Thursday’s Task

[John Holbrook]

Thursday’s Task: Bare tree(s) in the landscape. Your interpretation.

Yellowstone National Park, WY

Capitol Reef, UT

Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

 

[AlanLichty]

Great topic - and as usual some fun examples of some noteworthy snags. Off to my archive

 

[dan swiger]

Bristlecone Pine

Naked elm tree

Oaks in Spring

Solitary elm tree

Dogwoods in Yosemite

Mariposa Grove

 

[John Holbrook]

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Bristlecone Pine

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Naked elm tree

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Oaks in Spring

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Solitary elm tree


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Dogwoods in Yosemite

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Mariposa Grove

Dan, beautiful trees you’ve shared and thanks for doing so. I especially favor the first three––my favorite is the black and white tree with snow covered branches. Gorgeous image! Thanks again!

 

[Ken Rennie]

Bare winter trees all in Cumbria a few miles from home. Ken

 

[AlanLichty]

We have lots of trees in the Pacific NW but it's quite rare to see them bare as they are typically well encrusted with moss and ferns by the time they reach their Best Used By date. Driftwood is likely the closest we come to actually bare but I decided to search through desert images to get my offerings for today's task.

Panorama Point in Capital Reef National Park:

Kodachrome Basin:

Arches National Park:

I decided to rework the following two images to bring them more in line with current post processing tools.

Oregon's Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument:

This scene has part of a dead tree in it although its likely it was dragged to this location in Upper Antelope Canyon for tourists like me:

 

[John Holbrook]

Bare winter trees all in Cumbria a few miles from home. Ken
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Ken, great images you shared—and thank you for sharing each of them. I especially love the B&W images with many favorites—and the last two color images are truly special as well. All your images are “tree-rific!”

 

[Trent Watts]

So many beautiful shots to try and follow.
My take is at a much smaller scale. Here is another interpretation of bare trees.

Branches caught at the edge of a pond with reflections creating interesting shapes .

A fence post (well it was a tree once!) with ice spicules created during a wind storm.

A tree with bare spots from a porcupine eating the bark.

A Silver Willow branch with berries taken in the winter.

Branches hanging close to the river surface where the water levels go up and down with wind and currents. During cold spells the water freezes and makes wonderful sculptures.

 

[John Holbrook]

We have lots of trees in the Pacific NW but it's quite rare to see them bare as they are typically well encrusted with moss and ferns by the time they reach their Best Used By date. Driftwood is likely the closest we come to actually bare but I decided to search through desert images to get my offerings for today's task.

Panorama Point in Capital Reef National Park:

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Kodachrome Basin:

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Arches National Park:

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I decided to rework the following two images to bring them more in line with current post processing tools.

Oregon's Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument:

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This scene has part of a dead tree in it although its likely it was dragged to this location in Upper Antelope Canyon for tourists like me:

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Alan, I like your Panorama Point image—love the composition. The Arches and the Kodachrome Basin images are well seen captures—nice. The John Day Oregon’s Painted Hills is a beautiful image too—a beautiful landscape captured. Perhaps my favorite is Upper Antelope Canyon image—truly beautiful. (I hadn’t thought about the dead tree being moved to that location). Thanks for sharing each of these Alan.

 

[John Holbrook]

So many beautiful shots to try and follow.
My take is at a much smaller scale. Here is another interpretation of bare trees.

Branches caught at the edge of a pond with reflections creating interesting shapes .
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A fence post (well it was a tree once!) with ice spicules created during a wind storm.
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A tree with bare spots from a porcupine eating the bark.
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A Silver Willow branch with berries taken in the winter.
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Branches hanging close to the river surface where the water levels go up and down with wind and currents. During cold spells the water freezes and makes wonderful sculptures.
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Trent, I love your “bare tree” interpretation. I love your first and last images perhaps the most, but all are well chosen for this Task. The B&W image with the ice spicules was a great image too—love seeing this weather phenomenon. And a great image of the “porcupine tree” too—very interesting. Thanks for sharing all these images Trent.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Another interesting task - you seem to have an inexhaustible list of them.

A few of mine hopefully appropriate for this week.

Arches NP #1

Arches NP #2

Arches NP #3

Somewhere in Oregon

 

[John Holbrook]

Another interesting task - you seem to have an inexhaustible list of them.

A few of mine hopefully appropriate for this week.

Arches NP #1
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Arches NP #2
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Arches NP #3
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Somewhere in Oregon
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Jameel, beautifully bare trees and good composition in each. I especially favor Arches #1 (love the simplicity in this compsition) and Arches #3 (good composition with all elements therein). The Oregon image is beautiful—love the balance of the bare tree and the mountain range beyond—composition here as well. Thank you for sharing all of these gorgeous captures.

 

[larryj]

Here are a few from my archive:

Photography Tree At Monument Valley

Old tree at Red Rocks

Winter tree at Red Rocks

Tree with Spanish Moss in ST Augustine, FL.

 

[John Holbrook]

Here are a few from my archive:

Photography Tree At Monument Valley

Old tree at Red Rocks

Winter tree at Red Rocks

Tree with Spanish Moss in ST Augustine, FL.

Larry, an interesting variety of bare tree images—and thank you for sharing them! Your first image, the B&W Monument Valley capture is my most favorite image. Great composition and editing as well. Very, very nice. I like both of your Red Rocks images, especially the second—very nice. Love the blue sky above the red rocks. I like the Spanish Moss draped branches in the last image as well. Thanks again for sharing Larry!

 

[Jeffrey]

From the White Mtns, Eastern CA.

In the Carrizo Plain, with accompanying dead shed.

 

[John Holbrook]

From the White Mtns, Eastern CA.

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In the Carrizo Plain, with accompanying dead shed.

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Jeffrey, gorgeous black-and-white images you shared. Thank you. I love composition in each one. The first image is my favorite—very, very nice! Thank you so much for sharing them.