Trees

[stefan]

same ol' ... 1 photoperpost ... all trees welcome

i place trees, in particular conifers, at the top of my list of favorite organisms of this here planet. conifers (gymnosperms) have been around since long before flowering trees and find their niches in the most moderate and extreme climates. a simply beautiful and remarkable existence. the last remaining towering cathedrals of ancient forests of the pacific northwest are powerful enough to overwhelm one in unfathomable awe and disbelief ... or the bristlecone that thrives perched high on arid, rugged, windswept peaks of the great basin for thousands of years can leave one utterly speechless in wonder and wonderment.

i'll start it out with a slender conifer of the subalpine found all over the rockies, cascades and mountains of canada, and sits near sea level in southeast alaska. although more recently separated into two species (Abies lasiocarpa and Abies bifolia) which overlap and hybridize, it goes under the common name of Subalpine Fir and is akin to the balsam fir (Abies balsamea) of central canada and northeastern NA

i took this photo during a sunset through a smokey evening sky in glacier


Subalpine Firs, Glacier Nat'l Park, august 2001
http://www.math.utah.edu/%7Esfolias/sc/glacier.jpg

[Cirrus2000]

Sundance Trailhead, Dark Canyon, very early in the morning. May 30, 2006.

[gonzo]

Nicely done, Cirrus. I dig it.

This isn't my favorite tree pic, but it's definitely my most interesting. It took me months to figure out what the heck was happening here:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/11840347_2591ea9c47.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/11840347/)

Turns out that it's a palm inflorescence (cluster of flowers) that the palm tree was producing to attract pollinators. Of course, since this was taken in Long Beach, CA I'm guessing there weren't too many of the tree's native pollinators around.

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[Alex]

East Rim, Zion NP
http://utahbp.com/albums/eastrim/IMG_4159.sized.jpg

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[Alex]

Dude, that tree is awesome! I love the curves :nod:

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[Cirrus2000]

One more with the fam for sense of proportion.
Good idea - I thought it was much smaller than that in the first shot. Very cool tree!

[Jaxx]

tree in willis creek, GSENM

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/jaxpb03/treeshadowwc.jpg

[CarpeyBiggs]

Nicely done, Cirrus. I dig it.

This isn't my favorite tree pic, but it's definitely my most interesting. It took me months to figure out what the heck was happening here:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/11840347_2591ea9c47.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/11840347/)

Turns out that it's a palm inflorescence (cluster of flowers) that the palm tree was producing to attract pollinators. Of course, since this was taken in Long Beach, CA I'm guessing there weren't too many of the tree's native pollinators around.

That thing just makes me uncomfortable. Not sure why, but I just don't like it, yet somehow, I cannot look away. (kinda like the Kramer)

[goofball]

wichita mountains


http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/9011/2498989110044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2498989110044057460qAIixD)

[goofball]

ozarks

http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/8787/2208401050044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2208401050044057460FgxwYD)

[stefan]

Big Leaf Maple, Northern California, May 2000[velvia]
http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/HumboldtMaple.jpg

[AFI]

I love trees as well - here is a pic I took of one in Hawaii last year

[Cirrus2000]

Nicely done, Cirrus. I dig it.

This isn't my favorite tree pic, but it's definitely my most interesting. It took me months to figure out what the heck was happening here:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/11840347_2591ea9c47.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/11840347/)

Turns out that it's a palm inflorescence (cluster of flowers) that the palm tree was producing to attract pollinators. Of course, since this was taken in Long Beach, CA I'm guessing there weren't too many of the tree's native pollinators around.

That thing just makes me uncomfortable. Not sure why, but I just don't like it, yet somehow, I cannot look away. (kinda like the Kramer)
Yup, truly disturbing. Vaguely Alien-esque...

Nice shots all around.

[stefan]

yeah ... well ... so what if i'm a treehugger? :haha:

The President Tree
Sequoia National Park, California, march 1997
http://www.math.utah.edu/~sfolias/sc/sequoia.jpg

[tmartenst]

I have way too many tree pics to stop at one but here goes. Trees are sweet.

[R]

Does anyone remember this old tree? It's in the Windows section at Arches...

http://www.richardbarron.net/confluence/04windows/windowssunset20.jpg

[tmartenst]

Summit42: I love that Crack Canyon tree too. I have some really good ones from a few years ago from ground level looking up into the sky. I will have to find and scan them.

Another Swell tree:

[tmartenst]

..... and another:

[sparker1]

I like aspens, have lots of photos of them. This is just the latest, driving over some little mountain from Naturita, CO to Montrose, CO.

[Scout Master]

Near Mt. Francis

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[tmartenst]

The Swell of course...

[rockgremlin]

The fruit from this tree is meant to fill one with joy. I tried to get my older brothers to try it, but for some reason, they would not. Idiots...

http://theheretik.typepad.com/the_heretik/images/tree_of_life_1.jpg

[Scott Card]

:lol8: good one. And just to the right is a big 'ole building.....

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[stefan]

nice summit ... mesmerizing :2thumbs:

[cpn cntrpnch]

Adding a coupla fall colors from recent days.

A little snow on Dromedary

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%2025/dromadary.jpg


And a little frost on colored leaves.

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%2025/leaves.jpg

Almost, trees.

[Alex]

East Zion

[cpn cntrpnch]

Backlit aspen

http://wowasatch.com/pictures/Summer%2007/September%2007/september%2030/backlit.jpg

with a bit of snow on the branches from today.

[tanya]

I love both of these shots! :hail2thechief: :hail2thechief:

[tanya]

Does anyone remember this old tree? It's in the Windows section at Arches...

http://www.richardbarron.net/confluence/04windows/windowssunset20.jpg

:eek2: :hail2thechief:

[tanya]

The fruit from this tree is meant to fill one with joy. I tried to get my older brothers to try it, but for some reason, they would not. Idiots...

http://theheretik.typepad.com/the_heretik/images/tree_of_life_1.jpg

Exceptional!


It's good I dont look at these types of threads too often... Most of the posts would just be me saying :eek2:

[waltny]

opps :ne_nau:

[stefan]

[b]sitka spruces, olympic coast, WA

[Randi]

Found in Fat Man's Misery ~ it looks like some kind of ram creature, right? The eye socket even has a little pinecone for a pupil. Now check out the ram's forehead. See it? It looks like the face of the "West Wind" from a children's storybook!

If you have a really good imagination, you can kind of see another face on the rams nose!

Non-descript piece o wood?
Or multidimensional work of canyon art?

~Randi

[CarpeyBiggs]

That is wild! Reminds me even more of a dinosaur, with a huge bone like horn coming out of the top. Fun pic.

[R]

Found in Fat Man's Misery ~ it looks like some kind of ram creature, right? The eye socket even has a little pinecone for a pupil. Now check out the ram's forehead. See it? It looks like the face of the "West Wind" from a children's storybook!

If you have a really good imagination, you can kind of see another face on the rams nose!

Non-descript piece o wood?
Or multidimensional work of canyon art?

~Randi

To me it looks like a hand making an "OK" sign.

[Cirrus2000]

That is a very, very cool pic! Lots to see in there.

One I took the other day - I love those stark trees as much as the lush ones.

[goofball]

Found in Fat Man's Misery ~ it looks like some kind of ram creature, right? The eye socket even has a little pinecone for a pupil. Now check out the ram's forehead. See it? It looks like the face of the "West Wind" from a children's storybook!

If you have a really good imagination, you can kind of see another face on the rams nose!

Non-descript piece o wood?
Or multidimensional work of canyon art?

~Randi

you're creepin' me out !

[Randi]

Found in Fat Man's Misery ~ it looks like some kind of ram creature, right? The eye socket even has a little pinecone for a pupil. Now check out the ram's forehead. See it? It looks like the face of the "West Wind" from a children's storybook!

If you have a really good imagination, you can kind of see another face on the rams nose!

Non-descript piece o wood?
Or multidimensional work of canyon art?

~Randi

you're creepin' me out !

Hey Jason, whatchya talkin bout?
Anyone who can envision scattered rocks in the desert and imagine (& help me build) a bone man, has got to be just as creepy as I am. :five:

OK, ok, maybe I'm imaginative in a creepy way, but hey...an overactive imagination beats no imagination at all, right?

BTW - When I was in Escalante, I saw this rock that looked like and old hunchbacked Indian. And the coolest most interesting thing about this fascinating rock was that the other side of it looked like a different old Indian with a runny nose! :mrgreen:


Now that was kinda creepy, but in a cool way!
I'll find it and post it soon.

PS: Cirrus - There's a cute little heart shape at the bottom of your lovely "stark" tree picture! It's adorable! :mrgreen:

~Randi

[goofball]

Hey Jason, whatchya talkin bout?
Anyone who can envision scattered rocks in the desert and imagine (& help me build) a bone man, has got to be just as creepy as I am. :five:

~Randi

yay ! for once i am creepy in a GOOD way !

here's a tree from naturalist basin. not a very creepy one.

[goofball]

and from teh opposite side...

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[Jaxx]

that picture is freakin me out man! Very nice though.

[asdf]

:2thumbs:

[R]

Delicate Arch trail, earlier this month...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/darchtrail01.jpg

Fisher Towers, the day before that...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/fishertowers03.jpg

-R

[abbysm]

Fisher Towers with Richard earlier this month...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/fishertowersabby01.jpg

Delicate Arch trail. You can tell we were standing next to each other...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/fishertowersabby02.jpg

-Abby

[stefan]

just lovely shots :2thumbs:

[goofball]

as always very nice pictures goofball

thanks.



I took a few pictures of reflections in the Provo River yesterday.
This one hurts my eyes...

very abstract, love the optical illusion it creates !

[gonzo]

I took this in January '06 while scraping ice off my windshield.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/91288706_8bf6578cb7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/91288706/)

[waltny]

I took this in January '06 while scraping ice off my windshield.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/91288706_8bf6578cb7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/91288706/)

This is kind of a neat abstract shot. Reminds me of the frosted glass filter Ive used a few times for artistic purposes.

[waltny]

Sun through pine cones.

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/sunthroughpine.jpg

[waltny]

This isnt so much trees as it is the by product of trees in the fall. I took this shot as I saw it on the forest floor on a recent trip to MN.
Not sure what it is, but something about it appeals to me...

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/forestground.jpg

[waltny]

I was messing with the depth of field abilities of the camera I was using and am actually pleased with how this turned out. I also did it about 10 different filters and some are more pleasing than others, but for this forum I decided to just post the original.

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/fallcrop2.jpg

[waltny]

The trail less traveled....

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/trail.jpg

[asdf]

My Boy, Woody, and some trees in Point Reyes.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/1357509142_bf56e50042.jpg

[stefan]

nice summit, that's the monterrey cypress. it's natural distribution is quite small, but it's essentially been planted over the coast of california

[asdf]

that's the monterrey cypress.

Aw sweet, I really like those trees. These pics were taken just above the Point Reyes Light house. I have seen the "Lone Monterey Cyprus" (http://flickr.com/photos/42304632@N00/799148230/) twice I hope to get back there again someday. Maybe when the kids are older so they can enjoy the aquarium.

[shaggy125]

Sorry, I've been breaking the one pic per post rule... oops.

[shaggy125]

another

[shaggy125]

sunrise at capitol reef

[shaggy125]

Zion

[shaggy125]

Zion

[shaggy125]

Hidden Canyon

[fire]

Fairyland Rx Burn, Bryce Canyon NP

[fire]

Clear Trap RX Fire, Zion NP

[fire]

Fire near Milford in 2006

[fire]

Toroweap, Grand Canyon

[fire]

Forest canopy glowing from fire, Crater Lake NP, OR

[fire]

Ponderosa forest glowing in the evening sun, Bryce Canyon NP

[fire]

Old growth, Bryce Canyon NP

[fire]

Ponderosa in winter, Bryce Canyon NP

[fire]

Weathered Bristlecone Pine, Bryce Canyon NP

[R]

Neck Spring Trail, Canyonlands, November...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/neckspringtrail13.jpg

[R]

Lathrop Trail, Canyonlands, November...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/lathroptrail32.jpg

[R]

Also on the Neck Spring Trail...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/neckspringtrail04.jpg

[R]

Okay, one more from the Lathrop Trail, and I'll stop...

http://myweb.cableone.net/abbysm/pix/lathroptrail40.jpg

:nod:

[shaggy125]

Very nice Richard and Fireuseman

[CarpeyBiggs]

From the summer, up in the Olympics.
http://danransom.com/blog/images/20071223210206_enchantedwoods.jpg

[redbonez]

The Tree That Fell
http://www.rbzphotography.com/trees/TheTreeThatFellbw.jpg
Even the tallest and strongest of us eventually fall.

[redbonez]

Winter Trees
http://www.rbzphotography.com/trees/wintertreesbw.jpg

[wojo342]

A tree in Capitol Reef National Park...sorry I'm still an amatuer compared to some of ya'll

[jiffers]

taken up by cascade springs

[jiffers]

Also taken up above Cascade Springs

[jiffers]

taken at arches national park, with the tower of babel, the organ, and the 3 gossips, and a pinion pine (?)

[jiffers]

OK, I'll throw out one more from Arches. This is at the North-East end of the Park Avenue trail take at sunset (obviously)

[waltny]

Winter Trees
http://www.rbzphotography.com/trees/wintertreesbw.jpg

Good stuff, two of my favs...
Stark B&W and falling away perspective shot. :2thumbs:

[R]

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[tanya]

Some trees

[tanya]

trees

[accadacca]

Good one. :cool2:

http://www.bogley.com/forum/files/tree1.jpg

[stefan]

[size=4][b]Giant Sequoias, Sequoia Nat'l Park

[waltny]

Good one. :cool2:

http://www.bogley.com/forum/files/tree1.jpg

The saturation is pegged to the hilt on this one...

[JP]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/178Farm_HousJan08.jpg

[stefan]

[size=4][b]pi

[waltny]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/tree1.jpg

[waltny]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/DSC_5567.jpg

[waltny]

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/DSC_5686copy1.jpg

[goofball]

on approach to lost creek

http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/10442/2682120360054335321S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2682120360054335321aIQWCx)

[waltny]

Mount Rushmore backdrop

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u25/waltny/washingtontree.jpg

[TreeHugger]

A couple from Zion NP

[TreeHugger]

This is the famous Yosemite tree that Ansel Adams shot a lot. Two weeks after I took this picture, it fell.

[TreeHugger]

And this is the one that is actually a good photo. :-) My husband took this at Capital Reef.

[TreeHugger]

Good one. :cool2:

http://www.bogley.com/forum/files/tree1.jpg

LOVE this photo!

[shlingdawg]

Crater Lake National Park

[oldno7]

Zion

[greyhair biker]

a very unique view of a bamboo forest

[asdf]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2947869124_7eeb11c614_b.jpg

[Wild One]

Fire near Milford in 2006

I'm not sure how i missed this one the first few times I scrolled through this album, but--holy crap! :hail2thechief:

This is truly an epic photo. I've never seen a burning tree up close like this (and hope I never do) in the backcountry.

again--- :hail2thechief:
(can't get the image to show up by quoting the post for some reason, but the post containing the image is on page 5 of this thread).

[Wild One]

http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/21079/2454160800101442662S600x600Q85.jpg (http://family.webshots.com/photo/2454160800101442662UfeKGI)

[jiffers]

Sunrise point, in Bryce Canyon National Park

It reminds me of the White Tree from Lord of the Rings...

[jiffers]

Might as well add one more from Bryce Canyon

[jiffers]

Here's a tree up American Fork Canyon, taken while snowshoeing.

[Seven]

Texas, the middle of nowhere
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g123/JadedJen714/Photography/OK-TX/TexasTreeSM.jpg

[asdf]

Night shot of Apsens in our Camp @ Fish Lake last weekend
The light is actually a combo of camp fire and the light on the campground restroom
30 second exposure
F/2.8
ISO 1600
11mm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3567/3591667865_06f25fa930_b.jpg

[apcronnelly]

Nice shot! F/2.8 eh? Nice lens.

[Win]

Sequoia in Browse, UT. I think there are a few trees in the SLC area and maybe a few around Springdale. This one is 7 miles off I-15 up a fairly rough forest road.
Here's some additional pictures from the trip.

http://winpics.fototime.com/Browse%20UT%20Sequoia%20and%20Ranger%20Station

Win

http://www.fototime.com/A1D7D67674AA735/orig.jpg

[mattandersao]

1670 year old bristle-cone pine @ Cedar Breaks National Monuments

[dbaxter]

January near Sedona

[dbaxter]

Spry Approach

[Pelon1]

Muir Woods not Cumorah Hill!!

[dbaxter]

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[ibenick]

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