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Three swans swim like silent spirits beneath the white branches of a flooded forest.
"Spirit in the heart make the blood flow fast
Spirit in the heart make the beauty last
Keep the hope alive when the youth go past...
Spirit in the wood let the hollow cane
Echo in the afterglow
Waiting for the flame to burn again..."
-Harry Coleman and Arden Clar
Happy Halloween 2019!
Lyrup National Park. South Australia. Taken just before the sun rose over the horizon. A 3 shifted shot pano at 24mm.
This and the last two shots shot virtually in same area on 2 different days
A different facet of Hawaii: Dead tree near the Devastation Trail in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, located in the south-east of the Big Island. The area, formerly covered by rain forest, was devastated by an eruption in 1959. The misty weather fits the desolate scene perfectly.
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3.
Edited with Adobe Photoshop.
Dead trees, standing tall.
Fun with a wide angle lens.
Snow Lake Trail, Mount Rainier National Park.
Down below, on the left side of Wilbur, the Oneonta Gorge can be glimpsed. It is a very narrow gorge with a 100 foot waterfall that was an overly popular trek before the 2017 fire. The Gorge is now closed although some people still climb over the barriers. The yellow tuffs are new trees sprouting from the roots of burned maples and oaks. And off in the distance is a stand of evergreen survivors of the fire. The Columbia River is also visible.
A peregrine fledgling perches high atop a snag, illustrating the importance of dead trees in the environment. Peregrines require lookouts high on hillsides with enough clearance to see around them and outward, but close enough to the hill to remain discreet. They are constantly on the lookout for predators. Snags and dead tree limbs play a critical role their survival. Although not hunting yet, this young fledgling had advanced in its flight and landing skills since my visit the week before. In late June, this falcon preferred the safety of relatively flat cliff surfaces. One week later, it was exploring more precarious perches, like this one and various other dead tree limbs.
Deadvlei is a wonderful place to explore composition to express depth. The dunes that surround the site allow the sun to bathe parts of the site with light while other parts remain in shade and provide slivers of light to show even more depth. What a great learning experience. 20220620DeadVleiTest27
I captured this photo minutes before the sun set. The shadows were moving rapidly along the ground toward this old tree. The rest of the field was cast in shadows from the tree-line behind me, with the exception of this tree. It was special to watch and I'm glad I had my camera with me.
There were so many twisted dead trees in Kodachrome Basin State Park. The green in this image is from nearby live trees, not the enormous dead tree.
This skeleton tree sits amongst the reeds in the marshy Alde Estuary near Iken.
Suffolk
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!