Trees of the American Southwest

[David Kilpatrick]

We had lovely sunshine in the Borders while points South were under feet of snow still. But I was glued to a chair designing graphics for a Focus on Imaging stand all day

Your sensor needs cleaning, there's a lot of dust on it and some fairly big examples! Conditions like that tend to show it up.

David

[gio67]

We had lovely sunshine in the Borders while points South were under feet of snow still. But I was glued to a chair designing graphics for a Focus on Imaging stand all day

Your sensor needs cleaning, there's a lot of dust on it and some fairly big examples! Conditions like that tend to show it up.

David

thanks david,
i,m going on a south america cruise in about a month so i'll have to get that done before that, how easy or hard is it or should i take it to a photography shop

[David Kilpatrick]

It's not difficult, and photo shops vary from being expert to hopeless at this kind of thing. You need to buy a good blower like a Giottos Rocket Blower before going on your cruise. All you have to do is read the instruction book, use the sensor cleaning mode (mirror locked up, shutter open, camera must have fully charged batteries); with the lens off; camera held facing down, not up, so stuff does not fall into it; blow from outside the lens mount, do not poke the blower nozzle into the camera, short sharp blasts will do the job.

David

[gio67]

thanks david picking one up from fotosense bolton tomorrow,
fingers crossed

[bakubo]

Stephen, one of these days I am going to have to get to Australia. I have met many Australians while traveling, but haven't actually made it to your country yet. Interesting trees with the bark peeling off.

gio67, it looks pretty cold and that tree is awful lonely looking. Haven't been to Scotland yet either, but I met a great Scottish gal in Ecuador in 2005. One of these days I hope to get to Scotland too.

[bakubo]

There's been some fine and interesting tree images posted from Henry, Winston, David, Steven and others, but my vote (for what it's worth), so far has to go too Henry with those extraordinary Caddo lake trees...fascinating.

Thanks, Greg. I think all the posted photos from everyone are interesting and I am happy to see them. I hope people will continue posting. I like the way these kinds of photo threads can sometimes veer off into other subjects to discuss and different types of photos. I tend to like that sort of free form discussion. On some other threads the subject kind of careens around and people start riffing and it is cool.

[bakubo]

Just for fun, this is maybe a slight veer off from tree photos, but still related. This is a photo of a big carved tree stump that I found off the trail in the woods in British Columbia in 2003:



Camera was the Minolta D7i.

[aster]

Hi bakubo,

Reminds me of the ancient statues on the Easter Island.
Nice catch!

Yildiz

[Winston]

This is a photo of a big carved tree stump that I found off the trail in the woods in British Columbia in 2003:

Thanks for sharing this one. Any idea how old it is?

[bakubo]

Thanks for sharing this one. Any idea how old it is?

I don't know how old it is, but it was pretty weathered so it must have been over a decade old. I'm sure it wasn't ancient though. It is quite big too. I would say it is about 8-10 feet in diameter and over 10-12 feet tall. It is probably a Douglas Fir or maybe Western Red Cedar. By the way, you can see new growth coming out the top of the stump.

Yildiz, yes it reminds me of the Easter Island statues too. The next time I am in British Columbia I hope I can find it again.

[Winston]

Thanks for the info. Wasn't sure if the growth was on the stump or something behind it.

[David Kilpatrick]

Thanks for sharing this one. Any idea how old it is?

I don't know how old it is, but it was pretty weathered so it must have been over a decade old. I'm sure it wasn't ancient though. It is quite big too. I would say it is about 8-10 feet in diameter and over 10-12 feet tall. It is probably a Douglas Fir or maybe Western Red Cedar. By the way, you can see new growth coming out the top of the stump.

Yildiz, yes it reminds me of the Easter Island statues too. The next time I am in British Columbia I hope I can find it again.

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If you can see new growth, it is not Douglas Fir or Western Red Cedar. Neither are capable of growing from cut wood. Both make excellent guitar tops, I have had instruments made with each wood type. Like most cypress/cedar/fir once cut down, that's the end of the tree - unlike deciduous/hardwood trees, they can not be pollarded or coppiced, and will not grow again. Nor can they be pruned, which is why Leylandii are such a menace in Britain - they grow amazingly fast in our wet climate, and can not be stopped. All you can do is cut the top off.

David

[bakubo]

If you can see new growth, it is not Douglas Fir or Western Red Cedar. Neither are capable of growing from cut wood. Both make excellent guitar tops, I have had instruments made with each wood type. Like most cypress/cedar/fir once cut down, that's the end of the tree - unlike deciduous/hardwood trees, they can not be pollarded or coppiced, and will not grow again. Nor can they be pruned, which is why Leylandii are such a menace in Britain - they grow amazingly fast in our wet climate, and can not be stopped. All you can do is cut the top off.

I don't know trees well so maybe it is some other kind of tree. In that area there are a lot of Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar trees though. There are also Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce trees. By the way, there are many old tree stumps there from when they did logging about 150 years ago. Many of them have new growth on top, but it isn't growth coming from the stump resprouting. I am sure it is growth from seeds that land on the soft, moist, rotting top that start to grow and take root. Lots of the stumps have stuff growing out of them. I have no idea *what* it is that is growing there though.

[bfitzgerald]

Interesting thread, some very nice shots indeed.

I have not really given much attention to trees as the primary focus in most shots, I shall certainly look into this more for the future.

[Javelin]

Those forests are so alive that even a rotting trunk will get rooted with other tree species in pretty short order. it doesn't take mother nature long here to reclaim anything she wants ..

If you can see new growth, it is not Douglas Fir or Western Red Cedar. Neither are capable of growing from cut wood. Both make excellent guitar tops, I have had instruments made with each wood type. Like most cypress/cedar/fir once cut down, that's the end of the tree - unlike deciduous/hardwood trees, they can not be pollarded or coppiced, and will not grow again. Nor can they be pruned, which is why Leylandii are such a menace in Britain - they grow amazingly fast in our wet climate, and can not be stopped. All you can do is cut the top off.

I don't know trees well so maybe it is some other kind of tree. In that area there are a lot of Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar trees though. There are also Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce trees. By the way, there are many old tree stumps there from when they did logging about 150 years ago. Many of them have new growth on top, but it isn't growth coming from the stump resprouting. I am sure it is growth from seeds that land on the soft, moist, rotting top that start to grow and take root. Lots of the stumps have stuff growing out of them. I have no idea *what* it is that is growing there though.