Tag: tree bark

Barking good

13 wood a

Follow this sign on the bark of the trees and you are on the “Burgensteig”, a 120km hiking trail between Darmstadt and Heidelberg.

13 wood b

Oh-oh!

13 wood c

Squirrel like trees and love rough barks.

13 wood d

Crisscross patterns, climbing plants have been swallowed by the bark of this tree.

13 wood e

Close up of a tree bark.

13 wood f

A bark and a living texture on top.

Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture.  More textured photos can be found here.

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Two thirds can make a whole

Cee’s next challenge is concerned with “Using 2/3 of your photo frame” just the opposite from the previous one. 

I’ll start off with a gnarled treebark where the background was so light that it showed off completely white and featureless making the bark almost into a cut-out.

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This was a “naturally occurring” 2/3 – a graveside flowerbed in a display of such plantings at the German horticultural show in Brandenburg an der Havel.  These small plots showed off gardening en miniature and since it was also a competition for gardeners meticulously cared for, I watched a gardener trim a bed with something that looked like nail scissors.  In this case the colourful display contrasted with the two variety of greens of the border.

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A macro of a tulip – the spring colours at the moment are stunning.  The dark green leaves in the out-of-focus range form the perfect contrast to the bright orange of the blossom.

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The same botanical garden features this abundance of tulips. In both shots the colour covers two thirds.  I think I prefer the second photo – neither of which I would have taken like this before reading Cee’s essay.

 

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8One more flower shot, this time another landscape photo shot from below to block out anything but the clear blue sky in the upper third.

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A cockerel contrasted by the green bokeh behind and to the left.

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And to finish off a close-up of a white pony.

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Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: Week #10 Using 2/3 of your photo frame

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