For Cee’s Flower of the Day and Floral Friday
Tag: Baum
Nature’s Calendar
The growth rings of a tree – in this case an oak – tell about the years and seasons that the tree has lived through. This oak was planted before the Franco-Prussian war in 1970/71 and it saw two more wars in its life time. … Continue reading Nature’s Calendar
As Good as Gold
Christian Morgenstern wrote a poem called Herbst (Autumn) around the turn of the of the 19th into the 20th century. The first verse reads: This is not from the current year but it is still my favourite autumn photo: The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Autumn’s Golden … Continue reading As Good as Gold
Playing Around with Bare Trees
Photo editing with PhotoScape. This effect is called CP2. This effect is called “eroded”. This is a combined effect, black and white and with different thresholds. Giving the original photo a warm colour treatment. One-to-Three Photo Processing in March 24
A Beginning and an End
Last photo on the SD card in the phone: a crocus pushing its way through the pavement. Last photo on the camera SD card: A tree at the end of its life. It’s being hollowed out at the bottom, the wood there is hardly more … Continue reading A Beginning and an End
An Invitation to Go Outside
I’ve been sick the past few days, i.e. my camera and I stayed at home. No sky pictures or anything. But since Hammad has revived his challenge Weekend Sky I just had to slip out and click a couple of grey clouds. The trees are … Continue reading An Invitation to Go Outside
Mein Freund, der Baum
The above title is a fairly well-known German song (or at least, it’s well known amongst people my age) from a singer called Alexandra: My friend, the tree, is dead. It tells the story of the friendship of a woman who comes back to her … Continue reading Mein Freund, der Baum
Lonely, I’m so Lonely
FOWC with Fandango: Survivor
It’s Just a Jump to the Left
for someone on foot but an obstacle to a car. After reading the prompt again and realising I only had the first four letters correct, I was bullheaded enough to leave the photo up. FOWC with Fandango: Obstinate
A Tree on a Winter’s Afternoon
PhotoScape “edges” PhotoScape “eddy” PhotoScape “watercolour pencil” Original One-to-three Photo Processing Challenge in December
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