Strength To Stand
A very big, very solid tree that I found in a local park. I loved this bit of the trunk more than 5 feet thick. Something was eating it, but it was unshaken.
Image AS IS, shot with a 6 MP point and click Sony.
F-stop: f/2.8
Exposure time: 1/160 sec
ISO speed: ISO 80
EV: -1.7 step

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cherylc1
awesome capture against the ble sky and composition! Yah for the tree!!!!
reflector replied
Yah for you too Cheryl ! Thunderstorms here last night, so I was only on RB for 10 minutes, now I’m playing catch up. Thanks for commenting ! :)
emolena
Beautiful work ! It must be old tree, but beautiful !
Greetings :)...Grazyna
reflector replied
Thanks very much Emolena ! It was very strong, and it had some other branches that grew like Ribbons ! Thanks for the Fave ! :0
Bev Woodman
Great angle and colours in this old gum tree – well done!
reflector replied
Thanks Bev, much appreciated !
Jason Vickers
This is simply awesome, the massive abused trunk tapers up to a lush canopy.
Well done again!
reflector replied
Thank you Jason, for your enthusiasm ! Much appreciated. It had some strange branches that looked like ribbons blowing in the wind, but I didn’t run them here.
Sue Wotton
Wonderful shot, good old tree. I love how you captured a bit of sunlight in the very top, almost as if its reaching up for it :) I hope the council does something about whatever is eating it.
reflector replied
Funny – you saw light on a branch that I didn’t even notice ! Thanks a lot Sue ! I had others too, that were a different angle and seem to look like an elephant.
Sue Wotton
:)
Gwenda Oxley
Awesome!!!
reflector replied
Thanks Gwenda ! Very much appreciated. Sorry I’m behind – thunderstorms here last night, so I was only on RB for 10 minutes !
LindaMcCarthy
Awesome trunk and point of view! Great shot!
reflector replied
Thanks Linda, it was a pretty unusual shape !
WJPhotography
Beautiful capture :)))
reflector replied
Thank You ! <:)
Sharon Johnstone
Gorgeous shot!!!!!!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Sharon ! [ Thanks for the extra !!’s :) ]
Antanas
Very good angle
reflector replied
Thanks Antanas, much appreciated !
chen cohen
stunning!!!! really love the leafs’s texture in the background!!!! amazing!!!
reflector replied
Thanks Chen ! I think the tiny branches look just like veins !
karenuk1969
Great angle!!
reflector replied
Thanks Karen, it was a great tree with some very novel features !
amarica
Well done!!!
reflector replied
Thanks very much Amarica !
TomBaumker
Great capture ! Tom
reflector replied
Thank you Tom ! The light was fading a bit, but I had a good session with this and a few shots of the sun setting over our great Lake that afternoon.