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I wonder how long ago this tree fell. How old did it live? When was a section cut to clear the trail?
Now the log shows signs of age with cracks and solidifying resin.
Do you see faces in it like I do?
Carson Iceberg Wilderness, California
One afternoon we decided to get our lazy butts in gear and go for a snowshoe hike up the La Cloche Silhouette Trail. This particular trail is ordinarily a 7-9 day hike. However, there is supposed to be a picturesque lake just a couple of hours into the trail, so we thought it might be fun to go check it out.
Unfortunately, about an hour into our hike, we encountered this! The previous night there had been a thunder storm. That, plus the warmer temperatures earlier in the week, meant that things were starting to thaw.
If you look carefully at the tree dead centre of the photo top, you might happen to see a blue marker. That is the trail marker. Yup. We had to decide whether to press on or, well, what? We decided to take it as a sign of ‘you shall not pass!’ (Gandalf ~ from Lord of the Rings). So, instead, we thought we’d see if we could navigate our way off path to the edge of [the top of] George Lake since we could see it in the distance through the trees.
~ This photo was taken with my cell phone ~
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This little guy was spotted on some deadfall along a gravel road in RMNP.
All comments are appreciated. TIA.
How lucky was I?
On my first day trying out my new Canon RF 200-800 lens, the first subject I come across is this lovely mink. He was foraging around a bunch of deadfall along the edge of a local river, giving me the opportunity to test out the new lens... so far so good.
All comments are appreciated. TIA.
To see more photos I have taken of mink and other small carnivorous mammals please visit my Musteloidea Album at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721777...
Sempervirens Falls spills into a pool after a series of winter storms in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California.
This little guy was spotted on some deadfall along a gravel road in RMNP.
All comments are appreciated. TIA.
Torreya Creek is not the name of this small waterway, in fact, it is very possibly nameless. In any case it is unidentified to many spectators who might take in its splendor at Torreya State Park, a large park absolutely littered with gorgeous and picturesque small streams flowing through its surprisingly hilly landscape. Though most of Florida is rather flat, Torreya provides hills towering several hundred feet which represent the lowest portion of the Appalachian Ridge dipping into Florida only to be divided by the Apalachicola River. These hills are crisscrossed and divided by creeks and steephead ravines as far as the eye can see. It is a premier natural Florida destination but one that lies seriously under the radar.
Back under the bridge.
All in all, I paddled about five miles that day. I took millstream fork instead of the main channel, paddling up through the wetlands, under two bridges, and into Ellison Park. My way was soon blocked by deadfalls across the narrowing creek. I turned around paddled under the two bridges and back into the wetlands.
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My Alltrails App shows this distance as 1700m long.
The same GPS tack in MapSend software — on my desktop — shows it as 2000m (2km).
Its true distance is in there somewhere.
(Explore 2020 Mar 16, # 10)
Bäume wie dieser halten den Aufprall von schnell fahrenden Autos aus, und sie halten den Aufprall von herabstürzenden tonnenschweren Felsbrocken aus. Beide kann ein Baum dauerhaft zum Stillstand bringen, ohne selbst signifikant verletzt zu werden. Sie sind stark und im Normalfall sehr gut mit dem Boden verwurzelt. Aber gegen Gefahren wie Pilze, Lawinen oder Stürme mit Geschwindigkeiten über 150 km/h sind sie machtlos. Genau so ein Sturm machte dem Leben dieses Baums vor einigen Tagen ein jähes Ende. Seine ganze Stärke half ihm nichts …
Trees like this one tolerate the impact of speedy driving cars, and they tolerate the impact of crashing down rocks, weighing tons. Both can a tree durably stall, without getting itself hurt. They are strong and normally very well rooted with the ground. But against dangers like mycosis, avalanches or storms with speeds over 100 mph they are powerless. And just such a storm brought this tree a few days ago from life to death. His whole strength didn‘t help him ...
Daniel Boone National Forest
The first time I saw this it reminded me of photos I had seen of the Subway in Zion National Park. The stream undercuts the rock wall more dramatically a few yards from this spot, but this vantage point is free of deadfall.
Beauty in unlikely places
Deadfall, lying along the trail
across the the trail actually.
I could have scrambled over or under
but the trail had rerouted itself
so they let it lie where it lay
and I could easily walk on by.
They did trim the branches
for which I was grateful.
An ugly thing I suppose
dead and down and mottled
left to rot.
And yet. And yet.
The leaves on the path
and the light just so
through the trees further on
their leaves still dancing
and a stump to steady the camera.
I had to take a picture.
Beauty in us, too, perhaps
unlikely places that we are
for which I am grateful.
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Copperas Creek Falls
Copperas Creek
Red River Gorge Geological Area
Daniel Boone National Forest
Kentucky
5 Image HDR
In all the years I've been visiting Red River Gorge it's pretty amazing to me that I've never explored there after a fresh snow fall so when a slow moving system moved across eastern Kentucky myself and my good friend Chris Morris couldn't resist a quick day trip down to see what mother nature had in store for us. I don't think conditions could be any more perfect. After recieving a couple inches of rain and then a couple inches of snow that covered the canopy we felt condtions would be good to visit Copperas Creek Falls. This would be my first visit to the falls and the unofficial trail, which is mostly level, is still a bit of a challenge as old growth and new growth deadfall litter the trail and the trek involves a bunch of creek crossings. After traveling a little over a mile and a half we finally reached our destination, a towering 40 ft. waterfall and a gorgeous rock house with sandstone boulders scattered about. Although the falls wasn't as full as we'd like, if it had of been much stronger our feet would have been a lot more wet than what they were. Nonetheless it was worth the trek and I'm looking forward to returning in the Spring because the falls isn't the only thing that makes this barely known place special.
Flowers in the middle of the creek.
Some years ago this deadfall got washed down the creek by flood water. This is as far as it got. It has been variously inhabited.
Argus C3 with 50mm lens
Harmon Phoenix 200
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How lucky was I?
On my first day trying out my new Canon RF 200-800 lens, the first subject I come across is this lovely mink. He was foraging around a bunch of deadfall along the edge of a local river, giving me the opportunity to test out the new lens... so far so good.
All comments are appreciated. TIA.
To see more photos I have taken of mink and other small carnivorous mammals please visit my Musteloidea Album at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721777...
I felt a bit like a lost wayfarer trekking thru Tolkien's Mirkwood Forest of The Hobbit, on the lookout for giant spiders, nasty orcs or wary elves as I hiked thru this primordial, ancient forest. Fun to let the imagination run amok when in such wild, primeval woodlands.
I spied this moss-covered deadfall with a dark, veiled pool of water underneath it while hiking along the Hoh Rainforest's Spruce Nature Trail. I was intrigued by the reflections of the moss in the dark gloomy waters underneath.
For me forests are filled with mystery and magic, fun and fascination. Thankfully though, no giant spiders…….
May your trails today be easy and enjoyable.
9/13/2009 NZa 0801
Daddy Tian Tian has a great time today playing on his deadfall log. He knows how to have fun!
#15 FlickrExplore Tuesday September 15, 2009
A cold dull walk at Toms Hill.
First time I’ve been up here since the recent heavy storms, and there’s quite a bit of damage.
Saturday I cycled 33km up into the highlands of Thetis Lake Park.
The plan was to cycle the Highland Road Trail up to Munn Rd. and snoop around under the powerlines
It didn't happen. After checking my GPS track back home I took the wrong trail.
The Panhandle Trailhead is on the right and Highland Trailhead is to the left. Daah.
The good news is I get to do it all over again.
A Great day for biking. I left at 6:30am and got back home at 8:50am.
Addendum
There's a hill one kilometre in from the road that is too steep for me to get up on my electric-assist bike.
I took a pretty bad fall from my bike trying to climb the hill but nothing seems to have been broken.
One of these days I'm not going to be so lucky.
Man is this amazing...Speechless for that...The last time I saw this back in april/may there was barely any clouds in the sky...Now it is partly cloudy with the cloud floor a glow below...Storm King is to the Left and Breakneck/Little Sugarloaf just to the right...One of My Favroite shots to date...
At a recent burn site along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada I pulled over, hopped out of the vehicle and began scrambling through the downed and blackened trees. In the aftermath of forest fires, Three-toed Woodpeckers are drawn to the dead and dying timber and the multitude of insects teeming beneath the charred bark.
Sure enough, I was able to find this woodpecker fairly quickly, drawn by its soft tapping. The image might look deliberately arty, with the high contrast background and strong vertical lines, but the actual fact is it is the only in focus image I was able to obtain as the bird moved close but quickly through the maze of deadfalls.
This is the first bird photo I obtained on a week long tour through western Canada on something I call the Calgary Triangle. We headed southeast from Calgary across the prairies to Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan, back west to Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, and then north to Calgary and on home. Photo opportunities abound on the route, I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a safe and comfortable introduction to wildlife in Western North America. You can view images I have obtained along this route here:
www.flickr.com/photos/paulbjones/albums/72157630714927082
Shout out to my wife and younger brother who accompanied me on the trip - and to friend Peter Simpson, with whom I enjoyed an epic Three-toed Woodpecker hunt in northern Ontario a few years back.
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A glimpse of the Santa Fe River as it navigates rocks and deadfall less than a mile from where it disappears underground for a short disappearance in the vicinity of High Springs, FL.
Blessed be the trail maintainers.
Keeping the trails clear of deadfalls and debris is a never-ending job. Monroe County has a lot of parks with many miles of trails. The trail-maintenance crews do a fine job of keeping up with it.
Walking along Durand Lake at Durand Eastman Park, about a mile and a half from home. The camera and mini-tripod are sitting on top of what was once the continuation of the downed tree on the left on the other side of the trail.
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“The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.” ~ Sydney J. Harris
Young man fishing in Upper Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park
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A huge deadfall in the north temperate rain forest nourishes forest renewal by functioning as a substrate for ferns, mosses and new trees. Taken on the Rainforest Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Tofino, British Columbia. Best larger.
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I rarely use the little 35 mm lens but was shooting indoors so had it on today. I tried it out the front and back windows to see if I liked it any better. This is what part of our back garden looks like today- a LITTLE bit of snow and many downed trees from the windy autumn storms. The big deadfall toward the back on the left roughly marks the edge of our property line. Beyond that is a city park! That whole part is much lower than the "upstairs garden". The edge of it is marked by the railway tie behind the black urn.
At last, Harmon and I reached the confluence of England camp Branch (continuing to the left) and North England Camp Branch continuing up to the right, leading the way to our exploration. Already we had seen many beautiful settings and had been bushwhacking adventurously a countless number of times through deadfall, wet boulders, both in and along the creek-bed, rhododendron tangles and briars, -but we were not through yet. From this point, soon we would be encountering masterpieces of nature beyond our expectations. (...to be continued)
The trees may now be on the ground but they provide food and homes for countless insects etc and eventually become forest flloor.
This is an Image I took for Nitemara Daysleeper, Owner of DeadFall Designs! Their new Eyeshadow, it's called Julia, which is the images name, is amazing! The Background is on the sim Knifes Edge. I'd post the items like usual, but I didn't think to ask Lol So just a rando image. ^_^
LINK TO THEIR MP
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This shot of Proxy Falls in the Sisters Wilderness of Oregon has been sitting in my ready file for awhile now. When first looking through the many shots that I took in this area, I was not excited about the waterfall shots, which was disappointing because it took a lot of work to get down to the base and more particularly to get back up. When I looked at them again, months later, they didn't seem so bad. This one wasn't my favorite but I decided to try a crop and edit to see how it turned out. Waterfall shooting is something that I have not done much of so any input would be appreciated. This is of the lower portion of the falls - the sporadic sunlight made them even more difficult to capture and expose correctly.
View large if you have a chance.
This wilderness is in part a geological marvel of volcanic destruction and another part beautiful, lush green wilderness. I can't wait to go back but will probably do so when mosquitos are absent..
Thanks for taking the time to look and happy Monday to everyone. I'm off for a full day of school.
Deby
The photos I present on Flickr probably represent less than one percent of my total output. I shoot everywhere and anywhere. Not everything works out. Some things work out okay, but simply don't fit the narrative. Mostly I try to curate this page like a gallery. I study each prospective image and decide if it's really compelling in some way. This is not about filling space. I've been inspired by Flickr members with really great streams. You know them the minute you land on them. You want to go through each and every page no matter how many. Each photo is like finding a jewel. Great photos to appreciate in their own right and perhaps inspire your own future endeavors. Anyway there's a part of my life where I set out to capture photos to feed my own narrative. The foggy days, the cemeteries, abandonments, the dark places as I refer to them. Love all of that, both for the images that result, but also the life experiences and memories. For me it all ties in. But I love the happenstance photos; slices of everyday life that somehow (often inadvertently) reflect that mentality. Case in point is this forlorn brush pile. I made this myself. Wasn't setting out for a photo; furthest thing from my mind in fact. I just wanted to get and do some yard work. Despite the lingering cold air, the calendar showed it was time to get moving. I got it in my mind to clear some brush. I do this once each year, working in the back woods before it gets overgrown. I love being in a forest during the time of bare branches. It feels so closed in during the summer, but in winter and spring you can see pretty much right through the trunks. Anyway this all started with a single stick. I set one down, then another, and another, and several OCD hours later this was the result. When I finally stopped working and looked at the stack in the late afternoon light, my first thought was to grab the camera. There was just something about this scene that was visually appealing. The sense of texture; the shadows; I'm never entirely sure and it really doesn't matter. It's mostly about a feeling. In this case fueled by the sort of meditative state of mind the results from stacking these branches. Great mental therapy.