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Idiom: see through rose-coloured spectacles (look through rose-coloured spectacles, see through rose-tinted spectacles, look through rose-tinted spectacles, see through rose-tinted glasses, look through rose-tinted glasses)

To view things in an unrealistically hopeful or cheerful way.

Highest Explore Position: #76 on Sunday, May 6, 2007

Flowery tree bokeh by Michelle Kelley

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HBW! Well these are the blossoms that come before the berries on this tree. I have no idea what kind of tree it is, and nobody I've asked did either.

It was rainy and overcast when I took this, so the lights not the best

Winter birches by Jackie

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THREE TREES by MARK RUTLEY

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Taken a few days ago near East Meon Hampshire.

treefingers by Keith Midson

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Allens Rivulet, Tasmania

Burnt tree by Damian Diviny

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This area was burnt only a few weeks before this was captured, in Victoria, Australia. Taken with my 720nm converted Nikon D800 - 4 images combined.

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... by Jean S.

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Champlain, Québec - mars 2023.

Snowed in by JP Shen

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Tree by l4ts

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A lone silver birch tree growing amongst the quarrying debris on Cracken Edge.

trees by desireless and free

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This tree by ronet

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I've been photographing it for a long time. The weather was a bit too perfect this time.

Lonesome Tree by James Waghorn

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Early evening sun casting long shadows.

tree in blue 4 by roberto lotti

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Tree And Boulder by G Dan Mitchell

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A curving tree and a large boulder along a Yosemite Valley trail

One of the pluses about having a full week in Yosemite (during my recent Yosemite Renaissance artist residency was that I had more time to slowly explore places I might have otherwise missed during a visit with a more compressed timeline. On a short visit it is easy to feel the pressure to make the very best use of limited time and head straight for (what one hopes will be!) "sure bets." With more time available that pressure is gone, and there is more time to slow down and give in to the rhythms of the place. On this afternoon I took a slow, relaxed walk along a familiar but less-used trail along the base of granite cliffs. On this winter day I hardly saw anyone else there.

A few other things come to mind as I look at this photograph. One surprise is how much this relatively dry and rock place suggests an almost jungle-like mood! I can assure you that it is not such a place, but right here the terrain and forest is a bit thick and complex. Secondly, it is probably obvious that relationships between shapes play a big role in this photograph. The boulder by itself might not be that remarkable, especially in a landscape littered with such boulders. But located beneath the curving tree, whose form echoes that of the boulder, it becomes more of a focal point.

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 and Amazon.