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no not ghost gums, have no idea what they were but they looked kinda spooky, had to give em' the fractals treatment.
large trees in the park are given a coat of white at the base, which blends with the tree's secretions and takes on different hues.
Yashica FX- D Quartz camera
50 mm lens
Fomapan 200, 35 mm
b/w negative film
Adox Atomal 49 developer (10 min.)
Home made stop bath (water+alcoholic vinegar)
Adox Adofix rapid fixer (4 min.)
Canoscan 4400F
This tree was previously damaged. In fact a lot of our trees are in bad shape due to insects or possibly disease. We're expecting a wild storm with very heavy rain and winds 50-70 mph. Hope that doesn't happen. My thoughts are with those in states that had tornado damage and loss of life.
Not terribly pleased with this... just one of those days when perhaps i should have left the camera at home.
There are those who believe this may become the newest Olympic competition. Rodeos have calf roping and lassoing, but there is no sport in the summer Olympics to rival that.
The idea here is to:
1. Rope your tree from a designated distance ( to be determined by the Olympic Committee).
2. Rush over and secure your tree by wrapping the rope securely around it.
3. Tie it off with a sheep shank, a Spanish bowline or a sheet bend knot ( to be determined by the Olympic Committee).
This not not an easy competition because it requires the competitors to have a knowledge of nautical knots as well as roping. It has yet ( to be determined by the Olympic Committee) if the entrants will be on horseback.
There is another theory that since this is not on the water, it may be the site where Boris Badenov and Natasha tied Li’l Nell up to trap Dudley Do-Right. Because there are no railroad tracks in the area, this is a plausible scenario.
Lastly, it could just be a yard decoration, but I doubt that!
Happy Texture Tuesday!
at the Park Series ....
Taken Sept 7, 2016
Thanks for your visits, faves, invites and comments ... (c)rebfoto
I've noticed Mistletoe growing increasingly in UK trees, so I read up about it and learnt that it's due in part to an influx of continental blackcaps from Germany that have started overwintering in Britain, with many thousands now spending their winters here.
'Blackcaps are migratory warblers that are becoming regular winter visitors to our bird tables. Berries, including those of mistletoe, are an essential part of their diet. On eating the white flesh of the mistletoe berry, the birds wipe their bills on twigs and branches, leaving behind the seed. If the seed is deposited on a host tree and manages to take hold, a mistletoe plant might germinate on the branch. It seems that blackcaps are more efficient at spreading mistletoe seeds than other birds, such as the mistle thrush, which also feed on the berries.' - www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2018/12/where-does-mistleto....
'According to the Anglo-Saxons, kissing under the mistletoe was connected to the legend of Freya, Norse Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. According to legend, a man had to kiss any young girl who, without realizing it, found herself accidentally under a sprig of mistletoe hanging from the ceiling.' www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/articles/mythology_folklore/mis....
Mike Oldfield ~ Incantations Part Four
Through the trees i see the light
The distant beauty of blue and white
Shining down into my looking eyes
From the vast, wide, infinite skies
Beyond the trees, where the light
Is coloured blue and the purest white
Traditionally, whenever there's a family gathering, I tend to take an hour or so to wander around the neighbourhoods and drive around aimlessly, hoping to find a photo or two. This year's All Saints' Day was no different.
Taken with Pentax MZ-5 film camera and smc Pentax-FA 28–90mm F3.5–5.6 kit lens, on a roll of Foma Fomapan 200 Creative film. Developed in Adox Adonal, 1+50 dilution at 21°C.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner using VueScan 9.
This red headed woodpecker was photographed perched in a tree at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County, Florida. See this, and more, on my website at tom-claud.pixels.com.
This little tree Swallow landed on top of a nest box in a designated rookery area in Shollenberger Park. How wonderful to see that it is that time of year again when they make their annual visit to Shollenberger Park. Shollenberger park is a 165-acre wetland park located in Petaluma, California. This park is part of one of the last wetlands of its kind in the country. It is a bird watcher's paradise, attracting 225 species of birds, including threatened species. The Audubon Society has ranked Shollenberger Park as an important birding site, and the San Francisco Chronicle ranks it as a top destination for nature lovers. The park is home to rare animal and plant species.
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It's my car in the background - I thought it would be a nice spot of colour.
This oak was planted in the year 1871 as a token of peace.
In that year the Franco-Prussian War (1870 -1871) was finished.
The tree is called Oak of Freedom.
Thanks for your visits, so many comments and favs!
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The tree sticking up out of the forest points almost right at the moon. It almost looks like it's ready to blast off.
Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) perched near its nest territory on a fence row bordering a grassy meadow along the south end of Beaverhill Lake east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
The green background is the grassy meadow.
15 May, 2017.
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Trees IR 720nm
One last image from last weekend and my wander around a field near Plumpton trying out a few infrared images. Its a style of photography that is interesting, perhaps not everyone's cup of tea. It is always interesting to hear peoples thoughts on the images, so please feel free to comment.
Plumpton near Penrith, Cumbria, UK
Sony A6000 (converted IR720nm)
Sony FE24-70mm f2.8 GM
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