by tomorrow. He leaves after a few drinks. His name is Simon Moreau and I wish my family had gotten into that helicopter with him.
Later that day, around 9.00pm, I was watching the Star City Rockets baseball game. First of the season. I remember Troy Barnes had just hit a homerun when I heard a scream. Most curious, I paused the game and stuck my head out of the door. I saw her, one of the waitresses. A black arrow with a syringe attached had just injected her with some green liquid. I was about to run over when I heard another scream, then a shout, and another. I continued to cautiously and quietly shuffle in her direction, shrieks still happening around the ship, when I noticed her eyes. They’d turned white, completely solid. I stepped back startled. Then she ran straight for me and in a panic I headed in the direction of my parents room. I passed several more infected on my way when I crashed into my parents and a security guard. My father said “Oliver! Thank God, don’t panic, we must get out of here!” Realising we were about to be overrun, the guard shut the doors I’d just came though, stopping a horde of aggressive, cannibalistic drugged-up people from getting to us. We made our way below deck to where our speedboat was kept. But that's when I saw him, a Black Archer, stood by our escape. He shot the guard with an arrow in a mere second, killing him dead on the spot. “You’re next, Queens” , the figure said, pulling another one from his quiver. My father pushed me behind him, being protective. “I AM KOMODO! THIS IS FOR MY FATHER!” the archer shouted, about to kill mine. “NOO!” yelled my brave, poor mother, throwing herself in front of me and my father. She was dead, just like that. My mother. She had so selflessly given her life for ours. But I was in shock, so instinct took over, flight or fight, and the seconds that my mother had given me allowed me to run to the speedboat to start the engine. “GO! OLIVER! G…” my father hollered before also being struck. I was crying uncontrollably at what was happening, but I did as he told me, possibly for the first real time. I just held the accelerator and hid below the wheel. An arrow pinged off the controls, landing at my feet. I didn’t know where I was going, only that I had to go. After a minute or so, I looked back, only to see the boat go up in flames. I don’t quite recollect what happened after that. The next thing I remember is waking up in a cave with Natas, my eyes sore from the tears...
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Namibia -set of 5
The owners of the Quiver Tree Forest enjoy a rather quirky type of art; these are spread around the forest.
The Quiver Tree Forest is privately owned. The land was bought to preserve the forest which was gradually disappearing, now a tourist attraction. It is a great area for birds.
It is about 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop, on the Gariganus farm. It comprises of about 250 specimens of the Aloidendron dichotomum, a species that is locally called the "quiver tree" because bushmen traditionally used its branches to make quivers. The tallest quiver trees in the area are in the region of two to three centuries old. The forest was declared a national monument of Namibia on June 1, 1995.
If you love Night Photography, then the Quiver Tree Forest is a must-visit. It is a private camping site on Gariganus Farm in the Southern Namibia. The place boasts of some two hundred & fifty specimens of Aloe dichotoma, also known as Quiver tree or kokerboom, which is a species of Aloe indigenous to Southern Africa, specifically in the Northern Cape region of South Africa, and parts of Southern Namibia. The region although only 14 kms away from the small town Keetmanshoop, does have pretty dark & clear night skies in winters. The naked eye easily picks the Milky Way unlike any other region that we have seen earlie, but of course a good full frame DSLR equipped with a wide aperture wide-angle lens does capture the brilliance of our galaxy very vividly.
It is about 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop, on the Gariganus farm. It comprises of about 250 specimens of the Aloidendron dichotomum, a species that is locally called the "quiver tree" because bushmen traditionally used its branches to make quivers. The tallest quiver trees in the area are in the region of two to three centuries old. The forest was declared a national monument of Namibia on June 1, 1995.
02.
i believe in energy flow. in one sense one's existence can be defined only by energy.
souls get connected to one another when their energy particles vibrate in a specific resonance...
at least this i what i believe...
if its not true then how come energy around me quivers when they come around you...
how come you hesitate to move around me...
you probably feel the quivers just as i do...its just the denials that keeps us apart.
denial is what holding us together.