a tree looking the worse for wear with the drought / /
One of the little gorges in the Australian “red centre”. They are truly mysteriously powerful places and beg discovering with reverence for the ancient knowledge that is contained in their unique landscapes.
Aerial view of a dry river bed lined by dead trees an their equally dead looking shadows. / I will donate 50% of my proceeds of sale of this print to / Australian Conservation Foundation
This tree is in ,what used to be the floor of our local res.It used to be a dare for the local boys to see who could swim out to the trees!For my whole life and the life of my parents and grand parents these trees have been submerged.But now in my childrens life time ,thanks to global warming there is just scrub.I wonder what we have left for our future generations?I added this work quite a while ago but thought I would add something to the discription.When this pic was taken(about 2 years ago) no one realized that the rain wouldn’t have come by now.Most of the trees you see here have fallen over now and there was a scrub fire in what used to be the massive lake bed.We have been on stage 4 water restrictions for 4 years now with no sign of letting up.We(as did many of our neighbours)alway grew most of our own vegetables,the ground is now so hard and plants just burn off so it is no longer viable.Trees that are several hundreds of years old and have survived many droughts before are now dead,the landscape is grey ,not even brown anymore,it has been weeks since it last rained and when it does it isn’t enough to penetrate the ground.We keep hearing how it is ok because the state government has “managed”to keep Melbourne from state 4,at the same time being told “all Victorians” need to do more to save water and then hearing how Melbourne has used well over it’s water target for the week! They have built a pipe line that takes water from an over stretched river to where it was used to irrigate farms to …you guessed it Melbourne,they are also getting a desalination plant.It seems that our state capital is all that matters and the rest of the state is expendable.Where I live used to be called Australia’s food bowl,now it is just a dust bowl.My family moved here,many years ago,yet now my husband and I are concidering moving our family up to coastal N.S.W as it is still green there.As I watch my home disappear before my eyes ,I have no answers,I actually think it is too late for this part of the country but for all those people who still deny that global warming is a threat ,walk a mile in our shoes.It’s time the world got on board and took this seriously.It is my neighbourhood today tomorrow it will be yours.
This is a collaboration with Sam Cole-Surjan / Sam supplied the print and I twiddled with it. We swapped pics so right now she’s twiddling on mine. Good fun. / And then I did this – / Looking For Dorothy / 200+ views People/Portraiture Pin-ups HDR Photography Macro Photography Architecture Collaborations Skyscapes Animals/Birds/Insects Street Photography Everyday Objects Seascapes/Rivers/All Water Summer Photography Odd/Unusual Flowers/Plants/Trees Landscapes New Zealand Abstract Humour Black and White Photography
The hot and dry Australian outback. Taken in South West Queensland in the Jackson Oilfields. / . / /
Anne van Alkemade kindly let me mess up a photo of a Palmless Palm tree. Thanks Anne. The Elderdried Palmtopp Choir, belt out their best rendition of Christmas cheer. The peace mission from beyond the light belt, was attempting to convince humanity that endless fear programming, portraying all possible life elsewhere as mean and evil, was wrong and destructive. It had thus far prevented humanity from joining the myriad life forms of the Cosmos. The programming was strong, thought Elderdried Fuzzpenuzz, as he sadly observed the empty city. They were missing the most spectacular blended music, where sound created light and pulsed healing waves to all who were near…Ah well, he thought sadly, they would try again at the dawn of the next millennium…
A lone acacia tree in a field. Taken in Israel, in a field behind Kibbuttz Magen, in the western Negev area. / Image was processed through a single raw file in an HDR technique. 2nd place: I am a town challenge @ PostCard Style group
PENCIL / (cleaned up in photoshop) / A friend ask me to make an image for her POETRY entitled / “Lament of dead acacia” / Accia is a native tree…in our dying paradise country
protected land in New Mexico, near Albuquerque
Sunset at Keys View in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Finished 10th in the Rays of Sunlight challenge in the Skyscapes group. Finished 6th in the Sun Rays challenge in the Skyscapes group. Featured in American Southwest.
Dry pastel land scape on paper, a3 size paper
This is an image from last year when we did some ‘burning-off” and clearing…the thick smoke billowing up through the trees just before combusting into flames…..
High Park / Toronto / Canada / May 05, 2009
Two pinecones on christmas green brunch in the forest / Nikon D60
Somewhere on the road to Alice Springs
Joshua Tree, CA
After going up the Zugspitze last time, we afterwards drove to Eibsee and went for a walk around the lake. The panorama you get to see there is amazing, especially with the Zugspitze looming above the lake. This photo was taken at the westernmost part, looking South-East. location / 10°57.8448’ E / 47°27.7497’ N Canon EOS 40D / Sigma 10-20 EX DC HSM @11mm / Hoya ND8 HMC / Manfrotto 724B digi -2,0,+2 f/11 / Photomatix Pro
which one do I like better
Pastel I did at Silverton….now that is a dry place with plenty of flies
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