Thursday’s Task

Trent Watts

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Interesting topic John... And as always a fantastic cover slide. You have such a skill.
Here are some vegetation away from my home images.
Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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Grass weaving patterns in sand on a beach in Prince Edward Island.
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Sheep terraced hills in New Zealand.
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A bucolic scene on the Rhine river in Germany.
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Near a castle in Strasbourg, Germany.
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Tundra in Churchill Manitoba.
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Wind blown tamarack trees in Churchill, Manitoba.
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Trent Watts

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Ken Rennie

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I am presently in Devon, 300 miles South from home. This is long distance in the UK, but just a short step by the standards of most of your trips. Dartmoor in fiction is a wild, windswept, foggy place with dangerous bogs and hounds from hell but in reality is a pleasant 1,000ft plateau with curious granite tors sticking up through the surprisingly solid ground. Most of Scotland is very wet underfoot and anything called a moor will be, in reality, a peat bog wet at all times of the year.

Haytor with the last of this year's heather and broom


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A granite outcrop providing shelter for this thorn tree


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More to come when I get back "on grid". Off to Cornwall for some seascapes. Ken
 

John Holbrook

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Interesting topic John... And as always a fantastic cover slide. You have such a skill.
Here are some vegetation away from my home images.
Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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Grass weaving patterns in sand on a beach in Prince Edward Island.
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Sheep terraced hills in New Zealand.
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A bucolic scene on the Rhine river in Germany.
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Near a castle in Strasbourg, Germany.
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Tundra in Churchill Manitoba.
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Wind blown tamarack trees in Churchill, Manitoba.
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Trent, thank you for sharing all of these varied, interesting and beautiful images. I favor the snowy Churchill scenes and especially so the windswept tamarack trees landscape—my favorite. I also love the foggy woodland path in Germany. The grass patterned sand on Prince Edward’s Island was another well seen scene. Nice.
 

John Holbrook

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I am presently in Devon, 300 miles South from home. This is long distance in the UK, but just a short step by the standards of most of your trips. Dartmoor in fiction is a wild, windswept, foggy place with dangerous bogs and hounds from hell but in reality is a pleasant 1,000ft plateau with curious granite tors sticking up through the surprisingly solid ground. Most of Scotland is very wet underfoot and anything called a moor will be, in reality, a peat bog wet at all times of the year.

Haytor with the last of this year's heather and broom


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A granite outcrop providing shelter for this thorn tree


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More to come when I get back "on grid". Off to Cornwall for some seascapes. Ken
Ken, I love your second image with the dark, moody sky with the foreground of granite outcrop and thorn tree—nice composition!
 

John Holbrook

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The Patriarchs in Zion National Park:

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The Palace Tombs in Petra Jordan. What vegetation you see is what the goats won't eat:

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The Watchman in Zion N.P.:

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Roadside vegetation along US26 east of Mitchell, Oregon:

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Head Spur in Canyonlands N.P.:

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Cottonwood Canyon - Grand Staircase Escalante N.M.:

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Nice variety of landscapes you’ve shared Alan. I like the Zion image with the fallen logs in the foreground—nice. The tree shown prominently in the Mitchell, OR is certainly worth stopping to shoot—what species is that? The Cottonwood Canyon image is beautiful with the different layers and colors—nice! Of course, my favorite is your Watchman landscape image—beautiful light. Second in preference is the beautiful Canyonlands image—with moon! Thank you for sharing all of these.
 
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AlanLichty

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Nice variety of landscapes you’ve shared Alan. I like the Zion image with the fallen logs in the foreground—nice. The tree shown prominently in the Mitchell, OR is certainly worth stopping to shoot—what species is that? The Cottonwood Canyon image is beautiful with the different layers and colors—nice! Of course, my favorite is your Watchman landscape image—beautiful light. Second in preference is the beautiful Canyonlands image—with moon! Thank you for sharing all of these.
Thanks John - It's tempting to say that the tree along US26 is the Nike tree but I believe that other brands of shoes have been lobbed up into those branches as well. No idea what the tree looked like when it was still alive :)
 

John Holbrook

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Thanks John - It's tempting to say that the tree along US26 is the Nike tree but I believe that other brands of shoes have been lobbed up into those branches as well. No idea what the tree looked like when it was still alive :)
Maybe it‘s a “shopping tree” provided one has a ladder!
 

John Holbrook

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Starting with Hawaii...

1) Palm trees at Secret Beach
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2) Rainbow Eucalyptys
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3) Bamboo
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4) Baobab tree in Botswana
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5) And closer to home some Joshua Trees
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Kyle, thank you so much for sharing these very beautiful images! Secret Beach—glad you found it to share its intrinsic beauty—well captured. And thank you for sharing the Rainbow Eucalyptus image—very colorful! I love the Baobab tree silhouette against the gorgeous sky. Perfect! My favorite is your Joshua Trees landscape—the light, the composition, and limited color palette all contribute to a memorable image. Thank you for sharing.
 

John Holbrook

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Here are a few images from some of my trips!

Meadow Lake, Wyoming


Barchart Gardens in Canada


View from the South Rim of Grand Canyo

Waterfall in Iceland


Sunset at a beach in New Zealand
Thank you for sharing each of these varied and beautiful photographs, Larry. The Grand Canyon and the New Zealand images are my favorites. The Barchart Gardens certainly displays a number of varied plant species in a wider composition to encompass them all. The Meadow Lake’s reflection adds much to this scene to make a memorable landscape. Nice.
 
Here are my contributions for this week's task, John. This was a brain teaser and as you can tell it took me a while to search my files to get a good cross-section of the United States.

Midwest: Large Flowering Trillium IL.

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West Coast Rain Forest. Hoh Rain Forest, WA.
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California: Redwood Forest
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California: Cholla Cactii, Phacelia, Brittlebush, Lupine, and Brown-eyed Primrose in the Mojave Desert
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Alpine Habitat: Bear Grass and Heather, Mt. Rainier, WA
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Hawaii Desert: Silversword plants on Haleakala Volcano, HI
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New England: Birches and Sugar Maples, NH
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Tropical climate: Kalalau Valley, Kokee State Park, Hawaii
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John Holbrook

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Doug, wow! Wonderful variety of beautiful images—and thank you for sharing! I especially love the “Cholla Cactii, Phacelia, Brittlebush, Lupine, and Brown-eyed Primrose in the Mojave Desert” image—and thank you for identifying each of them! It’s my favorite for variety, colors, soft lighting, and composition. It was difficult to choose this California image OR the Silversword plants in Hawaii image—wonderful color and perfect composition. Very nice! The Kokee State Park image, the New England birches and sugar maples image, and the Mt. Ranier bear grass and heather image should also be praised as well. Thanks again!
 
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