trees

14 Days in the Life of a Tree

Posted by dale on Jul 3, 2008 in trees | 8 comments

A while back, I decided to take a photo every day for 14 days from my balcony. The photos were taken looking east with the top of an old tree in the foreground and the top of a mountain ridge in the background. I arranged the shot so that the tree was the main subject matter and the ridge disappeared behind foliage.

I took these picts over the 14 days. All of them were taken in the morning. Red Dawn was one of these 14 day images that I liked and edited it further to produce a separate image. I compiled the days together into a composite. I have a hankering to re-do this project. I’m not too thrilled with the result and would welcome any suggestion you may have to better display the 14 days.

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G'Morning World

Posted by dale on Jul 2, 2008 in General, trees | 8 comments

Earlier this week I entered my photo Red Dawn in the Creative Photography contest. In this photo taken from my balcony, I bumped the hue slider towards the reds to achieve this dreamlike effect (thumb below). A few asked about what my sunrises really look like. Here’s one taken the other day. I have only pulled on the curve a bit for this photo. It was a spectacular way to greet a new day. Hope you have a great Wednesday or Thursday depending on which side of the blue planet you live

A Final Shot At Autumn – Weekend Snapshot

Posted by dale on May 18, 2008 in trees | 24 comments

Yep, it’s autumn time in the Ranges. Here’s the last shot at the maple outside the kitchen window. marshmallow on the fire anyone?

weekend-snapshot

Screaming Maple – Must Be Autumn Around My House

Posted by dale on May 17, 2008 in trees | 4 comments

My house is on the side of a Mountain adjacent to Sherbrook Forest. The forest is dominated by giant mountain ash trees kin to the red woods of Northern California. There trees are breath taking in their own right however, during the fall and winter they retain their leaves thus leaving only the calender and the temperature to herald the change of seasons.

Since the house is on the mountain side the main part of my home is on the second floor. Just outside the kitchen window you can see the top of a lonely maple tree in the backyard. The maple is out of place amongst the ash, eucalypts, acacia and wattle. However, this little maple screams at the top of it’s little tree lungs that autumn has arrived. I love the stark color contrasts of the maple in it’s full length red attire and the lush eucalypt carpet of the valley.

That brings me to this misty raining Saturday morning, camera in my hand …