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Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire.
As far as trees go this isn't the most attractive one around but, the low winter sunlight was shining on it, and with a background of the countryside and blue sky with scudding clouds, drew me to it.
Valiantly surviving in a location one might think no tree could survive, with an onslaught of tourists that could kill a rock!
Ascending the Pacific Crest Trail in the Angeles National Forest towards Mt. Baden-Powell. This was our highest point (9407ft) on this hike of the Pacific Crest Trail in California.
It is nice to see that they have found ways to use old trees.
The park was forced to close for two weeks in February 2014 after Storm Darwin caused 19 trees to fall and work was needed to repair damaged pavements, railings and unblock pathways. But there was some good news … Ssome of the oldest and rarest trees knocked in Limerick’s People’s Park by Storm Darwin are being given a new lease of life by being transformed into works of art.
It is nice to see that they have found ways to use old trees.
The park was forced to close for two weeks in February 2014 after Storm Darwin caused 19 trees to fall and work was needed to repair damaged pavements, railings and unblock pathways. But there was some good news … some of the oldest and rarest trees knocked in Limerick’s People’s Park by Storm Darwin are being given a new lease of life by being transformed into works of art.
Sadly one of the rarest trees in the park, an ornamental tree called a ‘Tetradium Danielli” which was about 80 or 90 years old was destroyed in the storm. The tree in question is commonly called a ‘Bee Bee’ tree as it is covered in late July and August with masses of small white flowers which attracts large numbers of bees as a source of late summer honey. Prk management had a chat with Zambian woodcarver Paradazi Havatyitye and as a result he carved three beautiful bees in the remaining stump.
I was looking for ruins in the woods near the old 1800's Etowah Iron Works in Georgia. Didn't find anything new that I hadn't seen before, but I came across this strange spot that seemed almost like an old home site. It was mostly clear with just this huge old tree spreading its limbs. This area had been mined and cleared of trees (to fire the furnaces) in the 1800s. The woods have grown back up, but not to the size of this goliath, which somehow avoided being cut.
Discovered these inside a rotten hollow tree trunk. There were mushrooms inside and outside of the trunk, a perfect spot for fungi.
This is an old twisted Ewe Tree which for once had some real colour about it. Just liked how the fallen leaf hung on in the groove between the trunks.
Continuing our 395 adventure, we visited the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. These are some of the oldest living organisms in the world. Many were old before the pyramids were built.
A double exposure to say "Nature girl", smiling at us from within the forest. I would have preferred a more mysterious look, w/o the smile, but we will take whatever we get. If our model thinks she is more beautiful smiling, which she is, as is everybody, then it will be a smiling photo. But then, there is always much more light in a smile. And as the saying goes, find the beautiful light and photograph whatever is in it. There you have it. My "Nature Girl" with the light in her smile.
Old trees photographed at Babbacombe Cliff Top Gardens in February © Nicky Scholnick 2015.
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seen in High Park, a couple of weeks ago....and posted today because of a posting by my friend contact, Gypsy Flores...of a tree seen in Corsica, where ahe recently visited...it made me wonder just how old this New World tree is.....
I can't think why I didn't put this one in my gallery when I took it. This is an old tree in the more remote 'High Park' area of Blenheim Park in Oxfordshire. Blenheim is best known for its sensational landscape gardens, but it also includes an area of ancient woodland that is a relic of the original Wychwood that once spread over Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, and Oxfordshire.
Oak trees often have a very long decline at the ends of their lives; this tree hasn't changed much in about 10 years. Whimsically I find it reminiscent of an opera singer! The shapes that one can see in it depend very much on one's stand-point and the light.
As can be seen on this day the light was very clear and I took a number of photos, so many that it was difficult to select one for the gallery. I liked the contrast in this particular image.
Old trees are an important resource in nature as they give shelter and provide a food source for a range of animals. In an unmanaged wood up to 25% of the trees may be dead.