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See the same tree from the other side and under other weather conditions.
They smell like jasmine, I love them near my bed when I wake up =)
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It starts out very little
But can turn into something big
A simple change
Can make a difference
Small or sometimes big
You can change the world
One step everyday
Step by step the world will change
Everyday a different way
But only if you take the time
Its not a sacrifice
A bit everyday the world will change
Step by step
Our problems can be solved
And soon everything could be okay.
-- Heaven Ludy
Baobab trees in a safari camp, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.
A reprocess. Original was too dark. Well, actually, now when I look I see I didn't process the same file I did before!
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Will you float or will you sink?
Will you descend and greedily drink?
The waters that flow all around
What treasures below will be found
When you descend and do drink
The waters as you slowly sink
The fog adds such a wonderful softening effect to the environment... Love it.
This was another shot from my excursion with Olga out Windsor and Richmond way
D800E
70-200 VR2
A lone tree in Blackall's Park. I walked around it taking photos of the tree, being careful to maintain the exact same distance and orientation. 22 images combined in PhotoShop.
Seriously - how often do you find such a perfectly formed tree standing alone, right in the middle of a field? Gorgeous. I shall revisit this one.
Taken at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Carmarthenshire, Wales. UK.
It was pouring down with rain when I took this shot, so I have replaced the bland, grey sky with something a bit more interesting!
Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
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From the ant's perspective
Strobist info:
I was crouched, Camera was resting over my foot pointing up. Sony HVL-F60M flash, 1/64 level. Hand hold over my head. Proprietary SONY IR trigger.
Stylized with Capture One Pro 8.2
Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA.... across the entire campus are innumerable rare and specimen plants, flowers, and trees !
"Taxodium (pronounced /tækˈsoʊdiəm/)[2] is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin word taxus, meaning "yew," and the Greek word εἶδος (eidos), meaning "similar to."[3] Within the family, Taxodium is most closely related to Chinese Swamp Cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis) and Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica).
Species of Taxodium occur in the southern part of the North American continent and are deciduous in the north and semi-evergreen to evergreen in the south. They are large trees, reaching 100–150 ft (30–46 m) tall and 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) (exceptionally 11 m/36 ft) trunk diameter. The needle-like leaves, 0.5–2 cm (0.20–0.79 in) long, are borne spirally on the shoots, twisted at the base so as to appear in two flat rows on either side of the shoot. The cones are globose, 2–3.5 cm (0.79–1.4 in) diameter, with 10-25 scales, each scale with 1-2 seeds; they are mature in 7-9 months after pollination, when they disintegrate to release the seeds. The male (pollen) cones are produced in pendulous racemes, and shed their pollen in early spring.
The trees are especially prized for their wood, of which the heartwood is extremely rot and termite resistant. The heartwood contains a sesquiterpene called cypressene,[4] which acts as a natural preservative. It takes decades for cypressene to accumulate in the wood, so lumber taken from old-growth trees is more rot resistant than that from second-growth trees.[5] However, age also increases susceptibility to Pecky Rot fungus (Stereum taxodii), which attacks the heartwood and causes some damaged trees to become hollow and thus useless for timber. Bald Cypress wood was much used in former days in the southeastern United States for roof shingles.[6] The shredded bark of these trees is used as a mulch, although the current harvest rate for this product is unsustainable and is causing substantial environmental damage especially in the south where cutting boundaries are not being followed." wikipedia.org
"One Tree Hill" by U2
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill
As the day begs the night for mercy love
The sun so bright it leaves no shadows
Only scars carved into stone
On the face of earth
The moon is up and over One Tree Hill
We see the sun go down in your eyes
You run like river, on like a sea
You run like a river runs to the sea
And in the world a heart of darkness
A fire zone
Where poets speak their heart
Then bleed for it
Jara sang, his song a weapon
In the hands of love
You know his blood still cries
From the ground
It runs like a river runs to the sea
It runs like a river to the sea
I don't believe in painted roses
Or bleeding hearts
While bullets rape the night of the merciful
I'll see you again
When the stars fall from the sky
And the moon has turned red
Over One Tree Hill
We run like a river
Run to the sea
We run like a river to the sea
And when it's raining
Raining hard
That's when the rain will
Break my heart
Raining...raining in the heart
Raining in your heart
Raining...raining to your heart
Raining, raining...raining
Raining to your heart
Raining...raining in your heart
Raining in your heart..
To the sea
Oh great ocean
Oh great sea
Run to the ocean
Run to the sea
A reminder to please post your pictures over at EB Mates gallery if you have joined up, so as to save me time when commenting while I am away... If you dont post your picture there, I probably wont see it to comment on it... Thanks! Danke! Merci! Grazie! Obrigado! Gracias! Cheers!