Beechtrees
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The real top-shot of the lightthinker-gallery of mine on deviantArt is “lightthought 287”. It was again taken in the forest near Lage Vuursche/The Netherlands. Actually in my pre-Nikon days. My old Panasonic FZ10 had opened the new digital world for me, and this shot has been one of the most beautiful results. No lightbeams, just a magnificent tree on a misty day in September 2006.. As there is no “lightthought” without a quote, here the quotation which I had chosen for this shot: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I … / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” / (Robert Frost) Lage Vuursche, 27th September 2006, 10.05 am / Panasonic FZ 10 at 6 mm / F 2.8, 1/40, ISO 200
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You know these trees already from my misty beech-tree shot. On Easter Monday we had snow here. It made me take another look at them. I hope you like this shot too. Taken near Hilversum/The Netherlands, 24th March 2008, 8.42 am / Nikkon D 80, 18-200 mm at 56 mm / F 10, 1/25, ISO 100 And here a shot taken just about one year later: Here the misty shot taken earlier:
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I am glad I did not stay at home on this magnificent autumnal morning. It was ever so beautiful out in our forests here. Even if you know all the lanes by now, the change of season and light means a change each time again. And this lane is a very special one. Near Laage Vuursche, 2nd November 2008, 9.41 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 135 mm / F 14, 1/20, ISO 800 Sold as laminated print. Please compare my “Remembering my first November lane” showing the same lane from the opposite side and submitted on 7th December as a gesture of gratefulness:
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I am very glad you like(d) my picture of the first November lane so very much. Many thanks for all your highly enjoyable comments. Here is the same lane again, taken two days later, but this time with no sunshine and quite some mist hanging in the trees. It actually it was a great morning again out in the forests here near Hilversum and Laage Vuursche. Near Laage Vuursche, 4th November 2008, 9.09 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 70 mm / F 7,1, 1/20, ISO 400
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Here an autumnal impression of a tree which many of you already know: In the meantime it has become a dear old friend of mine which I never pass without a short “Hi, old guy!” Near Laage Vuursche, 4th November 2008, 10.20 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 29 mm / F 5,6, 1/30, ISO 400
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This is another one of the beautiful beech-tree lanes here near Hilversum in its full autumnal splendour. I am sure many of you would like to take a walk here. Near Hilversum, 7th November 2008, 9.55 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 112 mm / F 11, 1/30, ISO 800
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Today is one of the last days for this treasure of autumnal colour on these beech-trees, I am afraid, as the weather forecast says that we shall get a lot of wind and rain the next days. So most of these leaves, many of which are falling already now, will soon be lying on the ground. Near Bilthoven, 8th November 2008, 9.21 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 120 mm / F 11, 140, ISO 800
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As you obviously like them (many thanks for so many supportive and appreciative comments), here another shot of my foggy morning tour of last week near Laage Vuursche. Near Laage Vuursche, 4th November 2008, 10.24 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 48 mm / F 5, 1/30, ISo 400
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When I returned to this beech-tree lane in early November this year, enjoying its autumnal beauty in the haze of a peaceful Sunday morning, I suddenly remembered another visit there in December last year. Something had changed! And then I realised that it was that the old dead beech-tree, which had so clearly stood out there in the past, definitely had come to its end. Yes, such is life. Near Hilversum 2nd November 2007, 10.07 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 170 mm / F 11, 1/30, ISO 400 Here the old shot from December last year: And here the view looking up the lane from the opposite side:
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It was a grand forest morning yesterday. First the blue light of an early December morning, and then the morning sun kissing the forest awake again. Here she made the last leaves of this old beech-tree light up like candle lights. Near Hilversum, 2nd December 2008, 9.39 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 56 mm / F 18, 1/50, ISO 400
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Another shot from our forests here, this time taken near Maartensdijk on a morning with a nice bit of mist. I chose this shot among many because of the additional colour element added by the bright green mosses at the side of the path. The high beech-trees have lost nearly all their leaves in the meantime.
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Today I am so happy as to be able to tell you that I have sold a print of “My first November lane”. Many thanks to the unknown buyer. To share my joy with you, I add another shot of this lane, taken just six minutes later from the opposite side, again showing the colourful autumnal beech-tree leaves at their best. Near Laage Vuursche, 2nd November 2008, 9.47 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 95 mm / F 13, 1/30, ISO 800 Here the sale shot:
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As some of you in your wonderful reactions to the picture submitted yesterday expressed the wish to continue the journey, here another shot from the same lane, just some yards further on in the original direction, with still about a mile to go, before we arrive at the fallen beech-tree which you know already, too. Near Laage Vuursche, 2nd November 2008, 9,49 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 120mm / F 14, 1/30, ISO 400 Here the shot of the fallen beech-tree:
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On a grey and wet mid-December morning like this one my soul longs for the morning light, shining through the trees as it did here in a beech-tree forest near Hilversum last week. Near Hilversum, 2n December 2008, 9.43 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 90 mm / F 13, 1/50, ISO 400
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How often do we go on misty paths without knowing where they will lead us or what will happen to us there? Is not all life like venturing on misty paths, even if we think we know our course? / Fortunately I know that at least on this path I shall find peace! Whatever the weather! Near Laage Vuursche, 16th December 2008, 11.39 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 90 mm / F 11, 1/40, ISO 800
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As we had mist again this morning, my first new-year bicycle trip led me to one of our lanes for a misty lane shot. What could be more symbolic on the first day of the new year than such a misty lane where we cannot see our destination? Of course you know this lane by now with its spectacular beechtrees lining the broad former country-road leading from Hilversum to the country-house Gooilust at ’s-Graveland. Just imagine some 17th or 18th century carriage passing along here, with beautiful ladies sitting in them going to the ball at the country-house … Ah, imagination! So much history hidden between these trees. The stories they could tell! Yes, endless stories … Hilversum, 1st January 2009, 9.56 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 60 mm / F 8, 1/20, ISO 800 Winning shot of the challenge “Pathways” of the “Nikon DSLR Users Group” in March 2009. Here a picture taken in June from just about the same spot, though at a much earlier hour:
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This first anniverary on Redbubble (please see my latest journal) should not pass without the submission of a fitting picture, I feel. What could be a more fitting shot that one of a characteristic old tree, preferably in a misty context? Fortunately I have found this shot of another old beech-tree in my collection. May you like it as much as you have some of my other tree shots before. I took this autumnal shot on a lovely misty day last October. The tree is rather hidden, but in the mist it comes out reasonably well against the number of younger trees behind it. Again this is a tree with a long story. As other old trees it has seen so much more happen in its surroundings that what we experience in our comparatively much shorter lives. I give it 120 to 150 years, but can be wrong of course. Perhaps it is even older than that. Just imagine what has happened during this span of time. If only it could us about it all. We would have to listen for hours, I suppose. Near Bilthoven, 29th October 2008, 10.19 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 26 mm / F 5, 1/30, ISO 200
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A small autumnal beech-tree somewhere in the misty forest, more a dream than a reality, vague as it is. It colours are still in their brightest autumnal splendour, though softened by the mist. / You cannot overlook the little tree. A little stranger in this forest? Or just a little guy that had erred from the crowd? Near Bilthoven, 29th October 2008, 10.04 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 44 mm / F 6,3, 1/30, 200 ISO
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Another shot from that spectacular morning three days agon on the grounds of the country-house Groeneveld near Baarn, taken at the side of that beech-tree lane which you know from former submissions. Once again the mixture of haze and sunshine created an enchanted scene. It was a morning when the light just flooded my soul with bliss! I think those sunbeams kissed me too! Groeneveld, 4th August 2009, 7.01 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 200 mm / F 13, 1/100, ISO 400
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Some of you know these old guys so well by now from former visits. But I am sure you will not mind revisiting these lovely beech-trees under the very different circumstances on a September morning with really thick mist. / As I enthousiastically told somebody whom I met a bit later: mist like this makes nature a photographer´s paradise! There are few things which make me jump out of bed in the morning these days, I am afraid to say. The mist of this morning did it! And I was not sorry for it! Not at all. The forest between Hilversum and Lage Vuursche proved to be a great shooting ground again. I am sure you shall see more of it. Near Hilversum, 20th September 2009, 8.02 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 18 mm / F 4, 1/20, ISO 800 / Here the former shots. / February 2008: / / March 2008 / / March 2009 /
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It was a misty morning near Lage Vuursche/The Netherlands when I surprised these tall guys at their meeting. I wonder what they were telling each other, what kind of adventures they had experienced and what plans they were making. And as to those little humans at times coming along, would they know that these could be just as dangerous as big storms? Or even more dangerous! Well this time they could know that there was a friend near them, a lover of their beauty and their strength! Near Lage Vuursche, 20th September 2009, 8.42 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 27 mm / F 4, 1/25, ISO 800
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Yesterday morning nearly all my photographic dreams of the past weeks came true again! It was a brisk misty morning, with the sun breaking through later. I took the bike and went to one of my favourate shooting grounds, the forests near Lage Vuursche, some 6 miles away. And everything happened, riders came along on a misty lane and path, mountainbikers and walkers enlivened the scene, but there were also quiet moments when the lanes and forest just belonged to me. So I came home with a big load of shots after more than three hours – and the heart did not protest once! This really gives a lot of hope for the time to come! Of course there are many shots to share now, but I shall spread the best in my usual way, never more than one per day. After all this gallery is growing fast enough, with more than 500 pictures already. And nothing better to start with than a nice sunbeam shot, with the last November leaves on the beech-trees and a lovely carpet of fallen leaves on the ground. Near Lage Vuursche, 8th November 2009, 10.48 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 75 mm / F 9, 1/60, ISO 400
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As I consider this picture one of my highlight shots of this month – if I may say so myself -, I want to share it with you, too, after all,though I presented it before on my Esperimenti-gallery on Deviantart. It shows a woman riding along the central lane leading to the country-house Gooilust at ´s-Graveland/The Netherlands at in early November when autumn here was still at its best. The large trees lining the lane are once again those magnificent old beech-trees which you find here so often in the old country-house lanes. The fascinating element on this picture is, however, that in the middle bit of the lane these old trees have been cut down and new trees have been planted. As these are lower and hidden from the wind, they keep their leaves longer in autumn. On this picture they add significantly to the autumnal colour spectacle. While you can only guess on this picture that the country-house is at the end of the lane, you know it from former pictures of mine. You will find some info on the country-house in the description of these pictures. ’s-Graveland, 6th November 2009, 9.47 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 95 mm / F 10, 1/80, ISO 1000 Here the former pictures:
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I really cannot remember when we had a White Christmas here in our part of the Netherlands for the last time. They say it was in 1981. These days it seems that we make a chance this year once again. The mid-December period of cold weather which normally ends here just a few days before Christmas, has been of extraordinary severity this time, bringing quite a bit of snow too. Will it last until Friday? The weather forecasters are still in two minds about it, but indeed the prospect seems to be reasonably positive. And not to forget: I wish you all a very happy Christmas and all the very best for the New Year. And ever so many thanks for your good wishes. Once again this shot was taken in the forests near Lage Vuursche. In their winter habit the long beech-trees lanes once again show their special beauty. / / Near Lage Vuursche, 18th December 2009, 12.25 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 70 mm / F 9, 1/80, ISO 200
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