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I love meeting trees like this. Yes, this tree is alive, though I don't know how. Perhaps it re-rooted where it touched the earth again, but the original base is nearly rotted through.
black willow, Dickerson swamp, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio.
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Checkerboard Mesa, Zion National Park, Utah
Plants are the ultimate opportunists. Given enough water, sunlight, and somewhere to anchor their roots, they will grow and thrive. This little tree is growing out of a crack in the sandstone making up Checkerboard Mesa.
Now as to the sandstone itself, it originated in early Jurassic times (roughly 190 million years ago) in a desert on the western edge of the Pangaea supercontinent, a desert much larger than the modern Sahara. The horizontal cross-bedding of the sandstone indicates that the sand was laid down by wind. The vertical cracking comes from burial compression and release from that compression through erosion. The resulting cross-hatch, or checkerboard, effect gives the mesa its name.
One single long exposure. No photoedition : straight out of the camera except for contrast/crop.
Model: Tribal Lotta
Lights: Vincent Gerber
Big thanks to Vincent Michel for the location. ;)
Light painting session with Tribal Lotta & Vincent Gerber
There are so many amazing trees like this in Puzzlewood, an ancient temperate rain forest in Gloucestershire.
HTT!
There was something about the lovely parallel lines of this young maize crop really appealed to me. Perhaps it was the way they lead to this old gnarly Oak that looked like a huge beetroot.
Trees have about them something beautiful and attractive even to the fancy,
since they cannot change their places,
are witnesses of all the changes that take place around them;
and as some reach a great age, they become, as it were, historical monuments,
and like ourselves they have a life, growing and passing away,
--not being inanimate and unvarying like the fields and rivers.
One sees them passing through various stages,
and at last step by step approaching death,
which makes them look still more like ourselves.
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Winter is just around the corner. Stay warm.
Roots. At the moment, my roots, what keeps me stable, are my daily practices.
In the morning, I journal and meditate.
Later, I do yoga, keep my gratitude list, read and play a little bit on my tongue drum.
Trying to get out of my head and into the moment. Trying to learn and evolve.
And hoping that all those little building blocks will grow and blossom into something beautiful over time.
This photo was a beautiful collaboration with my friend Micah, taken under a tree that grew from the bottom of the canyon all the way into the sky.
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October 21, 2015
"Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots." - Frank A. Clark
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I'm not entirely sure why this caught my eye today, it's sort of a strange shot for me, but I liked the way the rocks were mixed with the roots and the textures of the bark.
Flipped the photo to monochrome and found it uniquely beautiful so I decided to go for it and use it for today's photo.
Hope everyone has had a good day! We've made it past the half way point of the week, the weekend is getting closer!
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A photograph captures a vibrant street in Long Beach, California, bathed in golden sunlight. The road stretches ahead, lined with swaying palm trees, modern high-rises, and historic buildings that reflect the city’s rich maritime heritage. In the background, the Pacific Ocean glistens under a clear blue sky, while pedestrians stroll along the sidewalks, and cars cruise down the boulevard, adding to the city’s dynamic atmosphere.
Long Beach has a storied past, once home to the indigenous Tongva people before Spanish explorers arrived in the 16th century. By the early 20th century, it grew into a bustling port city, known for its naval shipyard, oil industry, and the iconic RMS Queen Mary, which still rests in its harbor. Today, Long Beach blends history with modernity, serving as a cultural hub with its waterfront attractions, art scene, and vibrant nightlife. This photo encapsulates the spirit of a city that has evolved while preserving its deep-rooted connections to the sea and its diverse community.
The same tree as previous. It's been ripped right out of the ground; roots and all. While nobody I know personally suffered any damage, there's a lot of it around.
I haven't edited or posted anything in a while so here's an SOOC shot from our outing to cloudland canyon for your consideration. ;-)
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A tangle of roots and vines deep within the jungle interior.
Las Piedras Amazon Center, Madre de Dios, Peru
So many cherry blossom images to share, so little time. Less than 11 months, come to think of it... before the trees will be blooming again.
Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.
Rooted in Stone. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
A mature tree growing in cracks in a fractured Yosemite cliff.
Even as I work on new photographs, I constantly return to old files to see what I might have missed — and there is always something to discover. When I look back at photographs long after I first mad them it seems like I can see them for what they are more than for what I expected them to be. As evidence of this, often I don’t recall the specific circumstances of making the photograph… and sometimes I don’t remember making it at all.
I know I made this on a very quick swing through Yosemite Valley as we returned from a few days spent in Oakhurst for a gallery show opening. At this point, the specific details of visits to Yosemite Valley being to blur together, since I’ve been visiting the place since I was about five years old. How many times total? Scores? Hundreds? I can’t say. But I’m still amazed that trees like this one can grow in such unlikely places.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
A centuries old bell tower in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, becomes a nourishing medium for a young tree that took root in the cracks of its walls.
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Les Suds in Arles
Drawing from world music all that is unique, and in the end, shared in common, this évent at once festive and pedagocic, boasts a globalization independent of any dominant culture.
Here, the programming openly crosses aesthetics, musical traditions and the most recent movements, space and time, to promote cultural diversity and distinction. Firmly rooted in a region naturally turned toward the Mediterranean and opened to the world, Les SUDS,à ARLES offers a platform of departure from contemporary creation. Fully assuming its southern roots, the compelling programme of this exceptional festival weaves a refined musical identity, within a setting that is no less amazing! Enlivening a unique architectural heritage, the most beautiful voices and sounds in the world- from the most famous to recent discoveries – are invited into the heart of this beautiful Provençale town that becomes, for seven days and six nights, a global city.