John Holbrook
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Thursday’s Task: Share a TREE-RIFIC landscape! My examples below:
Yellowstone National Park, WY
Custer State Park, SD
Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
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Thursday’s Task: Share a TREE-RIFIC landscape! My examples below:
Yellowstone National Park, WY
Custer State Park, SD
Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
AlanLichty
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It took me a moment to "see" your tree in the title artwork. Nicely done John. Off to the archive to see what I can find for this one 
ProCaliberTraveler
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I took a drive in Buttermilk country near where I live last week and found a tree.
AlanLichty
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The deserts are best for isolating individual trees - first up is Bryce Canyon:
Arches National Park:
Painted Hills in Oregon:
On the other hand trees in the NW forests can be fun too - North Fork Siuslaw River:
Sweet Creek, Siuslaw National Forest Oregon:
Silver Falls State Park, Oregon:
Arches National Park:
Painted Hills in Oregon:
On the other hand trees in the NW forests can be fun too - North Fork Siuslaw River:
Sweet Creek, Siuslaw National Forest Oregon:
Silver Falls State Park, Oregon:
John Holbrook
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I love single tree compositions—and both images are well composed. Beautiful landscapes Michael and a great subject. It’s very hard to choose a favorite…but it would be the second image—very, very nice! Again Michael, thank you for sharing!
Trent Watts
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Fantastic creativity with your intro again John.
Here is a not so beautiful, but interesting nonetheless group of trees.
This Aspen bush is the tourist attraction in a small town about an hours drive from where I live. It is called the Crooked Bush by locals.
I'm not sure anyone has the definitive answer for the odd growth but it is believed to be a genetic mutation that causes the tree to grow downward and sideways instead of upward. As with all Aspen this is all one organism as the shoots go underground and come up as another 'tree'.
Here is a not so beautiful, but interesting nonetheless group of trees.
This Aspen bush is the tourist attraction in a small town about an hours drive from where I live. It is called the Crooked Bush by locals.
I'm not sure anyone has the definitive answer for the odd growth but it is believed to be a genetic mutation that causes the tree to grow downward and sideways instead of upward. As with all Aspen this is all one organism as the shoots go underground and come up as another 'tree'.
John Holbrook
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I agree with you Alan—for my Task examples, I first chose only Bryce Canyon images! I love all your Oregon compositions, and the Bryce and Arches are perfect as well. My favorites are the Sweet Creek and Silver Falls images—gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.
John Holbrook
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Trent, thank you for sharing these aspen bush images—very interesting about the genetic mutation growth too. I like that the locals named it the Crooked Bush. I like the second image with the walkway and the overarching branch.
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Another creative topic and your intro image.
Here are some of mine.
Somewhere in Oregon
The Watchman in Zion
Another Zion image
And just for fun, an IR image with some creative license in terms of color palette
Here are some of mine.
Somewhere in Oregon
The Watchman in Zion
Another Zion image
And just for fun, an IR image with some creative license in terms of color palette
John Holbrook
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Tim, beautiful panorama you’ve shared (thank you!) with beautiful sky and composition. Love the bare branched trees!
John Holbrook
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Jameel, I love the “Somewhere in Oregon” landscape with its beautiful light and composition—very nice! I also love the Zion images, especially the second with the lone tree’s green color giving it strong color contrast in the composition. And speaking of color contrasts—your IR image works well with the pinks and blues in your last image. Well done! Thank you for sharing.
John Holbrook
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Larry, five well executed images—thank you for sharing. I love the second image, “Trees and Mountains” with its perfect composition—well done! My favorite composition is “Pine Tree on Red Rock.” I love the spare composition of elements—perfect! I also love the “Red Rocks and a Tree” image—very nice indeed.Here are a few from my archive:
Tired old Tree near Red Rocks Park
Trees and Mountains
Red Rocks and a Tree
Large Cactus in Arizona
Pine Tree on Red Rock
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