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Here, I silhouetted the main Joshua tree and positioned it about one-third in from the left border. The lower more distant trees are minor compositional elements and break up the dark foreground rocks. I captured this images just as the sun set and the last rays lit up the clouds just above where the sun set. This bright spot of clouds adds another compositional element to the image.
When you see a sunset sky like this, you want to move quickly and get as many shots as possible, with as many foreground changes as you can. Don't just stand there in one place and snap away, move around! For this sunset, I positioned myself in an area that had a lot of terrain variation, both in the trees and the close and distant rocks. To get a better than average sunset or sunrise photograph, you need to be in the right place. You don't have any control over the clouds or the colors but you do have control over where you are and what is in your foreground.
I see many sunset images on Flickr that have truly spectacular skies and color. However, most often the photographer did not take the time to get a good foreground to go with that sky. A sunset or sunrise shot needs more than just the sky to get noticed.
Madagascar 2014
The majestic baobab tree is an icon of the African continent and lies at the heart of many traditional African remedies and folklore.
The baobab is a prehistoric species which predates both mankind and the splitting of the continents over 200 million years ago. Native to the African savannah where the climate is extremely dry and arid, it is a symbol of life and positivity in a landscape where little else can thrive. Over time, the Baobab has adapted to its environment. It is a succulent, which means that during the rainy season it absorbs and stores water in its vast trunk, enabling it to produce a nutrient-dense fruit in the dry season when all around is dry and arid. This is how it became known as "The Tree of Life".
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This older man was slowly walking up the hill admiring the tree in his path. When he reached the tree he put his hands on the trunk and rested there for a while. This was taken in Lars Anderson park in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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十年树木；百年树人
An old Chinese saying goes， “It takes ten years to grow trees but a hundred years to rear people”.
From Easter day at Skylands Botanical Garden, New Jersey. It was a very large and stately tree, I think they are cherry blossoms.
Tree of life Kings Canyon. The shape of the tree and the birds in the tree watching the sun come up, was I think laden with symbolism.
Tiny flowers. When passing by this tree it’s flowers look like yellow panicles. A close inspection reveals the even smaller colorful parts.
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Morecambe Bay Book: book project
Not sure about the title - just a track from my favourite Beach Boys album. The lower branches seemed to echo the line of the clouds. Taken in Gower, South Wales.
Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.
~Kahlil Gibran
I love trees. This special beauty was found on a hike near Lincoln City, Oregon
NOTE: It saddens me to not be on here much these days. I miss my Flickr friends =)
For those who might not yet know: my husband and I are caring for our 91-yr-old mom, so I am mostly using Flickr for a creative outlet and won't be able to do much commenting for a while.
Taken on our trip to the Virginia mountains.
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