Trees

[Dr. Harout]

Bruce, those last 2 shots are awesome.

[Birma]

Spectacular series Bruce - thanks for sharing .

[UrsaMajor]

I hope nobody minds me introducing a new concept to this forum - a thread where everyone can contribute on a specified subject.

When I'm out and about with my camera in rural settings something that always captures my attention is trees, hence the topic title. I would love to see everyones take on trees, as they can be a most difficult subject to capture in the same observation that you see with your eyes.

This may be a bit different view of trees than most people have, but here is one of my favorite photo from a family vacation in Canada. This image was taken with my Minolta A2 at Moraine Lake in one of the Canadian National Parks in British Columbia.

With best wishes,
- Tom -

[Dr. Harout]

Tom, regardless of the sadness within the shot I find it quite beautiful.

[UrsaMajor]

Tom, regardless of the sadness within the shot I find it quite beautiful.

Thanks, Doc. I took a lot of conventional photos there also, as it is a really pretty area, but I could not resist that one. Part of the reason I decided to take it was the contrast between the dead trees and the natural beauty of the area, and part of the reason was that I just liked the composition.

The location is so pretty that the Canadians used an image of Moraine Lake on their currency for some time - although I don't think that they still do so. The following image is very conventional, and is also very similar to the one that was on their money, but I could not resist taking it in spite of that. It was taken with my Minolta A2.

With best wishes,
- Tom -

[Dr. Harout]

Indeed, very beautiful.

[Greg Beetham]

Very nice work Bruce. And spectacular shots of the lake Tom.
Greg

[Juanito200]

There is some wonderful shots in this thread. Tom I love the shot of the dead trees in the water. Here is a shot of the blossoms on my $15 Pear tree I planted last year in my front yard. Hope you like it. John

[Greg Beetham]

The pear flowers look nice, (sortof cherry blossom-ish), I wonder what pollinates them? it'd still be too cold for insects to be getting about, wouldn't it?
I remember the Doc posted some Apricot flower photos once, and if my memory is correct they look sort of similar too those pear flowers as well....(my memory isn't always 100% tho).
Greg

[Birma]

I really like the lake shots Tom - what a great colour the water is.

Also really like John's pear blossom. I think we are still weeks and weeks away from blossom like that here. We do have insects about. I spotted several buzzy / fly type things (not the technical term you understand ) as well as ants about this weekend while crawling around the garden trying to photograph things.

[UrsaMajor]

I really like the lake shots Tom - what a great colour the water is.

That is the real color of the water, not the result of playing games in post-processing. (Actually, I have another photo taken at the same time that includes a WhiBal card, and I did use it to tweak the color, but the difference was very, very small.)

The lake is glacier-fed, and the turquoise shade of the lake comes from finely powdered rock suspended in the water. (At least that is what the tourist literature in the area said, and I assume that the explanation is accurate.)

Moraine Lake is quite close to another Canadian lake that is much better known - Lake Louise. The first image below is a photo I took of that lake with my Minolta X700 and Fuji Reala film. The scan was done when the film was processed on a Noritsu mini-lab system. As you can see, that image also shows a turquoise water color.

FWIW, the two images of Moraine Lake that I posted previously were taken from almost exactly the same spot in space. (Laterally, but not vertically - ) The second image below shows the exit where the water drains from the lake into a stream, which is why the trees had accumulated there. Next to the trees is a large pile of rocks that is referred to with great originality as "The Rockpile". The top of "The Rockpile" was the location of my second image, and also the point from which the image on Canadian money was shot. "The Rockpile" is actually the reason that Moraine Lake exists - it is the debris from a landslide many years ago that created a natural dam, resulting in the formation of Moraine Lake.

With best wishes,
- Tom -

[Dusty]

The pear flowers look nice, (sortof cherry blossom-ish), I wonder what pollinates them? it'd still be too cold for insects to be getting about, wouldn't it?
I remember the Doc posted some Apricot flower photos once, and if my memory is correct they look sort of similar too those pear flowers as well....(my memory isn't always 100% tho).
Greg

Honey bees will be out as soon at the temps get into the 50's(F). The apricot is the first fruit to bloom in N America, and it's a sign to us bee-keepers that we better be feeding our hives to get then to produce more brood. (We feed them a light sugar syrup to fool them into thinking that there's nectar out there. That gets the Queen to laying so that we have more workers available when the real stuff comes, otherwise your hive is behind the curve on producing enough workers to take advantage of all the nectar there is to gather.)

Dusty

[aster]

Lovely blooms and incredible lake valleys! Astounding all...

I'll try to find some blooming fruit trees myself, John's shot is very 'appetizing' and inspiring...


Yildiz

[Greg Beetham]

Thank's for the explantion on the beekeeping there Dusty, very interesting. There was a news item here not long ago about some fierce foreign bee that carries some 'mite' that wrecks beehives, they were worried it will jump the strait between NG and Cape York, NG is quite close too Australia right there, with quite a few islands dotted about as well, be hard to get rid of it I guess if it got in.

And yeah I've seen a photo that was posted some time ago of that lake, (one or the other, although, I rember those pointy peaks on the left, so maybe it was this one that Tom posted) with that amazing water colour before, it's still just as striking as ever. Grand scenery, well taken Tom.
Greg

[stewartjs]

Not as spectacular as some pictures on this thread, but an iconic location nevertheless, instantly recognisable (I hope) to anyone with a passing knowledge of the history of photography.
Both thaken with A100, Tamron 17-50.

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