Trees of the American Southwest

[Bodak]

That's funny Bak. Been in those situations myself.

[bakubo]

I took this photo at Kualoa Ranch, Oahu:



The absolutely stunning, gorgeous Kaaawa Valley is there and probably all of you have seen it. Lots of movies and TV shows have been filmed here such as Jurassic Park, Windtalkers, Pearl Harbor, Godzilla, Tears of the Sun, 50 First Dates, Hawaii Five-O, Magnum P.I., Lost.

[jcoffin]

I took this photo at Kualoa Ranch, Oahu:

That is a nice shot!

[bakubo]

Thanks! I converted to B&W with the channel mixer and boosted the green channel a lot and backed off on the red and blue a bit to give it sort of an infrared look.

[aster]

Interesting use of the channels bakubo.

The tree itself looks like sculpture but you really turned the photo into a 'more appealing' art piece. It has a 3d sense of popping out of the 2d plane with some parts of the tree.

The deeper into the archives you go the more interesting pieces seem to surface. And did you say that you hardly shot nature photos? If this is the 'hardly' part then you must have a gigantic archive of other subjects!

Thanks for sharing the good work,
Yildiz

[bakubo]

The deeper into the archives you go the more interesting pieces seem to surface. And did you say that you hardly shot nature photos? If this is the 'hardly' part then you must have a gigantic archive of other subjects!

Truly, I don't shoot nature stuff much, but I do have a few. Here's one from Hawaii:

[bakubo]

I recommend the drive along the Natchez Trace National Parkway. In the spring of 2000 we made a 5 week road trip from Austin, Texas to Key West, Florida hugging the Gulf Coast the whole way along the coastal highway and then after Key West hugged the Atlantic coast all the way up to North Carolina and then back through North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and back to Austin, Texas. On that trip we drove on 2 national parkways: Blue Ridge Parkway and Natchez Trace Parkway. Both were excellent!

The earlier photo I posted of a section of the old Natchez Trace in Mississippi was from 2000 and on film. Here are 3 from a couple of days ago with the A700:







After centuries of use and erosion the trail is significantly lower than the surrounding land.

We are 29 days into our road trip and in Athens, Texas (East Texas) now. Heading back to Austin and soon plan to go out west -- I love the west much more!

[bakubo]

This is a tree in East Texas last week.



Please, everyone feel free to post tree photos on this thread!

[KevinBarrett]

Where in East Texas? I went to university in Marshall and know most of that half of the state very well.



Here's an older tree from a park here in Fort Worth.

[bakubo]

Where in East Texas? I went to university in Marshall and know most of that half of the state very well.

It was on a tiny country road (no lanes) maybe 10 miles east of Athens not too far off of Hwy 31.

[KevinBarrett]

I often took 31 to go from Marshall to Tyler. Not as fast as I20, but a lot easier on the eyes. I haven't been that way since I got into digital photography, though. I should go back soon.

[bakubo]

I often took 31 to go from Marshall to Tyler. Not as fast as I20, but a lot easier on the eyes. I haven't been that way since I got into digital photography, though. I should go back soon.

Many years ago (30 and more) I fairly often used Hwy 31 to go from Tyler to Waco (and then I35 to Austin). Don't get up that way much anymore though. Speaking of Marshall, I passed through there the same day I took the tree photo above.

[Greg Beetham]

Just a pic of an old dead tree, but the ancient grass trees beside it are in 'bloom' with their peculiar spear 'flowers'.
Greg

KM5D KM18-200


Here's a better view of a grass tree that includes the base, these mustn't be very old, they do eventually get more of a trunk a few feet tall with the grassy tuffet on the top.

[Birma]

Interesting pictures Greg - they have a definite 'outback' feel to them, well as much as someone who only ever sees it on the tv can tell I think I have some relations of that grass tree growing in my lawn I love the colour of the blue sky as well. A nice reminder that the sky does not have to be flat , dull and grey. British summer is living up to the worst of its reputation at the moment.

[Greg Beetham]

Thanks mate, ha ha, sounds like you might need a stump grinder for that lawn instead of a lawn mower....
"I think I have some relations of that grass tree growing in my lawn"
Yes there was a chilly breeze from the Antarctic that morning, the air was dry and not a single cloud to be seen, didn't even see a single skippy anywhere on the road up the mountain, you nomally see a couple on that road.
Greg