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Solitary hike & bike just above Martigny on a sunny Sunday. Unfortunately you need to go much higher than I did to be able to escape the sound pollution, it was like being in the living room with a party next door ...
Ok, this is kinda one of those "look at my light" type shots, but I am having fun.
The tree is located near a geocache, and when one of our vehicles got stuck in the snow, a few of us had time to kill while the others were off purchasing a tow strap.
This tree was backlit by a factory in the distance, so I opened up the camera on a bulb exposure, and gelled the flash so it would match the incadescent lighting in the area. During the exposure I wandered around the tree and popped the flash a few times, particularly when I was behind it. SB-800 on full power, 14mm zoom.
D200, 18 mm, ISO 100, 30 seconds f/7.1, cropped to square
Update - August 2009. I drove by here the other day. The tree is gone now.
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Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.
* Joyce Meyer *
Taken south of Steeleville, MO on 10/16/11
From another stop along the journey. :) This is more 'light on trees' than 'fall color,' but hey...
The quiver tree or "Kokerboom" is one of the most interesting and characteristic plants of the very hot and dry parts of Namibia and the northwestern part of the Cape Province in South Africa. Actually it is no tree, but an aloe plant. The botanical name is ALOE DICHOTOMA. Dichotoma refers to the forked branches of the plant. The plant is called a "Kokerboom" because some Bushmen and Hottentot tribes used the tough, pliable bark and branches to make quivers for their arrows. "Koker" is the Afrikaans word for quiver. The big trees in the forest of Farm Gariganus are between 200 and 300 years old.
This shot was taken in heavy wind and hail stone. It was bloody freezing but im happy with the resulting blurring of the tree and the frosty mist in the distance.
It's been a cold Spring. I think we had a record high temperature today with around 15C. When I arrived to the old tree this afternoon it was a bit colder, and the wind had picked up again.
Frickhofen (Germany) Copyright 2012 D. Nelson
The brown area below the tree is not leaves, it is apples - lots and lots of apples. Someone told me that there was an apple surplus last year, but then someone else said it is no longer allowed that passersby can pick apples from these trees - and since they are not harvested, they simply fall off to rot. What a shame!
Look closer and you will see at least 28 pairs of shoes hanging on this tree along California S-2 in the San Felipe Valley, the middle of nowhere with no sign of civilization in sight.
The Tree of Life
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Walt Disney World, Fla.
A 14 story, 50 foot wide sculpture of photo ops.
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See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out
It was a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Beautiful day
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don't have you don't need it now
Don't need it now
Was a beautiful day
- U2
Another shot of Lucy in the magpie nest. Maybe she is hoping an unsuspecting bird will land there for lunch. (Lucy's lunch)
photo by Doug Wylie
Hassi 500 C/M
Kodak 160 VC
München Pasing
Der Baum durfet stehen bleiben wegen der Kirche oder anders rum?
The quiver tree or "Kokerboom" is one of the most interesting and characteristic plants of the very hot and dry parts of Namibia and the northwestern part of the Cape Province in South Africa. Actually it is no tree, but an aloe plant. The botanical name is ALOE DICHOTOMA. Dichotoma refers to the forked branches of the plant. The plant is called a "Kokerboom" because some Bushmen and Hottentot tribes used the tough, pliable bark and branches to make quivers for their arrows. "Koker" is the Afrikaans word for quiver. The big trees in the forest of Farm Gariganus are between 200 and 300 years old.