Posts Tagged "tree"

The Bodhi Tree

Posted by dale on Nov 24, 2008 in trees | 0 comments

“Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.” Buddha

The Harbinger

Posted by dale on Aug 15, 2008 in floral, trees | 8 comments

Here’s my Wordless Wednesday (well almost wordless and it’s actually Friday now). Although it doesn’t feel like it, spring is on its way to Oz. This is a shot I took yesterday of an ornamental cherry tree that hangs across the drive way. I was on my way to the shops in the rain, when I noticed that the tree had blossomed. I quickly pulled out the tripod and camera and took a couple of snaps before me and the gear got soaked.

Is This How Trees Look Down Under?

Posted by dale on Jul 18, 2008 in trees | 7 comments

Chica posts a Photo Project each week on her Photo Projectz blog. They are always challenging and often inspiring. At any given time I have a couple of her projects in the works (like the day in the life one). This week she suggested:

“shoot a photograph with something that upside down in it, or you can flip a photograph and make it upside down. How easy is that! The world look so different upside down, showcase it the best way you know how.”

Here’s my take on her project. I stood directly under this tree fern, leaned my head back and snapped the picture. It certainly gives a very different perspective. Thanks for the idea Chica.

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.

cheers

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 …