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I like the shapes that dead trees make in the Australian Outback. They can really add to the landscape there.
So many of my photos in the last 12 months have been macros - which I really enjoy taking - but it's time to get a few more landscape & natural photos up to balance them out!
It's becoming tradition for me to take a night shot of this tree whenever I'm at "The Animal House", even on Christmas : )
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I'm headed for Yosemite soon....well, that and Death Valley. It's a whilwind trip with friends and I couldn't be happier. This is an old photo taken the last time I went and posted a while back. I happen to really like it. I have rolls and rolls of film just waiting to go. I have so much work to do and yet I can't help but smile!
Best if viewed large. Now you know where I was last week. I met two of the worlds most pleasant people along this trail. Scott & Haven (love her name), from Houston, Texas they were. Scott took this picture. I have a wingspan of 78 inches just to give you an idea of how big this tree is. Oh, by the way, I saw much bigger trees.
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 driveway is just down the road from my house. As you can see, the sun was really low here. Golden light and long shadows.
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 *
Spring 2012.
Taken with Pentax K20D camera and Tamron Adaptall-2 01BB 24mm F2.5 wide-angle lens with polarizing filter. Stitched from four photos.
The name Kobuntei comes from an old word for "Ume".
Kairakuen, one of the three historically-noted gardens in Japan, was built by Nariaki Tokugawa(1800-1860), the ninth Load of Mito. The name of the garden "Kairakuen" means "to share pleasure with people" , and the garden was opened to the vassals of the Mito Clan and all people of Mito for their recreation and enjoyment.
Nariaki, who pondered over the idea of designing the garden by himself, decided upon the place and structure of Kibuntei, and started construction in 1841. The main part of the garden was copleted the next year.
More than three thousand ume trees have been plantedin Kairakuen, and in early spring many people enjoy their flowers and fragrance.
A Japanese Maple backlit by the sun in its full autumn glory. The color on this tree is absolutely amazing and this image truly does not do it justice. The branching on this tree is exquisite as well. The tree is probably 50 years old and resides on the grounds of an old Philadelphia mansion. Autumn on Fire~!
Have a Great Weekend~!
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.
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.
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!
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.
A relaxing walk around Central Park at Scunthorpe after a morning at work, A selection of some of the beautiful trees in its grounds
I had taken these and then put them out of my mind.
This is the memorial tree planting ceremony for my best friend. The heritage site where he worked honoured his memory by planting a tree and performing a traditional pioneer dance. It was very appropriate, that boy loved to dance.
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